8153.0 - Internet Activity, Australia, December 2015 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 06/04/2016   
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ADVERTISED DOWNLOAD SPEED


The number of subscribers that accessed the internet at an advertised download speed of 8Mbps or greater increased by 16.8% to 10.6 million subscribers between December 2014 and December 2015.

Internet subscribers by advertised download speed(a)(b), for ISPs with more than 1,000 subscribers
Dec 2014
Jun 2015
Dec 2015
'000
'000
'000
Less than 256kbps
159
89
75
Broadband
256kbps to less than 1.5Mbps
175
147
118
1.5Mbps to less than 8Mbps
3 305
2 326
2 183
8Mbps or greater
9 052
10 201
10 570
Total Broadband (256kbps or greater)
12 531
12 674
12 871
Total number of subscribers
12 691
12 762
12 946
(a) Dial-up and broadband figures are collected by advertised download speeds, therefore these data may not equal figures reported for type of access connections. This is due to some broadband connections being reported as less than 256kbps and some dial-up connections being reported as higher than 256kbps.
(b) The categories '8Mbps to less than 24Mbps' and '24Mbps or greater' have been combined in order to make estimates available for publication where possible.