i know these numbers are from december of 2004 and june 2005 but they’re very interesting.

24.9 of 100 people in korea have some sort of broadband (ranked the #1 most broadband connected country) in 2004 and that grew slightly in 2005 to 25.5. 13 out of 100 in the usa (#12) growing to 14.5 in 2005, 10.5 in the uk to 13.5 in 2005 (#14 to #13) and australia has 7.7 out of 100 growing to 10.9 (#21 to #17).

first off i’m surprised the states is only #12 in that list. i would have thought it would be higher up. i am not surprised au is where it is since broadband can be fairly pricey but the growth is encouraging.

UPDATE: the age has an article today (april 5) stating there’s close to 3 million broadband connections in au. there’s also a quote from paul budde saying au has about 25% home penetration where the avg of the rest of the world is about 35%. he also says that even though au broadband penetration is growing, the speed of the connections is not. i had a real quick look the other week and a 512 is the fastest speed i’ve seen available.