Comments on: More than 1.4M broadband connections in Greece

By: replica rolex submariner

replica rolex submariner — Fri, 22 May 2009 11:38:53 +0000

These data raise broadband penetration in the country to 12.5% of the total population, an outstanding figure compared to the sad 3.33% 2 years ago.

By: Costas Troulos

Costas Troulos — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:12:00 +0000

That’s in fact true. However, as you may notice, in the 7th semi-annual broadband report published on July 2008 by Observatory, these non-broadband unbundled loops accounted for 0.467% of the total connections. That means that the real number of broadband connections for 9/2008 is expected to be a few thousands lower, however still above 1.4M. In this respect, OTE info can be used safely as an acceptable estimation until Observatory verifies and reports the actual figures.

By: Lewton

Lewton — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:27:00 +0000

Actually OTE exaggerates, as it counts all fully unbundled lines as broadband lines, which could not be further from the truth. Many operators offer telephony or telepony+IPTV services without ADSL through such lines.
The Observatory for the Greek Information Society is a much more reliable source, as it counts actual broadband lines.
OTE cannot know how many of its competitors’ lines are used only for telephony/IPTV services.