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South African Internet access growth rate slows

02.12.2005
Despite great expectations, growth in Internet access among the South African public has slowed to a crawl, with the dial-up market experiencing no growth in subscribers for the first time since the industry was launched in 1993.

Solid growth in corporate usage, and dramatic uptake of broadband has, however, helped to push the number of South Africans with Internet access up to 5 percent.

This is the key finding of the latest edition of World Wide Worx's annual study of the SA Internet access industry.

According to 'The Goldstuck Report: Internet Access in South Africa 2005,' 3.6 million South Africans will have access to the Internet at the end of 2005.

This means growth in 2005 ticked up slightly from 4 percent in 2004 to 5 percent in 2005, giving 1 in every 12 South Africans access to the Internet, marginally up from 1 in 13 at the end of 2003.