[LINK] Internet activity, Australia, Dec 2011

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Internet activity, Australia, Dec 2011

http://apo.org.au/research/internet-activity-australia-dec-2011

which is one summary of:
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/8153.0Main%
20Features1Dec%202011?
opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=8153.0&issue=Dec%202011&num=&view=

This ABS release contains information on internet subscribers and their 
type of access connection, the type of user (i.e. business/household), 
the volume of data downloaded, the speed of internet connection and the 
location of the subscriber (by state or territory).

Key points:

Overall, the number of internet subscribers in Australia climbed 6.3% to 
11.6 million subscribers in the six months to December 2011, up from 10.9 
million in June 2011. 

Mobile wireless broadband connections (excluding mobile handsets) 
accounted for 47% of all internet connections as at 31 December 2011, 
according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

There were 5.5 million mobile wireless broadband connections (excluding 
mobile handsets), an increase of 14.7% compared with June 2011. Over the 
same time period, DSL connections increased by 1.3%, to 4.6 million.

The number of internet subscribers with advertised download speeds of 
24Mbps or greater reached the 1 million mark for the first time, 
accounting for 10% of subscribers. 

However, the advertised download speed with the highest number of 
subscribers was the 1.5Mbps to less than 8Mbps range, with 5.1 million, 
or 44% of subscribers.

At the end of December 2011, there were 11 million mobile handset 
internet subscribers in Australia, an increase of 13.6% from June 2011.

Cheers,
Stephen