9.D.5 Percentage of households with broadband Internet access at home
Sustainable Development Goal
Goal 9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Priority
Increasing the availability of ICT services in the region
Definition
Percentage of households with at least one person aged 16-74 having broadband Internet access at home.
Unit
percent
Available dimensions
total
Methodological explanations
Broadband Internet access is a connection that is characterized by a high speed of information flow measured in hundreds of kilobits per second or in megabits per second. Broadband access is enabled by technologies from the DSL family: ADSL, SDSL, etc., cable TV networks, satellite links, wireless connections via 3G modem or 3G handset.
Data comes from the survey Information society indicators, which is a questionnaire based sample survey carried out with use of a face-to face interview, in which participation is voluntary.
The survey is conducted in April every year. In accordance with the requirements set up in the Commission regulations, the survey covers all households in the country (with at least one person aged 16-74) and all persons aged 16-74 living in those households.
The survey excludes persons living in collective accommodation establishments such as student dormitories, employee hostels, social welfare homes, convents, hospitals, barracks, prisons etc.) Foreigners may participate in the survey as long as they be able to speak Polish.
Widespread and affordable broadband access is one of the ways of promoting knowledge and information based society. Prevalence of broadband Internet access is considered as a key indicator for policy making in the field of ICT. Broadband Internet connections allow transmission of high quality images, videos, watching TV or playing games on the Internet, phone calls over the Internet with the possibility of viewing the caller as well as allow the use of a variety of advanced Internet services.
