Canada vs North America: Fixed broadband subscriptions
Fixed broadband subscriptions over time
- Canada
- North America
How they compare
North America currently reports 155.00 million against 16.90 million in Canada, a difference of 138.10 million.
That makes North America's figure about 9.2 times Canada's.
Across all 27 years both countries report, North America has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 16th and North America ranks 18th of 206 countries.
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About this data
Fixed broadband subscriptions refers to fixed subscriptions to high-speed access to the public Internet (a TCP/IP connection), at downstream speeds equal to, or greater than, 256 kbit/s. This includes cable modem, DSL, fiber-to-the-home/building, other fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions, satellite broadband and terrestrial fixed wireless broadband. This total is measured irrespective of the method of payment. It excludes subscriptions that have access to data communications (including the Internet) via mobile-cellular networks. It should include fixed WiMAX and any other fixed wireless technologies. It includes both residential subscriptions and subscriptions for organizations.