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China to Top U.S. in Broadband Subscribers

Posted by samzenpus on from the growing-faster dept.

An anonymous reader writes "China already is rapidly approaching the United States as the country with the largest number of broadband subscribers, according to the El Segundo, Calif.-based firm, and by the end of the year, China is expected to have 34 million subscribers, compared to 39 million in the United States. By the end of 2007, China is expected to have 57 million broadband subscribers, compared to 54 million in the United States, with an even wider lead in the years to follow."

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  1. So? by Raul654 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Look at a population map of china. Now look at one of the US. Half of china has a population density of less than 2.5 people per square mile, and the other half has more than 500. Getting a large section of the country wired very quickly is pretty easy. The US population, on the other hand, is spread really thin. So it's not surprising that China could overtake the US quickly.

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  2. Re:Percentages by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    China has 1,298,847,624 and USA has 293,027,571

    So China has about 4% and USA has 18%.