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The government aims for all households in the Netherlands to have access to an internet connection of at least 100 Megabits per second (Mbit/s) by the end of 2023, with a large majority having 1 Gigabit per second (Gbit/s). To check the progress towards this goal, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (EZK) has commissioned a map. This map shows whether all residential addresses in the Netherlands have an internet connection of at least 100 Mbps or 1 Gbps, and indicates the percentage of households in a municipality or province that already meet the target.
For four years running, Dialogic has been involved in creating this interactive broadband map. Through voluntary collaboration with 38 network owners and service providers, we collect the location and offer data of all fixed internet connections in the Netherlands. This data is aggregated into one integrated dataset, providing insights at the address level into the fastest available connections.
Year after year, the data shows the impact of investments made by market parties in the rollout and upgrade of various networks. This year, the coverage of 100 Mbit/s increased from 98.7 to 99.2 percent. There is also a significant increase in coverage of 1 Gbit/s: from 48.7 to 89.8 percent. At the moment, there are still around 64,000 addresses, 41,000 of which are in rural areas, that we see as outstanding tasks. They currently do not have access to 100 Mbit/s or more.
Curious about the results for your municipality or region? We have good news: EZK provides the data free of charge for policy purposes! Contact Menno Driesse and he will assist you with the request.
Or are you interested in our expectations for 2023? Check out here the study we conducted for EZK on this outstanding task.
