Broadband access
2,364,000
40,876,000
DEFINITION:
DSL lines, cable modems etc. total in major countries (Top 30)
SOURCE:
Point Topic
Ranked 14th.
Ranked 1st. 16 times more than Australia
Broadband subscribers
2,102,800
49,391,060
DEFINITION:
Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 14th in 2005.
Ranked 1st in 2005. 22 times more than Australia
Communication technology patents
2.3 per 1000000 people
13.1 per 1000000 people
DEFINITION:
Electric communication technique patents 1998-2000 per million population .
SOURCE:
OECD, Communications Outlook 2003, Table 3.12
Ranked 14th.
Ranked 5th. 5 times more than Australia
Country code
.au
.us
DEFINITION:
The nation's internet code or TLD: top level domain
SOURCE:
IANA: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
Hosts
11,134,000
316,000,000
DEFINITION:
This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity.
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 6th in 2008.
Ranked 1st in 2008. 27 times more than Australia
Internet charges
$39.00
$36.00
DEFINITION:
Cost of Internet access for 40 hours at evening times at discounted rates, September 2002.
SOURCE:
OECD, Communications Outlook 2003, Table 6.5
Ranked 12th. 8% more than United States
Ranked 15th.
International Internet bandwidth > Mbps
22,056 Mbps
970,953.5 Mbps
DEFINITION:
International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 22nd in 2004.
Ranked 1st in 2004. 43 times more than Australia
International Internet bandwidth > Mbps (per capita)
1,097.8 Mbps
per 1 million peop
3,306.4 Mbps
per 1 million peop
DEFINITION:
International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 29th in 2004.
Ranked 19th in 2004. 2 times more than Australia
International Internet bandwidth > Mbps (per $ GDP)
33.6 Mbps
per $1 trillion of
83.1 Mbps
per $1 trillion of
DEFINITION:
International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 trillion $ gross domestic product.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 52nd in 2004.
Ranked 29th in 2004. 147% more than Australia
Internet Service Providers
571
7,000
DEFINITION:
The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet .
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Ranked 3rd.
Ranked 1st. 11 times more than Australia
ISP
571
7,000
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 2nd in 2002.
Ranked 1st in 2002. 11 times more than Australia
Linux web servers
633
11,108
DEFINITION:
Total usage of Linux servers by country as of Jan 2001
SOURCE:
Netcraft Linux server survey
Ranked 6th.
Ranked 1st. 17 times more than Australia
Livejournal users
34,142
1,292,820
DEFINITION:
Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004)
SOURCE:
LiveJournal
Ranked 5th.
Ranked 1st. 37 times more than Australia
Price basket for Internet > US$ per month
22.82 $/month
14.95 $/month
DEFINITION:
Price basket for Internet is calculated based on the cheapest available tariff for accessing the Internet 20 hours a month (10 hours peak and 10 hours off-peak). The basket does not include the telephone line rental but does include telephone usage charges if applicable. Data are compiled in the national currency and converted to U.S. dollars using the annual average exchange rate.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 86th in 2005. 53% more than United States
Ranked 121st in 2005.
Secure Internet servers
11,986
259,881
DEFINITION:
Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 6th in 2006.
Ranked 1st in 2006. 21 times more than Australia
TLD
.au
.us
DEFINITION:
This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Users
15,300,000
208,000,000
DEFINITION:
This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 15th in 2006.
Ranked 2nd in 2006. 13 times more than Australia
Users (per capita)
745.6 per 1,000 people
695.7 per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 5th in 2006. 7% more than United States
Ranked 9th in 2006.
Web sites
14.5 per 1,000 people
63.7 per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Websites per 1000 population .
SOURCE:
OECD, Communications Outlook 2003, Table 5.6
Ranked 12th.
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than Australia
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