Apr

12

New OECD Broadband Penetration Rate Stats -- The US Continues to Stagnate.

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The newest statistics from the OECD (through December 2005) have the US holding steady in 12th place. Of course, this is just among the 30 OECD members covered by the survey. It should also be noted that the US was 4th in 2001, 10th in 2003, and now 12th in 2005. The "good news" is that we were 12th in 2004 -- which means that the US is only stagnant this year, not continuing our rapid descent down the list (at least for this year).

While some may point to countries like Japan and South Korea -- blaming population density as the root cause for this phenomenon, this fails to explain why countries like Sweden and Canada are well ahead of the US.

Here's a quick graph:

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And here's the full stats for the 30 countries:

Broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants, by technology, December 2005

 

 DSL

Cable

Other

Total 

Rank 

Total Subscribers 

Iceland

25.9

0.1

0.6

26.7

1

78 017

Korea 

13.6

8.3

3.4

25.4

2

12 190 711

Netherlands

 15.7

9.6

0.0

25.3

 3

 4 113 573

Denmark

 15.3

7.2

2.5

25.0

 4

1 350 415

Switzerland

 14.7

8.0

0.4

23.1

 5

1 725 446

Finland

 19.5

2.8

0.1

22.5

 6

 1 174 200
Norway*

17.8

2.9

1.2

21.9

7

1 006 766

Canada

 10.1

10.8

0.1

21.9

 8

 6 706 699

Sweden*

 13.3

3.4

3.6

20.3

 9

 1 830 000

Belgium

 11.3

7.0

0.0

18.3

 10

 1 902 739

Japan

 11.3

2.5

3.8

17.6

 11

22 515 091

United States

 6.5

9.0

1.3

16.8

 12

49 391 060

United Kingdom

 11.5

4.4

0.0

15.9

 13

 9 539 900

France

 14.3

0.9

0.0

15.2

 14

 9 465 600

Luxembourg

 13.3

1.6

0.0

14.9

 15

 67 357

Austria*

 8.1

5.8

0.2

14.1

 16

 1 155 000

Australia

 10.8

2.6

0.4

13.8

 17

2 785 000

Germany

 12.6

0.3

0.1

13.0

 18

 10 706 600

Italy

 11.3

0.0

0.6

11.9

 19

 6 896 696

Spain

 9.2

2.5

0.1

11.7

 20

 4 994 274

Portugal 

 6.6

4.9

0.0

11.5

 21

1 212 034

New Zealand

 7.3

0.4

0.4

8.1

 22

 331 000

Ireland

 5.0

0.6

1.1

6.7

 23

 270 700

Czech Republic**

 3.0

1.4

2.0

6.4

 24

 650 000

Hungary

 4.1

2.1

0.1

6.3

 25

 639 505

Slovak Republic

 2.0

0.4

0.2

2.5

 26

 133 900

Poland 

 1.6

0.7

0.1

2.4

 27

 897 659

Mexico 

 1.5

0.6

0.0

2.2

 28

2 304 520

Turkey 

 2.1

0.0

0.0

2.1

 29

1 530 000

Greece 

 1.4

0.0

 0.0

1.4 

 30

 155 418

OECD 

 8.4

4.2

1.0

13.6

 

 157 719 880
Notes:
* Data are preliminary estimates
** The OECD statistics for the "Other Broadband" category of the Czech Republic include a large number of fixed wireless broadband connections provided over mobile networks. Broadband subscriptions over 3G networks are not included for other countries but an exception was made for the Czech Republic because the connections make use of "fixed" equipment in a home and offer speeds greater than 256 kbit/s to individual users. The Czech market is particular due to the high number of these wireless broadband connections as a percentage of total connectivity. It is important to note that there is continuing debate in international circles as to whether this type of wireless connection (numbering 188 000 in CZ) should be included in international broadband comparisons.  
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