2023-06-23 14:04:21
Three out of four households in the southern region of the country use cable or fiber optics as a means of internet connection. The data were revealed by the research ICT Households 2022launched by the Brazilian Internet Management Committee (CGI.br), which addressed the use of information and communication technologies in Brazilian households.
The survey is annual and also revealed that the use of the internet only by cell phone predominates among women (64%), among blacks (63%) and browns (67%), and among those belonging to classes D and E (84% ). The country reached the mark of 149 million Internet users, of which 142 million access the network every day or almost every day.
“The significant adoption of optical fiber in homes in the south of the country reflects the need for faster and more reliable internet connections. Optical fiber offers high data transfer rates, allowing users to take better advantage of resources such as video streaming and online games”, believes Douglas Fumagalli, IT Technician at Vipp Netan internet provider in São Mateus do Sul, Paraná.
According to ICT, the presence of internet in Brazilian households remained stable between 2021 and 2022, reaching 60 million households, around 80% of all households in the country. There was also a situation of stability in the presence of connections in households in urban (82%) and rural areas (68%) and in all social strata analyzed: class A (100% of households connected), B (97%), C (87%) and D and E (60%).
Cable or optical fiber continues to be the main type of connection in Brazil, present in 38 million households, predominantly in the South region, where 72% of households adopt this technology. The North region has the highest proportion of households whose main connection is via the 3G or 4G mobile network (27%).
Among the connected households, 16% share the connection with the neighboring household. This situation is more common in rural areas (27%), in the North (21%) and Northeast (22%) of Brazil and in classes C (16%) and D and E (25%).
“Big cities and metropolitan areas are usually the first to receive this infrastructure, due to their higher population density and concentrated demand. Thus, the deployment of fiber optic networks has been faster in these regions”, says Claudio Dieckel, telecommunications technician at Vipp Net.
In the case of households without access to the network, which total 36 million people, the price of the service was pointed out by the interviewees as the main reason (28%) for not connecting, followed by lack of skill (26%) and lack of interest ( 16%).
1687647665
#Internet #cable #fiber #optics #South #region
