TYPE OF ACCESS CONNECTION
There were approximately 13.3 million internet subscribers in Australia at the end of June 2016. This is an increase of 4.2% from the end of June 2015. Fibre continues to be the fastest growing type of internet connection in both percentage terms and subscriber numbers. The number of fibre connections more than doubled between June 2015 and June 2016 to 960,000 subscribers.
Internet subscribers by type of access connection(a), for ISPs with more than 1,000 subscribers |
|
 | | Jun 2015 | Dec 2015 | Jun 2016 |
| | '000 | '000 | '000 |
|
| Dial-up connections | 95 | 93 | 90 |
| Broadband connections | | | |
| DSL | 5 106 | 5 030 | 5 032 |
| Cable | 996 | 1 004 | 1 029 |
| Fibre | 420 | 645 | 960 |
| Satellite | 69 | np | 62 |
| Fixed wireless | np | 84 | 83 |
| Mobile wireless | 6 004 | 6 025 | 6 039 |
| Other | np | np | 1 |
| All broadband connections | 12 667 | 12 853 | 13 207 |
| Total number of subscribers | 12 762 | 12 946 | 13 297 |
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| (a) Dial-up and broadband figures reported by type of access connection may not equal figures collected by advertised download speeds. This is due to some broadband connections being reported as less than 256kbps and some dial-up connections being reported as higher than 256kbps. |
np not available for publication but included in the totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated.
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