In September 2006, broadband connections accounted for 75.2 per cent of all internet connections, up from 72.6 per cent in June 2006 according to new research from the Office of National Statistics (ONS).
The ONS report added that dial-up connections continued to decline and accounted for 24.8 per cent of all internet connections in September 2006.
The quarterly decrease in dial-up connections, from June 2006 to September 2006, was 8.5%. The ONS adds that in September 2006, the percentage of active subscriptions using metred dial-up access was 17.8%, compared with 26.8% a year before.
| Index Of Internet Connectivity |
| |
All Subscriptions |
Percentage Change On Previous Quarter |
| March 2005=100 |
|
|
|
| 2003 |
September |
89.0 |
2.8 |
| |
December |
91.8 |
3.1 |
| 2004 |
March |
95.8 |
4.4 |
| |
June |
94.7 |
-1.1 |
| |
September |
95.7 |
1.1 |
| |
December |
97.0 |
1.4 |
| 2005 |
March |
100.0 |
3.1 |
| |
June |
100.1 |
0.1 |
| |
September |
102.2 |
2.1 |
| |
December |
103.7r |
1.5 |
| 2006 |
March |
107.5r |
3.7 |
| |
June |
108.6r |
1.0 |
| |
September |
109.5 |
0.8 |
Recent research from Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, said that nearly half of all individuals in the European Union have used the internet at least once a week in 2006 (see Ofcom Plans New Public Service Channel To Rival BBC)
In addition, Point Topic recently published research which revealed that the total number of BT DSL lines increased from 8.07 to some 8.49 million during Q3 (see Broadband Britain Recovering From Poor Q2).
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