Broadband use on the up

08/11/2006 - 11:03:34
In the first quarter this year, just over 13% of households had a broadband connection, compared with 7% in the third quarter of 2005.

Almost 61% of businesses with 10 or more employees used broadband, up from 48% in the previous year.

In 2006, an estimated 59% of all households had a home computer, compared to 46% in 2004. The number of households who access the internet on home computers continues to rise, with 49% of all households now connecting to the internet. Just over 83% of households with a computer use it to connect to the internet.

Almost all businesses now connect to the internet. The use of broadband by enterprises has doubled from 31% in 2004 to 61% in 2006. As a consequence there has been a sharp decline in the use of modems and ISDN over the same period.