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To: smolejv@gmx.net who wrote (33247)	5/7/2003 6:11:56 PM
From: RealMuLan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

that is because the US telecommunication companies have been kept raising their price for DSL, while other countries DSL connection fee have been declining. I know so many Chinese here in the US do not have high bandwidth connection at home, and I know a lot of people who live in China do have them at home. BTW, this number is pretty old, the DSL growth is much faster in 2002 compared to the previous years. "Alcatel Delivers Record 1 Million DSL Lines in China in 2002 Hannover, Germany, March 11, 2003 - Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA), the world leader in broadband access, announced today that it has delivered a record one million digital subscriber lines in China in 2002 through Alcatel Shanghai Bell, its flagship Chinese company and the leading Chinese telecom technology vendor. Alcatel's shipment of 1 million DSL lines in China is twice as many as its closest competitor, and represents a more-than-200-percent increase over its shipment of 320,000 lines in 2001." 216.239.57.104!OpenDocument+DSL+China&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 "China is experiencing strong demand for ADSL. China Telecom already has 1.5 million ADSL subscribers, and hopes to have two million by the end of 2002, and four million in 2003." 216.239.57.104 ====================== China Poised for High-Speed Growth By Robyn Greenspan China's broadband Internet audience is expected to grow by nearly 500 percent to 2.9 million households during 2002, according to research from Strategy Analytics. Furthermore, the firm predicts the number of Chinese broadband households to reach 36.7 million by 2008. cyberatlas.internet.com DSL has become the high-speed access of choice in China. In June 2002, China had 1.12 million DSL subscribers, and that number is expected to more than double by the end of the year, according to the China Center for Information Industry Development. broadbandweek.com