Comreg Internets Stats Q2 2003 . No surprise good news there.

spongebob

In the numbers using the Internet .........

In the 3 month period up to the end of June, people changed their delivery channels according to Silicon Republic

"The report documents “a good uptake” of flat-rate internet access products (FRIACO) and a doubling of DSL broadband connections following reductions in price last May. There have been more than 6,500 subscriptions for FRIACO products and 3,850 additional subscriptions for DSL broadband connections between April and June.

Moreover, while the percentage of residential users going online has not grown, those that are online are using the internet more. For the first time, Irish people are spending more time online than they are talking on the phone when it comes to overall telephone usage – 40pc of all phone traffic is for internet usage compared to 39pc for telephone calls. "

The FRIACO figures refer to UTV and to IOL Only.

Most telephone minutes are now Internet minutes. If 40+39 = 79% then is Comreg telling us that 21% of all residential minutes are FAX or Voicemail traffic? Odd.

No increase in the number of households with Internet connections of Some sort but that information is quite hard to guage at the best of times as it comes from the CSO Household budget survey ISTR .

The Comreg report is Here

M

nahdoic

Moreover, while the percentage of residential users going online has not grown, those that are online are using the internet more. For the first time, Irish people are spending more time online than they are talking on the phone when it comes to overall telephone usage – 40pc of all phone traffic is for internet usage compared to 39pc for telephone calls. "

I remember eircom tribunal pointing out about the difference between internet penetration and internet usage oh so long long ago.

At last comreg can start to report the fact that internet usage is finally going up, huge credit goes to IOFFL. This is great news. And the fact that internet penetration hasn't gone up speak volumes about Phil Nolan's no demand, need more public awareness is utter tripe. Most people who are going to be interested in the net, already know about it, but it's far too expensive. Let's get the price down further and get them all using it more. Make it more widely available and for goodness sake get rid of the minimum contract lengths.

spongebob

EircomTribunal <sigh I miss them but the site is up> . Eircomtribunal have the detailed information on why Penetration is not the Same as usage Available Here , I linked the key Graphics below.

Internet Penetration April 2002 (it's now stuck at 37% or so and static) We were behind our 'peers' in the EU then and are not really closing any gaps now either


followed by INTERNET USAGE in those dark days of pay per minute and no BB

and now to the really bad news. Among those who had been 'penetrated' we had the lowest ONLINE TIME in the developed world.


Whats the point in being 'penetrated' if you don't use it. The environment has changed a lot in the past 4 months or so .

A nice fat BB price drop in time for the Christmas market would be the tonic I think together with a 180 Hours for €19.99 All Day If you want Friaco package.

M

corkie

Originally posted by Muck
In the numbers using the Internet .........

Most telephone minutes are now Internet minutes. If 40+39 = 79% then is Comreg telling us that 21% of all residential minutes are FAX or Voicemail traffic? Odd.

Internet................40%
Domestic...............39%
Mobile...................10%
International...........7%
Other(payphone)....4%

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Total.....................100%
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Approximately 6,500 FRIACO subscribers.
(* Same Approx number as the active members of boards)
Fixed Line revenue EUR 502 million (decrease 3% last quarter)

Mobile penetration rate 81% (EU avg 80%)
3.17 Million subscribers
Pre-paid 72% - Post-Paid 28%
Vodafone - 56% O2 - 40% Metor 4%

Sample of 1,105 adults 15-74 (81% Fixed Line at home)
Internet penetration 39% (32% incl those who do not have a fixed line)

Capt'n Midnight

Aw look we are just over a third of the world average
(or is that a third world average)

molinaalexis

Most use home phone for surfing the web



IRISH people are now spending more time online than they are talking on the home phone, according to a survey by Amárach Consulting for the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg).

The figures show that 40pc of all residential phone traffic is for internet usage, compared with 39pc for telephone calls.

ComReg's quarterly report for the period ended June 2003, released yesterday, also shows that Irish web users have bought into the recent introduction of flat rate internet products and cheaper high speed access. There have been over 6,500 subscriptions to flat rate products provided by the likes of Esat BT, UTV Internet and more recently Eircom, since a mandate from the Department of Communications for the provision of these services earlier this year.

In addition, the number of subscribers to high speed internet access, or digital subscriber line (DSL) services, has hiked 3,850 in the quarter, to a total of 7,350.

But the Amárach report also shows that despite the increased appetite, the percentage of residential users online has remained static for the last three quarters, at 38pc of the adult population.

Of internet users, 65pc access the web at home, compared with 35pc at work. And 39pc of adults have home internet access.

Using a standard fixed line to connect to the internet is by far the most common method of going online at home (78pc), while DSL connections are still only used by 1pc of adults.

The quarterly report shows that mobile phone penetration is up 1pc on the quarter to 81pc, although most European countries now have over 80pc penetration.

There are now 3.17m mobile phone subscribers and Vodafone and O2 still dominate the market, with 56pc and 40pc respectively. Meteor continues to hold 4pc of the market, by comparison.

Since full number portability was introduced, 10,000 mobile users have switched operators. In the fixed line business, non-Eircom operators still only command 20pc.

Ailish O'Hora

Moriarty

molinaalexis' thread merged into this one.