4147.4.55.001 - Culture and Recreation News, Oct 2001

ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 21/11/2001

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Contents A Note from the Director Did the Olympics Increase Participation Levels? The 'Australian Culture and Leisure Classifications' Are Available The 'Measuring Wellbeing' Report has been Released A Summary of Sport and Recreation in Australia A Snapshot of Australian Cultural Industries Book Publishing in Australia Federation Fund Provides Big Boost to Arts Funding Internet Subscribers Up New Assistant Director for NCCRS NCCRS Contact Points About this release	INTERNET SUBSCRIBERS UP While there has been a fall in the number of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) since the March quarter 2001, the number of registered Internet subscribers has continued to increase. At the end of the June quarter 2001 there were 628 ISPs (a decrease of 6.0%) supplying Internet access services to 4.2 million (an increase of 5.4%) active Internet subscribers across Australia. Of the 628 ISPs, 5 very large ISPs provided Internet access to 57% (2.4 million) of all Internet subscribers. Of the 4.2 million Internet subscribers in Australia, 3.7 million were household subscribers and 508,000 were business and government subscribers. Main features of Internet Activity Australia, June Quarter 2001 are available free of charge on this site. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.