Between September 2001 and September 2002 there was a 12.4%
increase in the number of subscriptions to internet according to
results announced today from an Office of National Statistics
survey of ISPs, with always-on connections continuing to increase
their share of the total.
The year-on-year growth to September 2002 was 5.9 per cent for
dial-up connections, with an increase of 0.4 per cent from August
to September 2002. The year-on-year growth was 326% per cent for
permanent connections, with an increase of 8.9% from August to
September 2002.
Dial-up connections continued to dominate the overall number of
subscriptions, but with permanent connections continuing to
increase their share.
In September 2002, the percentage of subscriptions using each
access plan were: Free Access (28%), Unmetered Access (36%),
Billing (19%), Mixed access (5%), Always-on (4%) and Other
(8%).
