[opendtv] Cable 'Net Biz Booming
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- Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 07:50:12 -0500
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Cable 'Net Biz Booming
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 12/22/2004 2:33:00 PM
Cable continues to grow its internet access business, according to a
just-released report from the FCC.
According to the report, which looked at high-speed internet
connections for the first six months of 2004, high-speed cable modem
service was up 2.2 million connections, or 13%, over the preceding
six months--from 16.4 million to 18.6 million.
That is less than the 15% average boost for all Internet
connections-to a total of 32 million lines, but cable still has the
lion's share, with ADSL connections at 11.4 million, up 20% over the
previous six months.
The other 2.5 million broadband connections--dial-up is excluded
since it is not broadband--were spread among satellite, wireless, and
high-speed fiber.
That was down from the 2.7 million, or 20%, boost for the previous
six months, however (from 13.7 to 16.4).
Still, the percentages are likely to decrease as the raw numbers get
bigger (adding one to one is a 100% increase, while adding the next
one is only a 50% boost, etc.). And looked at another way, the
increase for the 12 months ending June 30, 2004, was 39% over the
previous 12 months.
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