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To: Kirk © who wrote (5182)	1/28/2003 1:27:24 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 25522

U.S. broadband services to increase by 40% in 2003 Semiconductor Business News (01/28/03 12:24 p.m. EST) BOSTON--Broadband services, including cable modems and Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), is expected to increase by more than 40% in the United States in 2003 over 2002, according to a report released by technology research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics. The Boston-based firm projects that the installed base of residential broadband subscribers in the United States will grow from 17.9 million homes today, to 25.3 million homes by the end of this year. By the end of 2008, the total number of broadband subscribers will soar to 64 million, or 59% of all US homes. Today, only about 27% of all U.S. Internet homes use broadband connections. By 2008, the report estimates that the percentage will have risen to more than 70%. Cable modem service will continue to be the most widely used form of broadband access in the U.S. The forecast predicts that 16.1 million homes will use cable modems by the end of 2003, while about 7.9 million homes will use DSL connections. And another 1.3 million homes will get broadband through other, less established, technologies such as fixed-wireless services, two-way satellite links and fiber to the home. "Despite the slow economy, consumer demand for broadband was remarkably strong in 2002, when the US market grew by more than six million subscribers," said analyst James Penhune of Strategy Analytics, in a statement. "Over the next five years, high-speed access will become the norm for residential Internet users as broadband becomes more widely available, more flexibly priced and a more powerful vehicle for new kinds of entertainment, content and services."