Evolution in Fixed Internet Access speeds Figure 8 Number of countries with broadband commercially available 200 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 81 113 133 145 166 174 182 40 20 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Growth in max. broadband speed available 70 60 2003 2005 2008 Number of countries 50 2008 40 30 2005 20 2003 10 0 256 512 768 1024 1280 1536 1792 2048 2304 2560 2816 3072 3328 3584 >3'584+ Speed (kbps) Source: ITU. Note: commercial broadband is defi ned as Internet access at speeds of 256 kbps or more. These speeds are maximum commercial speeds advertised and are not always available (or achievable) due to traffi c, utilization etc. 57