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To: Johnny Canuck who wrote (43451)	7/26/2006 7:58:14 PM
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U.S. broadband adoption jumps 33 percent in 2005 By Reuters news.com.com Story last modified Wed Jul 26 15:16:31 PDT 2006 U.S. high-speed Internet subscriptions soared 33 percent last year to 50.2 million lines, according to the latest data released by the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday. More consumers signed up for digital subscriber line (DSL) service from telephone companies like AT&T and Verizon Communications than cable modem service from companies like Comcast and Time Warner, the FCC said. DSL subscriptions jumped to 5.7 million lines versus cable companies' 4.2 million subscribers in 2005, according to the FCC. The cable industry's market share dropped 3.5 percentage points to 57.5 percent, while DSL gained 3.3 percentage points to reach 40.5, the agency said. DSL is typically less expensive than cable Internet service but offers slower download speeds. In other news: Spy chiefs dig in on wiretap warrants Microsoft to push IE 7 onto your PC Virtual goodies, real greenies News.com Extra: Companies offer data insurance Video: CEO of MP3tunes has advice for YouTube The United States is ranked 12th in the world for broadband subscribers behind countries including Iceland, South Korea and Japan, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's most recent rankings. U.S. officials have attributed the low ranking to other countries subsidizing the cost and because some of those nations have concentrated population centers that are easier to serve. An estimated 42 percent of Americans had high-speed Internet access at home in March 2006, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project. That was up from 30 percent of Americans with high-speed access one year earlier, it said. U.S. cable and telephone companies are engaged in a fierce battle to offer customers a package of communications services, including voice, data, wireless and subscription television. [Harry: Those growth number may be starting to level off as evidenced by the drop in price of ADTN that sells that kind of equipment to the major ILEC's.]