Almost 84,000 new broadband subscriptions were added during the first quarter of 2007, to bring the total number of high-speed internet users in Ireland to 602,000, according to ComReg’s latest quarterly report.It also appears that for the first time narrowband subscriptions have been outnumbered by new broadband subscriptions. Broadband now accounts for 58 percent of all connections.

ComReg estimates that there are currently around 450,000 residential sector broadband subscriptions in Ireland. This is equivalent to 30 percent of all households, compared to 25.4 percent for the previous quarter.

DSL remains the largest broadband access platform in terms of subscribers, accounting for 72 percent of high-speed internet subscriptions, while other platforms make up the remaining 28 percent.

Eircom’s market share of retail DSL lines remains unchanged compared to the last quarter of 2006 with the telco retaining a 66 percent share of subscriptions. In the past 12 months, Eircom’s share of retail DSL subscriptions has declined by 7 percent in total.

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