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The Federal Network Agency is satisfied: More than two-thirds of households have broadband Internet. In the EU comparison Germany is doing well.

A majority of German households now has Broadband Internet: 70 percent use a broadband connection, 58 percent even have particularly fast internet with a transfer rate of 50 megabits per second (Mbit / s) and more, writes the Federal Network Agency their current activity report on telecommunications in Germany (PDF).

By mid-2013 the number of broadband connections has increased to 28.4 million in Germany. The proportion of households with particularly powerful Übetragung of 50 Mbit / s has increased by 40 percent since 2010. The political aim is, by 2018 a comprehensive supply with 50 Mbit / s to achieve, according to the report.

broadband access network agency, however, already defined connections with download speeds of at least 1 Mbit / s per second.

The Internet supply in Germany is thus in an EU comparison above average, the boss said he Network Agency, Jochen Homann. Better cut only the Netherlands, Denmark and France from. “Particularly pleasing is, that has improved markedly in rural areas the supply of B roadband connections,” Homann said.

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