4147.4.55.001 - Culture and Recreation News, Jan 2002

ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 08/02/2002

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Contents A Note from the Director NCCRS is on the Web One in Six Australians Does Culture and Leisure Work Fewer People Involved in Organising Sport Multipliers for Cultural Industries Detailed Sport and Recreation Statistics Where Do Governments Spend Their Sporting Dollars A Snapshot of Australian Cultural Industries A Profitable Year for Casinos Internet Subscribers Up NCCRS Contact Points Culture and Recreation News Mailing List About this release	INTERNET SUBSCRIBERS UP While there has been a fall in the number of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) since the June quarter 2001, the number of registered Internet subscribers has continued to increase. At the end of the September quarter 2001 there were 603 ISPs (a decrease of 4.0%) supplying Internet access services to 4.3 million (an increase of 2.2%) active Internet subscribers across Australia. Of the 603 ISPs, 6 very large ISPs provided Internet access to 64% (2.8 million) of all Internet subscribers. Of the 4.3 million Internet subscribers in Australia, 3.7 million were household subscribers and 544,000 were business and government subscribers. Main features of Internet Activity Australia, September Quarter 2001 (ABS Cat No. 8153.0) are available free of charge on this site. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.