Internet in Denmark

Internet in Denmark
Total next generation access73%[1]
Rural next generation access3%[1]
DOCSIS 3 access61%[1]
VDSL access21%[1]
FTTP access43%[1]
4G/LTE access65%[1]
Median speed downstream[Nb 1]20,4 Mbit/s [2]
Median speed upstream1,9 Mbit/s[2]
Investment per household$457[1]
2012 price 12-30 Mbit/s[1]$23.40[1]
Year2012

In an international context Denmark is viewed as a somewhat peculiar country when it comes to internet access. The former state owned telephone company TDC owns the entire last mile infrastructure in terms of copper telephone lines and the vast majority of the coaxial cable infrastructure as well.[3] Even though the Danish telecommunications infrastructure is very heavily dominated by one company, Danish internet customers still enjoy fair prices and a wide availability of different next generation access internet connections in comparison with most other EU countries.[1] Furthermore, TDCs de facto monopoly on last mile infrastructure has come under attack. In the last decade regional power companies have formed national business alliances aimed at implementing FTTH for private and business end users.[4][5]

In 2012, Denmark was ranked third by OECD in terms of wired broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (see the bar chart below).[6] The same year 99,9 % of all households and companies were able to connect to the internet via a broadband connection of at least 2 Mbit/s.[7] As of 2015, 1.3 million Danish households are connected to the internet via TDC's coax and fiber, all of whom will soon have the opportunity to receive one gigabit per second connection.[8]

In 2012, Denmark performed poorly in terms of next generation access in rural areas compared to several other countries in the EU and the US.[9]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Cite error: The named reference EUvsUS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Bredbåndskortlægning 2013" (PDF). Bredbåndskortlægning: Kortlægning af Bredbåndsinfrastrukturen i Danmark (in Danish). Danish Business Authority: 27. 2013. ISSN 1903-3761. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-10-19. Retrieved 2014-09-15.
  3. ^ Povl D. Rasmussen (23 April 2010). "Telia og Telenor: Vi er uden alternativer til TDC's net" (in Danish). ComputerWorld.dk. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2014-09-14. Retrieved 2014-09-14.
  4. ^ Kirstine Kloster Andersen (25 October 2012). "SE: Stofa-køb er et frontalangreb på TDC" (in Danish). ComputerWorld.dk. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2022-07-15. Retrieved 2014-09-14.
  5. ^ "Ejerkreds" (in Danish). NiaNet.dk. Archived from the original on 2014-09-14. Retrieved 2014-09-14.
  6. ^ "Bredbåndskortlægning 2012". OECD. Archived from the original on 2014-10-31. Retrieved 2014-09-19.
  7. ^ "Bredbåndskortlægning 2012" (PDF). Bredbåndskortlægning: Kortlægning af Bredbåndsinfrastrukturen i Danmark. Danish Business Authority: 4. ISSN 1903-3761. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-09-19. Retrieved 2014-09-09.
  8. ^ Elkær, Mads (2015-08-27). "Sådan vil TDC levere 1 gigabit-internet til danskerne" [This is how TDC will deliver a 1 gigabit-internet to the Danes]. Computerworld (in Danish). Computerworld. Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  9. ^ John H. Chestnut (June 2014). "U.S. vs. European Broadband Deployment: What Do the Data Say?". University of Pennsylvania. p. 4. Archived from the original on 2014-09-11. Retrieved 2014-09-21.


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