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17pc of Irish broadband users have speeds higher than 10Mbps

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  • 09-12-2011 6:51pm
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    bealtine
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    http://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/item/24934-17pc-of-irish-broadband/

    ComReg has reported that total Q3 electronic communications revenues decreased marginally by 0.4pc to €957m. Total voice traffic in the quarter declined 1.3pc to below 4.4bn voice minutes

    According to ComReg's Q3 telecoms report Ireland’s total internet subscriber base stood at 1.6m subscriptions, with increases being driven by growth in the area of cable broadband (up 7.4pc), mobile broadband (1.6pc) and satellite/fibre broadband (up 12.7pc.

    In relation to cable broadband, UPC today said that it reached the 250,000 subscriber milestone.

    Narrowband (old-fashioned dial-up) subscriptions were down by 5,858.

    Fixed broadband per capita reached 23.1pc, while the total broadband per capita penetration rate was 36.1pc.

    Consumer adoption of speeds higher than 10Mbps continues with 17.1pc of all broadband subscriptions in Ireland are greater than 10Mbps, compared with 7.7pc a year ago.
    Ireland now has 1.8m smartphone users

    Mobile subscriptions in Ireland are now at 5.4m, up from 5.3m in the previous quarter.

    Around 34.5pc of total mobile subscriptions in Q3 were active 3G users (not including mobile broadband subscriptions). This suggests that there are about 1.8m smartphone users in Ireland, including users of devices like iPad and other tablet devices with SIM cards.

    Some 75pc of Irish homes now receive their TV via a digital service like cable or satellite, ComReg said.


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    clohamon
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    bealtine wrote: »
    Consumer adoption of speeds higher than 10Mbps continues with 17.1pc of all broadband subscriptions in Ireland are greater than 10Mbps, compared with 7.7pc a year ago.


    These are contracted speeds.


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    bealtine
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    clohamon wrote: »
    These are contracted speeds.

    That indeed is true, however in fairness to UPC they deliver close to the speed contracted usually, unlike DSL which is dependant on a number of factors outside (well not really) the control of eircom.
    If the cables weren't so decrepit due to lack of investment and regulation, then they could deliver higher speeds


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    watty
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    More useful to know
    people actually get more more than 4.5Mbps at peak times? How many of those are on packages sold at more than 5Mbps

    how many people actually get more more than 7.2Mbps at peak times? How many of those are on packages sold at more than 8Mbps


    how many people actually get more more than 9Mbps at peak times? How many of those are on packages sold at more than 10Mbps

    I.e. 10% reduction from package at peak.

    Unqualified by speeds delivered this is meaningless.
    Consumer adoption of speeds higher than 10Mbps continues with 17.1pc of all broadband subscriptions in Ireland are greater than 10Mbps


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    bealtine
    Registered Users Posts: 4,051 ✭✭✭bealtine


    http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1209/tech-business.html

    The latest report by the communications regulator shows strong growth in cable broadband and devices such as smartphones and iPads, but falls in voice traffic over fixed and mobile phone lines.

    ComReg said the broadband penetration rate reached 23.1% in the third quarter of the year. This climbs to 36.1% when mobile broadband is included.

    Internet subscriptions increased to 1.68 million, with cable up 7.4% from the previous three months, mobile broadband up 1.6% and satellite/fibre rising by 12.7%. These rises offset a fall in narrowband subscriptions.

    Mobile subscriptions stood at 5,47 million, up from 5,38 million in the previous quarter. Around 34.5% of these were active 3G users. ComReg says this indicates the figure for users of smartphones and other 3G SIM devices such as tablet computers.

    The regulator estimates that 75% of homes with television received a digital TV service by September 2011.

    Total quarterly revenue from electronic communications was €957m, down 0.4% from the previous three months.

    78% of households have internet access - CSO

    A report from the Central Statistics Office shows that 81% of all Irish households had access to a computer last year, while 78% had access to the internet.

    The CSO said the home computer figure was up 16 percentage points from the 65% recorded in 2007.

    The internet access figure is up from 72% in 2010 and 57% in 2007. The 2011 internet access percentage is slightly above the EU average, according to the CSO.

    The report on information society and telecommunications in households also found that holiday accommodation and other travel arrangements were the most popular types of online purchases. The CSO survey did not measure the amount of money people spent over the internet.

    At the end of June 2011, there were 1.66 internet subscriptions in Ireland, slightly down from the previous three months, but up 5.2% from June 2010.


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