DSL Subscriber Numbers Analysis: DSL Subscribers by Nation

The latest figures show that Canada, Belgium, and Hong Kong have surged forward in DSL deployment, but South Korea surges ahead of the pack, having hooked up almost one quarter of all the nation's phone lines to DSL.

by John Bosnell of point-topic.com [April 24, 2002]

Point Topic continues to track the latest operator reports for DSL subscriber numbers. But how do the numbers break down around the world? A closer look at the figures gives some clues as to the state of DSL markets in different regions.

The "DSL/100 population" and "DSL/100 phone lines" statistics translate directly into percentages. Thus, 1.59 percent of the U.S. population has DSL, but 2.27 percent of U.S. households that have phone lines also have DSL.

Buildouts in Canada, Belgium, and Hong Kong have passed 5 percent of all phone lines, and South Korea stands out far ahead of the pack, with DSL reaching 23.61 percent of all phone lines, for a total of 5,178,300 DSL lines in South Korea.

Of the world's phone lines, 2.12 have been hooked up to DSL.

Source www.point-topic.com

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