iTWire - Wireless broadband now 5% of total

Wireless broadband now 5% of total

Telecommunications - Services
by Stuart Corner
Friday, 16 February 2007
! The number of wireless broadband subscribers grew nearly 400% to 186,000 in the 18 months to September according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The now account for five percent of the total. As at September 2006, Australia had a total of 6.7 million active Internet subscribers - over half a million more than in March 2005, according to the ABS. Just under 60% of these subscribers had broadband connections, compared with 30% at the end of March 2005. There were 5.8 million household subscribers and 826,000 business and government subscribers approximately 2.8 million subscribers used a dial-up connection Digital Subscriber Line (DSL and ADSL) was used by almost three million broadband subscribers (77%). The highest proportion of Internet subscribers were in New South Wales (33%), followed by Victoria (24%), Queensland (20%) and Western Australia (11%) there were 467 Internet service providers operating in Australia at the end of September 2006, 32% fewer than in March 2005. More details can be found on the ABS web site www.abs.gov.au.{moscomment} buy viagra buy viagra buy viagra cialis 5 mg Please enable JavaScript in your browser to post your comment! Tags See All Tags Broadband Internet Stuart Corner Wireless broadband Get stories like this delivered daily - FREE - subscribe now

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