Internet in France

Internet in France has been available to the general public since 1994, but widespread Internet use did not take off until the mid-2000s. As of 31 December 2014, France had 26 million Internet broadband and high-speed connections on fixed networks. In 2014, 80.7% of French households (22.5 million households) had Internet access (47 million users in January 2015, according to Médiamétrie[1]), while 19.3% did not (5.4 million households, out of a total of 27.8 million households).[2]

In 2014, 82% of French people aged 12 and over had Internet access at home (even though only 77% used it), and 64% of French people aged 12 years and older connected daily to the Internet from home. Considering all connections locations (not only the home), 83% of French people were Internet users.[3]

In metropolitan France, intense competition between Internet service providers has led to the introduction of moderately-priced high speed ADSL up to 28 Mbit/s (ATM), VDSL2 up to 100 Mbit/s, and FTTX up to 1 Gbit/s from €26 per month.[4] They often include other services such as unlimited free VoIP telephone communications to land lines, and digital television. Dial-up internet access is considered outdated.

Since around 2003, quotas have been seen as outdated and consequently all the fixed broadband internet offers in France are unmetered.

  1. ^ "Médiamétrie - Communiqués de presse - Internet - l'Audience de l'Internet en France en janvier 2015". Archived from the original on 2015-04-14. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
  2. ^ "Médiamétrie - Communiqués de presse - Comportements médias - Home Devices : 2ème vague de la nouvelle mesure des équipements multimédias de Médiamétrie". Archived from the original on 2014-10-25. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
  3. ^ http://www.arcep.fr/uploads/tx_gspublication/etude-CREDOC-diffusion-TIC-2014.pdf p. 77
  4. ^ Bouygues Telecom: guide des tarifs