Report: Broadband In US Homes Nearly 20 Percent

jangobongo writes "A Commerce Department report, prepared in September, shows that the number of Americans using fast internet connections doubled from 2001 to late 2003. Experts are disappointed though, because even though 12 million households switched to broadband, the total amounts to about 19.9 percent of all U.S. households, lagging far behind countries that include South Korea, Taiwan and Canada."

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RIAA

[Anonymous Coward]

Wait 'till anything faster than 56k is banned. Those poor artists in their million dollar mansions are starving, you know.

shou;ldn't that be 4002?

[CProgrammer98]

that the number of Americans using fast internet connections doubled from 2001 to late 2003.

2001 * 2 = 4002

Pathetic humur I know, but it might make someone laugh

Only 20% of American households have broadband...

[mattkime]

...but another 20% are logging into open wireless access points.

Re:You're lucky

[syrinx]

Yeah, we still have an armada, too.

Red neck of the woods

[Doc Ruby]

"In urban areas, 40.4 percent of households used fast connections; only 24.7 percent of rural users did."

And urbanites voted for Kerry, while rural residents voted for Bush. Maybe the Red voters just didn't get the email?

Don't care.

[GeneralEmergency]

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Re:Stating the Obvious

[Daedala]

But you need broadband for downloading your Microsoft patches and service packs!

The AOL Factor

[mogrify]

I've repeatedly offered to help many family members get broadband set up... I break down the price of the modem, router/AP, service costs, all versus their current phone and internet bills, show them how much faster it is, offer to completely install everything for them, and tell them I'll fix their computers while they sleep via RDP... and what screws it all up? They want to keep their AOL e-mail address. And they can't afford to keep AOL with broadband thrown in. Sigh.