Nearly three-quarters of Web surfers in the United States have broadband Internet connections at home, up from just 57 percent a year ago, according to a study released on Wednesday by Nielsen/NetRatings.
The number of dial-up users dropped to 28 percent from 43 percent over the past year, the statistics for May found. The actual number of U.S. broadband home users rose over the past year to more than 102,000 from about 78,500, while home dial-up users fell to just over 40,000 from nearly 59,000.
In the workplace, broadband consumption is even higher at 90 percent saturation, up from 82 percent a year ago.
The study concluded that broadband users are more than three times likely than dial-up users to use RSS and more than twice as likely to publish a blog or build a personal Web page.
well when MSN is like 24.95 a month and then you have to pay for a second phone line you are paying more than broadband right there and get none of the speed and convenience. I can’t believe that I live a premo area of the 2nd biggest city in Oregon and the only broadband provider is comcast cable and they charge $53.95 a month or something it’s ridiculous I’ve been trying to get DSL for years and they still aren’t in my area.
and…. i mean its obviouse no one wants to wait 5 minutes for yahoo to load.