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164 Million Broadband Subscribers Worldwide

Posted by timothy on from the when-alabama-gets-the-bomb dept.

prostoalex writes "164 million people on this planet have a broadband connection, ZDNet reports, with 52 million broadband lines sold between March 2004 and March 2005. USA, China, UK, Japan and France currently lead the world in number of broadband hookups available. Poland was the first Eastern European country to join the 'million broadband lines' club."

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  1. Re:Only the first in many steps by John+Courtland · · Score: 1, Troll

    Then stay there. No one cares about what *you* want in any way, shape, or form. Seriously, way to think ahead. I mean, shit, horses and sail boats can get you anywhere in the world, right? Fuck those Wright brothers, fiddling with shit and ruining a good thing.

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