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U.S. Broadband Connections Grow 49% in Year
Milpitas, Calif. - About 39 million people, or 13% of all Americans, are connecting to the Internet using broadband connections, according to new figures from Milpitas-based Nielsen//NetRatings, a provider of Internet audience measurement services. It is the highest number to date, about 49% higher than a year ago.
    NewsAlert Corporation

Broadband Internet Grows to 19 Million in the U.S.
First Quarter of 2003 Most Successful Quarter Ever For Broadband
Durham, NH - May 16, 2003 - Leichtman Research Group (LRG) found that, as of the end of the first quarter of 2003, the leading cable and DSL providers in the United States now account for over 19 million high-speed Internet subscribers. The first quarter of 2003 saw record quarterly growth as the major US cable and DSL providers added a combined total of nearly 1.9 million subscribers during the quarter.

Other key findings include:

• The top cable companies acquired 65% of the net broadband additions for the quarter, with cable adding 1.23 million broadband Internet subscribers in the quarter compared to 650,000 added by the major DSL providers
• The top cable operators now account for over 12.25 million broadband Internet subscribers, maintaining a 64% share of the market versus DSL
• The top ten US cable providers have broadband Internet available to 87 million potential subscribers - about 84% of their cumulative footprint, and nearly 14% of all those who could get broadband Internet currently subscribe

Leichtman Research Group - more

Europe Internet Usage
There are approximately 522,609,597 internet users throughout Europe. See the breakdown in a handy by-country table. May, 2003.
    Internet.com, CyberAtlas - more