MY broadband penetration

M'sia on track to achieve broadband penetration target

News 2010-03-01 17:34 

KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 (Bernama) -- Malaysia is on track to achieve the 50 per cent broadband penetration target by yearend after reaching 32.4 per cent so far.

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Summary for Malaysia:

1) Population: 27 million rakyat
2) Current broadband penetration: 32.4% on 1 March 2010 (8,748,000 subscribers)
3) Targeted broadband penetration: 50% by 31 December 2010 (13.5 million subscribers)
4) Duration to reach target: 9 months
5) Current broadband penetration gap: 17.6% on 1 March 2010 (4,752,000 new subscribers)
6) More than 4.7 million new subscribers will sign up for broadband before 31 Dec 2010
7) 50% rakyat will not have broadband by 31 December 2010 (non subscribers)
8) What % of the 50% without broadband belong to the bottom billion category?
9) How do we get the bottom billion to get onto the digital band wagon?
10) What is the price of subscribing to broadband?
11) Is broadband affordable? Is it affordable by the rural poor?
12) If broadband is unaffordable, what can we do to alleviate this problem?
13) Do we have a cheaper source of broadband? How? What? Where? When?