an IELTS writing task 1 A glance at the given three figures reveals some substantial information about the Internet use in Australia in terms of three aspects —— access to the Internet , type of Internet connection and Internet use by age . Overall , the access to the Internet in metropolitan areas and non-metropolitan areas both had an upward trend . The former started at about 30% in 1998 , rising to 70% in 2006 ; and the latter began with 20% in 1998 , then it kept going up until reaching 60% in 2006. As for the issue on type of Internet connection , generally speaking, the situation varied among different evaluated years. During the period from 2005 to 2006 , the rate in broadband connection and the rate in dial-up connection were approximately the same. Besides , as shown significantly in the graph , in the year period 2006-2007 , the broadband connection had climbed to over 40% while the dial-up connection had declined to less than 20% , both are compared with the year period 2004-2005. Finally , it is also interesting to note that the Internet use of people in different age groups went down dramatically from nearly 80% to below 20% both in 2004-2005 and 2006-2007. This series of Internet usage rate is inversely proportional to the ages .