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Positive effects of broadband investments
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The Internet survey (discontinued in Statistics Norway), 2007

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Positive effects of broadband investments

The number of broadband subscriptions was 1 473 000 at the end of the fourth quarter, an increase of 213 000 in the last twelve months.

Broadband subscriptions by market. 3rd quarter 2002 - 4th quarter 2007

Private market. Broadband subscriptions (transmission capacity larger than 128 kbit/s) as a percentage of households. 4th quarter 2007. Municipalities

At the end of the fourth quarter, Norway had 1 326 000 private broadband subscriptions, an increase of 17 per cent compared with the fourth quarter of 2006. In the same period, the number of business broadband subscriptions increased by 17 per cent to 147 000. Compared with the low increase during the second quarter of 2007, the increase was doubled in the fourth quarter. This indicates that the initiative to provide broadband nationwide seems to be giving the desired results.

The broadband penetration rate in private households is now 64.2 per cent. The number of private broadband subscriptions per 100 households varies between 70 per cent in the counties of Akershus and Rogaland and 54 per cent in Finnmark.

Private broadband subscriptions 4th quarter 2007 by centrality of the municipality
Centrality1 Broadband subscriptions Broadband subscriptions
in per cent of households
Remote municipalities  139 966 54
Fairly remote municipalities 85 139 60
Fairly central municipalities  314 823 62
Central municipalities  785 436 68
1  Standard Classification of Municipalities, 1994 (NOS C 192).

The most central municipalities have the highest number of broadband subscriptions relative to the number of households (68 per cent), while this figure is 54 per cent in less central municipalities.

For the first time, no municipality has less than 20 private broadband subscriptions per 100 households and only 13 municipalities have between 20 and 35 private broadband subscriptions per 100 households.

A few small, but locally important Internet service providers, mostly cable-TV providers, are still not included in the survey. Efforts have been made to include these providers. Some small errors related to the distribution of subscribers between municipalities may occur. This may have strong effects on the figures per household for some municipalities.

Municipalities with highest number of private broadband subscriptions in per cent of households. 4th quarter 2007
Municipalities Broadband subscriptions
in per cent of households
$Average for all municipalities 64.2
0941 Bykle 93.2
1252 Modalen 92.7
1121 Time 85.0
0544 øystre Slidre 83.4
1924 Målselv 81.2
1563 Sunndal 77.9
1221 Stord 77.1
1714 Stjørdal 76.4
0213 Ski 75.5
1804 Bodø 75.5
0706 Sandefjord 75.3
1124 Sola 75.1
0233 Nittedal 75.1
0219 Bærum 75.1
1122 Gjesdal 74.4
0228 Rælingen 74.3
1127 Randaberg 74.0
1103 Stavanger 73.4
1601 Trondheim 73.4
0231 Skedsmo 73.2
0235 Ullensaker 72.8
0217 Oppegård 72.5

Individuals and businesses may have several Internet subscriptions and several individuals may use the same subscription. The number of subscriptions is therefore not equivalent to the number of households/businesses with Internet access. A household can for instance get Internet access through an employer, educational institutions or by sharing access with other households. The survey ICT in households contains more information about households with at least one member under the age of 75 with Internet access.

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