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Wireless all the go for Australians

Total internet subscribers rose by 14.8 per cent to 10.91 million in the 2010/11 financial year

More Australians have connected to the internet via mobile wireless than digital subscriber lines (DSL) for the first time, official data shows.

Total internet subscribers rose by 14.8 per cent to 10.91 million in the 2010/11 financial year, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data released on Tuesday showed.

Of those, mobile wireless internet connections (excluding mobile handsets) amounted to 4.79 million, or 44 per cent of the total, while DSL connections added up to 4.49 million, or 41 per cent.

Broadband cable connections were 881,000.

The phasing out of dial-up internet connections had continued, with 95 per cent of internet connections driven by broadband, the ABS said.

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