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November 25, 2007 No Comments
Broadband increasing in NZ as at March 2007
Access to broadband Internet has become as important as access to clean water or electricity. While dial-up Internet is better than nothing, it allows users only limited access to the riches available with a broadband connection.
Every six months Statistics New Zealand carries out an Internet Service Provider Survey, and provides information on the total number and nature of Internet subscribers.
Their most recent published finding is that around 1.5 million Kiwis are online, with about half on dial-up and half on broadband. More are going online every day. The number of broadband subscribers is increasing, while the number using dial-up is dropping.
Some edited quotes follow:
For the 6 months ended 31 March 2007, there were 57 ISPs in New Zealand, with 1,464,300 active subscribers. The number of subscribers increased 5.9 percent from 30 September 2006.
At 31 March 2007, the number of subscribers using dial-up was 739,700, down 4.1 percent since September 2006. However, this is still the predominant connection technology with 50.5 percent of total subscribers, down from 55.8 percent six months earlier.
The number of broadband subscribers has increased by 18.5 percent from 30 September 2006, to reach 724,600 subscribers.
There were 35.1 Internet subscribers per 100 inhabitants in New Zealand at the end of March 2007, compared with 33.3 per 100 at 30 September 2006. The number of broadband subscribers increased from 14.7 to 17.3 per 100 inhabitants over the same period.
[Information taken from: Internet Service Provider Survey: March 2007 - Statistics New Zealand.]
November 8, 2007 No Comments
