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WELLINGTON, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand's Internet data usage more than doubled in June from two years previously as the country's streaming options opened up, the government statistics agency said Wednesday.
New Zealanders used a record 84,000 terabytes of data in June, up 143 percent from the 34,000 terabytes used in June 2013, according to Statistics New Zealand.
The figure did not include data used by mobile phone Internet connections.
Household connections used more than 90 percent of the total data.
"This is equivalent to 45 gigabytes per household. It equates to every household watching around 27 hours of on-demand TV, or streaming 11 hours of HD (high definition) video, per week," business performance senior manager Jason Attewell said in a statement.
"New Zealanders now have more options for streaming movies and TV online, and we're making the most of them. The greater availability of online streaming options, including subscription and non-subscription based services, has opened the door to content that often isn't broadcast in New Zealand," Attewell said.
"Having access to more content has proved to be very popular New Zealanders like to keep up with the rest of the world."
