SUBSCRIBER SECTOR


Internet Service Providers (ISPs) were asked to report subscriber numbers as at 31 December 2013, according to whether subscribers were classified by the ISPs as Business and government or Household. This item is self-reported according to the way that ISPs classify their subscribers, and changes in classification may impact on relative subscriber numbers.

Internet subscribers by sector(a)(b), for ISPs with more than 1,000 subscribers
		Dec 2012	Jun 2013	Dec 2013
		'000	'000	'000
Dial-up (less than 256kbps)
	Business and government	73	62	53
	Household	215	170	156
	Total dial-up subscribers	288	232	209
Broadband
	Business and government	2 836	2 608	2 663
	Household	9 037	9 517	9 524
	Total broadband subscribers	11 873	12 125	12 187
Total subscribers
	Business and government	2 910	2 670	2 717
	Household	9 251	9 688	9 680
	Total number of subscribers	12 161	12 358	12 397
(a) Between survey periods, subscriber classification by sector may vary due to ISPs reclassifying their subscribers from Business and government to Household, or vice versa. Readers are advised to use these figures with caution.
(b) Dial-up and broadband figures by sector are collected by advertised download speeds, therefore these data may not equal figures reported for type of access connection, due to some broadband connections being reported as less than 256kbps.

Of the 12,397,000 internet subscribers in Australia at the end of December 2013, there were 78% classified as being Household subscribers, while 22% were Business and government.

Business and government subscriber numbers increased by 2% since the end of June 2013 to 2.7 million, while the number of Household subscribers was steady at 9.7 million over the same period. For both the Business and government and Household sectors, 98% of subscribers accessed the internet via a broadband connection.

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