The bar chart displays how fast internet connections were in 2005 and 2015 in five cities in Australia and the pie chart illustrates the type of internet connection people in Australia used in 2010.
Overall, internet speeds increased in all five cities between 2005 and 2015, with Sydney having a much faster connection than any other city in both periods. In 2010 most people connected to the web via broadband, but a significant proportion used a mobile connection.
In 2005, Sydney had the quickest internet with a speed of approximately 13 MBPS and this increased only slightly to 14 MBPS in 2015, but was still the fastest by nearly 8 MBPS. Melbourne’s connection nearly tripled from just over 2 MBPS to nearly 6, making it the second speediest in 2015. Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane’s speeds increased to just under 6, just over 3 and just over 2 respectively.
In 2010 the majority of people living in Australia used a broadband connection to surf the net with 62.09%. However, just over a third of people used a mobile device to access the internet, whereas a very small percentage of people either used dial up or had no connection at all with 1.48% and 0.89% respectively