8153.0 - Internet Activity, Australia, December 2012 Quality Declaration
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 09/04/2013
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TYPE OF ACCESS CONNECTION TYPE OF ACCESS CONNECTION Internet Service Providers (ISPs) were asked to report subscriber numbers by type of access connection as at 31 December 2012. There were 12.2 million internet subscribers in Australia at the end of December 2012. This represents an increase of 1% since the end of June 2012 and an annual growth of 5%. The proportion of internet connections that were dial-up continued to decline, with over 98% of internet connections at 31 December 2012 being broadband. Footnote(s): For ISPs with more than 1,000 subscribers Source(s): 8153.0 - Internet Activity, Australia At 31 December 2012, there were 6.0 million mobile wireless broadband connections in Australia, an increase of 2% since the end of June 2012. Mobile wireless broadband was again the most prevalent internet technology in Australia, accounting for 49% of all connections. Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) connections increased by 2% over the same period, to 4.7 million connections. Fibre was the fastest growing type of internet access connection, in percentage terms, increasing by 75% since the end of June 2012, to 91,000 connections at 31 December 2012.
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