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Internet Service Providers (ISPs) were asked to report subscriber numbers as at 30 June 2012, according to whether subscribers were classified as Business and government, or Household.

Internet subscribers by sector(a)(b), for ISPs with more than 1,000 subscribers
		Jun 2011	Dec 2011	Jun 2012
		'000	'000	'000
Dial-up (less than 256kbps)
	Business and government	111	96	95
	Household	468	379	341
	Total dial-up subscribers	579	475	436
Broadband
	Business and government	2 089	2 558	2 774
	Household	8 239	8 563	8 826
	Total broadband subscribers	10 328	11 121	11 600
All subscribers
	Business and government	2 200	2 654	2 869
	Household	8 707	8 942	9 167
	Total number of subscribers	10 906	11 596	12 036
(a) ISPs may reclassify their subscribers from Business and government to Household, or vice versa, or they may report proportions in lieu of actual numbers which may impact upon the reported figures. Readers are advised to use these figures with caution.
(b) Dial-up and broadband figures by sector are collected by advertised download speeds, therefore these data may not equal figures reported for type of access connection, due to some broadband connections being reported as less than 256kbps.

Of the 12.0 million internet subscribers in Australia at the end of June 2012, 76% were classified as Household subscribers, while 24% were Business and government subscribers.

Business and government subscriber numbers increased by 8% from the end of December 2011 to 2.9 million, while the number of Household subscribers increased by 2% to 9.2 million over the same period.

For the Business and government sector, 97% of subscribers accessed the internet via a broadband connection, compared with 96% of Household suscribers.

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