TYPE OF ACCESS CONNECTION
There were approximately 12.9 million internet subscribers in Australia at the end of December 2015. This is an increase of 2% from the end of December 2014. As at 31 December 2015, almost all (99.3%) internet connections were broadband.
Fibre continues to be the fastest growing type of internet connection in both percentage terms and subscriber numbers. The number of fibre connections doubled between December 2014 and December 2015 to 645,000 subscribers.
Internet subscribers by type of access connection(a), for ISPs with more than 1,000 subscribers |
|
 | | Dec 2014 | Jun 2015 | Dec 2015 |
| | '000 | '000 | '000 |
|
| Dial-up connections | 159 | 95 | 93 |
| Broadband connections | | | |
| DSL | 5 099 | 5 106 | 5 030 |
| Cable | 966 | 996 | 1 004 |
| Fibre to the premises | 324 | 420 | 645 |
| Satellite | 75 | 69 | np |
| Fixed wireless | 67 | np | 84 |
| Mobile wireless | 5 996 | 6 004 | 6 025 |
| Other | 5 | np | np |
| All broadband connections | 12 532 | 12 667 | 12 853 |
| Total number of subscribers | 12 691 | 12 762 | 12 946 |
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| (a) Dial-up and broadband figures reported by type of access connection may not equal figures collected by advertised download speeds. This is due to some broadband connections being reported as less than 256kbps and some dial-up connections being reported as higher than 256kbps. |
np not available for publication but included in the totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated.
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