Dec 21 2004

Broadband use surpasses dial-up in U.S.

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As prices dropped over the past year, broadband use at home has surpassed that of dial-up in the United States, reaching 53 per cent of residential Web users in October, according to Nielsen/NetRatings.

For now, what people do on-line hasn’t changed as much as its frequency and duration, although some people are beginning to make telephone calls on the Internet or use cheap webcams for video chatting.

Read the Complete Story @ The Globe and Mail

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