THE NUMBER of broadband connections in Ireland contracted in the year to June last, according to new data from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Out of a list of 31 countries for fixed broadband, Ireland was ranked 22nd with a penetration rate 20.3 connections per 100 inhabitants.
In the country, according to OECD statistics, there are 907,859 fixed broadband subscriptions, including DSL, cable and fibre.
….and when it comes to speed, Ireland had the second slowest average broadband speeds at just over 6MBits/sec, based on a sample of 37 services offered here.
Only Mexico had slower speeds, with an average of 2.5Mbits/sec.
In terms of terrestrial mobile wireless broadband subscriptions per 100 population, Ireland was No 6 on the list, with 47.1pc of the country using mobile broadband, or 2.6 million subscribers.
