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31/07/2012
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In June, 40.5% of active Internet users have connected at speeds above 2 Mb, 91% more than last year
By Juliana Americo Lourenço da Silva
SAO PAULO - The number of broadband users has grown in Brazil. At the last survey Ibope Nielsen Online, the Brazilians who accessed the Internet with connection speeds up to 2 Mb in June accounted for 40.5%. In the same period last year, the high is 91%.
Also according to the survey, there was a decrease in connections that use up to 512 KB. In June 2011, were 10 million users, but that number fell 39% and remains unchanged over the past three months, with 6.1 million.
active Users
On the active users, ie those who have sailed at least once a month in June, they totaled 41.5 million. Of these, 18.1 million were connected at speeds between 512 Kbps and 2 Mbps.
The connections between 2 Mbps and 8 Mbps represented 27.9% (11.5 million) while up to 8 Mbps represented 12.6% (5.2 million users).
Average time
Ibope Nielsen's research also showed that users with connection speeds between 2Mb and 8Mb are sailing longer, an average of 42 hours. While those connected to the Web for up to 128 Kbps speeds were on average 32 hours browsing, users who have more than 8 Mbps spent more than 40 hours on the web, on average.
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