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DIAL-UP internet is in its twilight years, as more than half of all Australian internet connections are expected to be broadband by mid-2006, according to a study.
The joint study by telecoms equipment maker Ericsson, the Melbourne Business School and researcher TNS, showed Australia would reach the 50 per cent broadband tipping point faster than expected, Ericsson broadband product manager Colin Goodwin said.
Once that point was reached, dial-up would be well on the way to extinction, he said. "By the time you hit 50 per cent, the old technology is at death's door."
The study, however, showed there was still a proportion of Australians – less than 10 per cent – not interested in internet, with no plans to get online.
While the projected broadband switchover was a promising sign, Australia and New Zealand were still at the "rough end of the developed world", with other countries making the change a several years before, Mr Goodwin said. "Yes, there is a big surge, but we are running behind."
 News source: AustralianIT
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