Broadband Lines Increase 33% in 2005
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Subscriptions to U.S. high-speed Internet services rose 33% last year, with telephone companies’ digital subscriber lines gaining ground on cable-modem connections.
The number of broadband lines jumped to 50.2 million at year-end from 37.9 million a year earlier, the Federal Communications Commission said.
The most common type of DSL service increased by 5.7 million lines, besting cable modems’ 4.2 million additions for the first time, the FCC said.
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