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Reduced growth rate in broadband use
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The Internet survey (discontinued in Statistics Norway), 2006

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Reduced growth rate in broadband use

The number of broadband subscriptions was 1 259 000 at the end of the fourth quarter of 2006. This is an increase of 253 000 since the end of the fourth quarter of 2005. Nine out of ten subscribers have a transmission capacity larger than 1 Mbit/s.

Revised figures in tables 1, 3 and 4 are published 23 October 2007. Please use the tables in order to find the correct figures in the article.

Private market. Broadband subscriptions (transmission capacity larger than 128 kbit/s) in per cent of households. 4th quarter 2006. Municipalities

Broadband subscriptions by market. 3rd quarter 2002 - 4th quarter 2006

At the end of the fourth quarter of 2006 Norway had 1 134 000 private broadband subscriptions, an increase of 25 per cent since the fourth quarter of 2005. This is a slightly reduced growth rate compared to 34 per cent the previous quarter.

Private broadband subscriptions 4th quarter 2006 by centrality of the municipality
Centrality1 Broadband subscriptions Broadband subscriptions in per cent of households
Remote municipalities  112 093 43
Fairly remote municipalities 71 104 50
Fairly central municipalities  267 016 53
Central municipalities  682 923 60
1  Standard Classification of Municipalities, 1994 (NOS C 192).

The most central municipalities have the highest number of broadband subscriptions relative to the number of households (60 per cent), while this figure is 43 per cent in the remote municipalities.

From the 4th quarter 2006 onwards information has been collected from all kinds of Internet service providers. This includes the municipality Modalen who provides broadband connections for free to all inhabitants through a special agreement. Included is also the municipality Tranøy who charge a fee from the subscribers. Enterprises owned by the municipalities as well as cooperatives have been included earlier. Whether these units are operating on a commercial basis or not is quite uncertain. The expansion of the basis for the statistics is done to be able to show the real number of subscribers regardless of the legal form of the Internet service provider or whether or not the fee will only cover the cost. Measured at national or county level this change is insignificant. For a few individual municipalities this change is quite significant. The process of expanding the basis of the statistics revealed a number of other local service providers now included. This should contribute to a better quality of the statistics regarding the municipalities.

Municipalities with highest number of private broadband
subscriptions in per cent of households, 4th quarter 2006
Municipalities Broadband subscriptions in per cent of households
Average for all municipalities 55.6
1151 Utsira 97.7
1252 Modalen 94.6
0941 Bykle 86.2
1120 Klepp 77.0
1001 Kristiansand 74.6
1563 Sunndal 74.5
1018 Søgne 72.9
1122 Gjesdal 69.4
1124 Sola 68.2
1102 Sandnes 67.8
0233 Nittedal 67.7
1127 Randaberg 66.7
1556 Frei 66.4
1103 Stavanger 66.2
1221 Stord 66.1
0904 Grimstad 65.1
0220 Asker 64.8
0213 Ski 64.4
0217 Oppegård 64.4
0906 Arendal 64.4
0231 Skedsmo 64.3
1804 Bodø 64.3
1902 Tromsø 63.9

Individuals and businesses may have several Internet subscriptions and several individuals may use the same subscription. The number of subscriptions is therefore not equivalent to the number of households/businesses with Internet access. A household can for instance get Internet access through employer, educational institutions or by sharing access with other households. The survey " ICT in households ” contains more information about households with Internet.

More information, see “ About the statistics ”.

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