As of Q1 2007, 52.72% of US households had a broadband connection while Australia was at 51.93%. South Korea still leads the pack at 89.38%, with Hong Kong at 87.14%, Monaco at 82.92%, Iceland at 75.76%, Singapore at 75.53%, the Netherlands at 73.27%, Denmark at 72.99%, Macau at 72.27%, Isral at 72.07%, and Norway came in at 71.35% household broadband penetration.
South Korea retains its lead over Hong Kong, Monaco, and Iceland in household broadband penetration. At current growth rates however, Hong Kong should pass South Korea in the summer of 2007 to become the leading nation in broadband penetration.
Among active Internet users, broadband grew to 83.43% in US homes in June, up 0.2 percentage points from 83.23% in June 2007.
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development says broadband subscribers increased 26% from 157 million in December 2005 to 197 million in December 2006. The United States has the largest total number of broadband subscribers in the OECD at 58.1 million. US broadband subscribers now represent 29% of all broadband connections in the OECD.
The Consumer Electronics Association that says more than half of American households subscribe to a broadband with 72 percent of adults in the U.S. have access to a broadband connection. The CEA counted households while the OECD counted number of subscribers per 100 residents.
“Hong Kong should pass South Korea in the summer of 2007 to become the leading nation in broadband penetration.” – Hong Kong is not a nation – it is “region” if it really needs to separate from China.
Left by pdx_bug on August 23rd, 2007