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ADVERTISED DOWNLOAD SPEED




Internet Service Providers (ISPs) were asked to report the number of subscribers as at 30 June 2012, by the advertised download speed (in ranges) of access connection.

Internet subscribers by advertised download speed, for ISPs with more than 1,000 subscribers
		Jun 2011	Dec 2011	Jun 2012
		'000	'000	'000
Less than 256kbps		579	475	436
Broadband
	256kbps to less than 1.5Mbps	812	808	980
	1.5Mbps to less than 8Mbps	4 614	5 115	5 067
	8Mbps to less than 24Mbps	3 913	3 985	4 094
	24Mbps to less than 100Mbps	972	1 182	1 415
	100Mbps or greater	18	32	43
	Total broadband (256kbps or greater)	10 328	11 121	11 600
Total number of subscribers		10 906	11 596	12 036

The advertised download speed range that recorded the highest number of subscribers at 30 June 2012 was the 1.5Mbps to less than 8Mbps range, with 5.1 million subscribers, a 1% decline from the end of December 2011. Almost 4.1 million subscribers accessed the internet at an advertised download speed of 8Mbps to less than 24Mbps, an increase of 3% from the end of December 2011.

Subscriber numbers in the two fastest download speed ranges of 24Mbps to less than 100Mbps, and 100Mbps or greater, grew by 20% and 34% respectively since the end of December 2011, and together accounted for almost 1.5 million subscribers at 30 June 2012.

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