Internet Diffusion 3
Overview
Data
collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and other
research throughout the world indicates
that
and growth in terms
of uptake of Internet technology and Internet
infrastructure is
strong and posed to continue in years to come.
Internet Usage
Population
online: 46% of the Australian population 2 years and over
had Internet access at home via a PC.
Households online: With 40% of
households with access to the Internet
via a home PC,
Online population 16 years and over: 65%
of Australians aged 16 years
and over had access
to the Internet,
Mobile phone penetration: 68% of
Australian households had a mobile
Phone.
Business online:On June 2000, an estimated 56% of employing
businesses
were connected to
the Internet (an increase of 93% since June 1998). Very
small businesses
(employing 1-4 persons) had the highest proportional
increase, an
estimated 108% (from 24 to 50%). For other employing
businesses the
following increases in the proportion of businesses online
were recorded:
103% for businesses employing 5-19 persons
(from 32 to 65%);
48% for businesses employing 20-99 persons
(from 56 to 83%); and
9% for businesses employing
100 or more persons (from 87 to 95%).
Australia
At the
end of December 2000, there were 696 ISPs operating in
providing access
services to 3.92 million subscribers.
87% of these subscribers were households and
97% of subscribers were
using dial-up
access. In addition, there were some 2,394 Points of Presence
(POPs) and 515,740
Internet access lines giving a ratio of 7.6 subscribers
per access line.
ISPs in
The survey
separates
- 8
Very large ISPs (with more than 100,000 subscribers) which provide
Internet access to 60% (2.3 million) of all Internet subscribers.
- 28
Large ISPs (with 10,001 to 100,000 subscribers) with 23% (0.9 million) of
subscribers.
- 173
Medium ISPs (with 1,001 to 10,000 subscribers) with 13% (0.5 million) of
subscribers.
- 377
Small ISPs (with 101 to 1,000 subscribers) with 4% (0.2 million) of
subscribers.
- 132
Very small ISPs (with 100 or fewer subscribers) with only 0.1% (4,400) of
subscribers.
Small businesses are the most numerous. 473 ISPs (66% of all
ISPs)
have operations at
only one POP. Therefore, although the largest ISPs
rule the roost, it
appears that niche players continue to
thrive.
Most Australian ISPs are involved in
e-commerce. 93% provide
webhosting
services, while 48% provide secure access transaction
capabilities.
|
|
ISPs |
POPs |
Access lines |
Subscribers |
|
|
299 |
738 |
176,078 |
1,301 |
|
|
267 |
505 |
148,583 |
1,020 |
|
|
177 |
427 |
96,035 |
771 |
|
|
78 |
176 |
28,324 |
246 |
|
|
113 |
233 |
47,891 |
318 |
|
|
30 |
66 |
8,458 |
76 |
|
|
17 |
30 |
3,183 |
30 |
|
|
58 |
69 |
13,093 |
86 |
|
Total for |
718 |
2,244 |
521,645 |
3,849 |
Major ISPs in Australia
AAPT Smartchat Internet
AOL
Australia
connect.com.au Pty Ltd
DoveNetQ
Down
Under Internet Services
Hotlinks
Internet Services
Mac
Connect
Nobby's Net
OzEmail
TPG
Internet
Totalise
winNET
Dnet internet services
Intensity of Internet use
Frequency
of use: adults online are intensive users of the Internet from
home or work. Of the
adults accessing the Internet at home, an estimated
85% did so once a week or more (30% daily,
26% 2-6 times a week
and 15% once a
week). Of the adults accessing the Internet at work
nearly 80% did so
once a week or more (47% daily, 21% 2-6 times a
week and 12% once a
week). The majority of adults accessing the
Internet from sites other than home or work
do so infrequently
(35%
doing so once a week
or more). Volume of data downloaded: during
the quarter ending
December 2000,approximately 1 billion megabytes
of data (1,050,000,000
Mb) was downloaded by the 3.92 million
subscribers in
per subscriber.
CHARACTERISTICS OF AUSTRALIAN HOUSEHOLDS
ONLINE AT NOVEMBER 2000
(SOURCE: ABS, USE OF THE INTERNET BY HOUSEHOLDERS,
NOVEMBER 2000)
CHARACTERISTICS OF AUSTRALIAN ADULTS ONLINE
(PERSONS 18 YEARS AND OLDER) AT NOVEMBER 2000
(SOURCE: ABS, USE OF THE INTERNET BY HOUSEHOLDERS,
NOVEMBER 2000)
