World Broadband Statistics
Point-Topic.com has published a document detailing various world broadband statistics. We have reproduced a large table showing the growth in the numbers of DSL and non-DSL technologies in thirty countries. Two countries, Japan and South Korea, clearly buck the trend with the number of DSL based connections decreasing, this is largely due to the continued roll-out of Metro Ethernet and Fibre To The Home services.
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The table does not break down the non-DSL technologies to show how many are down to FTTx (Fibre To The Kerb or Fibre To The Home) technologies. We do have some indication of the popularity of the various technologies in the worlds various regions.
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Fibre technologies commonly called FTTx are continuing to out-perform both DSL and cable modem services in terms of growth, and the technology remains the current pinnacle of broadband for consumers. The report defines a broadband service as one where the connection connects at 256Kbps (Kilo bits per second) or faster.
Comments
The US figures are probably fudged, even though they do not show favourable anyway. Considering the US recently announced the 300 millionth citizen, pretty poor coverage. Whilst the UK moaned about the BT monopoly, at least it forced advancement of broadband. Here the telecos and cable do it in the profitable residential areas only. There are vast areas who will never get broadband at an affordable rate unless the US Gov wakes up - oh, but then that is against market forces......
A much better table IMO then some of the Ofcom ones that have previously been on the site news. This one breaks things down a bit more country by country. Still not a perfect chart (yes i know there is no such thing) but much better then some ive seen. An interesting read thanks :).