Broadband takes over – at last

06 March 2008 · 0 comments

Statistics New Zealand reveals that broadband users in New Zealand now finally exceed dial-up users: … the number of broadband subscribers went up 14.4 per cent to 829,300, in the six months to September 2007 and overtook dial-up subscribers. Subscribers with a dial-up connection fell 8.6 per cent from March 2007 to 675,800. [Via : [...]

Statistics New Zealand reveals that broadband users in New Zealand now finally exceed dial-up users:

… the number of broadband subscribers went up 14.4 per cent to 829,300, in the six months to September 2007 and overtook dial-up subscribers.

Subscribers with a dial-up connection fell 8.6 per cent from March 2007 to 675,800.

[Via : Dial-up dying off as broadband use surges - 06 Mar 2008 - NZ Herald: Technology News, views and comment from New Zealand and the World.]

It’s about blimmin time too. I still know of friends and clients who are stuck on dial-up — they can’t realistically expect to update their software, watch videos or view photos.

So, there’s just another 675,000 to go …

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