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Number of Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
NUMBER OF INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS (ISPs)
NUMBER OF INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS (ISPs)
The December 2012 Internet Activity Survey (IAS) is a reduced-scope census, covering ISPs with greater than 1,000 subscribers. For further detail about the scope refer to Explanatory Note 4.
ISPs in the IAS have been classified by size according to the number of subscribers that ISPs reported at the end of the reference period. For data reported in this release the size categories are:
| ISP size | Number of subscribers |
| Medium ISP | 1,001 - 10,000 |
| Large ISP | 10,001 - 100,000 |
| Very Large ISP | 100,001 or greater |
Number of Internet Service Providers with more than 1,000 subscribers |
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 | | Dec 2011 | Jun 2012 | Dec 2012 |
| | no. | no. | no. |
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| Size of ISPs | | | |
| Medium ISPs | 58 | 49 | 46 |
| Large ISPs | 23 | 24 | 22 |
| Very large ISPs | 10 | 8 | 8 |
| Total number of ISPs | 91 | 81 | 76 |
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At 31 December 2012, there were 76 ISPs with over 1,000 subscribers operating in Australia, compared with 81 ISPs in June 2012 and 91 ISPs in December 2011.
The number of medium sized ISPs and large ISPs have declined since 30 June 2012, due to structural reporting arrangements and takeover activity, and also for medium ISPs, some units falling below the threshold for inclusion in the reduced-scope census.
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