Broadband Share Over 50% of Internet Connections by June, 2004Broadband Share Over 50% of Internet Connections by June, 2004 Andy King, founder of WebReference.com and JavaScript.com
compiled statistics about Internet connectivity and broadband trends in the "Bandwidth Report," finding that cable has 67% to 105% more users than DSL in the US, according to two recent surveys.
Overall, broadband grew by .83% in June, with 36.7% of wired US users enjoying a high-speed connection, he reports.
The data included, derived from Nielsen//NetRatings and Ipsos-Insight data,
show that as of June 2003, most users in the US connect to the Internet using dial-up modems of 56Kbps or less. 51.4% use 56Kbps modems, 9% use 28/33.3Kbps, and 2.9% use 14.4Kbps modems. In total,
63.3% of home users in the US connect to the Internet at 56Kbps or less.
As of June 2003 broadband penetration was at 36.7%, up from 35.87% in May. Extrapolating the data provided by
Nielsen//NetRatings, broadband share in the US should exceed 50% by June of 2004. Also, says King, of those connected to the Internet as of June of 2003, 69.8% of US users at work enjoy a high-speed
connection, up slightly from 69.7% in May.
Ipsos-Insight found in a May 2003 survey of 1,000 US adults that 40% had broadband while 59% had a dial-up connection. Of those with broadband, 25% had
a cable connection while 15% had a DSL connection. Confirming this trend, Nielsen//NetRatings found that cable has over twice the penetration (14.6%) of DSL (7.1%) in the US as of June 2003.
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