[NA-Discuss] CRTC Report on the State of the Internet In Canada
Glenn McKnight
mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
Sat Oct 12 22:06:13 UTC 2013
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2013/r130926.htm#.UlnDk1CshWA
Excerpt
*Internet services*
- The number of residential Internet subscribers grew by 3% from 10.7
million in 2011 to 11 million in 2012.
- Seventy-five percent of households had broadband Internet service that
offered download speeds of at least 1.5 megabits per second (Mbps), up from
72% a year earlier.
- The percentage of households that had download speeds of at least 5
Mbps jumped from 54% to 62%.
- In 2012, revenues generated from the provision of Internet services
increased by 5.9% from $7.2 billion to $7.6 billion. Internet services
accounted for 17% of all telecommunications revenues.
- Independent service providers increased their share of the residential
market from 7% in 2011 to 8% in 2012.
- The five largest Internet service providers accounted for 76% of all
revenues in this segment of the communication market.
- There were more than 500 Internet service providers operating in
Canada.
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