[NA-Discuss] CRTC Report on the State of the Internet In Canada

[Glenn McKnight]

http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2013/r130926.htm#.UlnDk1CshWA
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*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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