Going by the statistics contained in the final edition of the Internet Access in South Africa 2012 study, the reduced cost of data and the accelerated network rollout in South Africa during the past two-year period led to a two-fold increase in broadband access in the country.

The study - carried out by World Wide Worx, with support from the howzit MSN online portal - analyzed the broadband data comprehensively to reveal that the number of broadband subscriptions will likely record a noteworthy 128 percent growth from the period of between 2010-end to 2012-end.

According to the precise statistics put forth by the study, the number of broadband subscriptions during the mentioned period has increased from 3.6 million to a projected figure of 8.2 million by the end of this year.

With the figures clearly showing that broadband access in South Africa has more than doubled in the last two years, the country now has - on the basis of subscription numbers - nearly 15.8 percent broadband penetration of the population.

Given the fact that mobile broadband subscriptions in South Africa have outnumbered the total number of fixed line broadband subscriptions by 8 to 1, Justin Zehmke - howzit MSN's Executive Producer - said: "High speeds, lower rates and ease of access also means that the demographic of the SA user base is shifting significantly, once again creating space for new content and business models."