MAIN TYPE OF BROADBAND CONNECTION USED

Businesses using broadband as their main connection type were also asked to specify the main type of broadband connection in use at 30 June 2008.

Main type of broadband connection used, by employment size(a)(b), 2007 - 08
	0-4 persons	5-19 persons	20-199 persons	200 or more persons	Total
	%	%	%	%	%
DSL	73.0	83.1	82.5	58.1	76.9
Cable	14.3	8.0	10.1	34.1	12.1
Fixed wireless	6.8	4.7	4.5	1.7	5.9
Mobile wireless	4.5	3.8	2.0	0.8	4.0
Satellite	1.6	np	0.8	0.2	1.4
Other broadband connections(c)	-	np	0.4	5.6	0.1
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated
(a) Proportions are of all businesses which used broadband as the main type of Internet connection in each employment size category.
(b) Businesses identified the main type of broadband connection as at 30 June 2008.
(c) Other broadband includes connection types such as ATM and frame relay.

The most commonly reported broadband connection type used was Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), with 77% of broadband users identifying this as their main connection type. Cable as the main type of broadband connection was most prevalent among businesses with 200 or more persons employed, at 34%, more than double the proportion of any other employment size group.

Businesses in Wholesale trade were most likely to report DSL as the main type of broadband connection (86%). The industry with the lowest proportion of businesses with DSL as the main type of broadband connection was Construction, at 70%. This industry recorded the highest proportion of businesses with a fixed wireless broadband connection (10%).

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