Broadband Usage Surpasses Dial-Up

High-speed Internet usage accounted for more than half of all time spent online in January, outpacing dial-up Internet access for the first time, Nielsen/NetRatings said in a report. The Internet research and measurement firm said high-speed Web surfers logged 1.9 billion hours--or 51% of the total 2.3 billion hours spent online during the month. Total time spent online by high-speed Web surfers rose 64% from a year-earlier. Time spent online by dial-up users fell 3% from 1.18 billion hours to 1.14 billion.