Cable Outpaces DSL in United States
By Anna Johnson on August 7th, 2008More and more U.S. Internet users are choosing cable over DSL, as cable continues to outpace DSL in… funnily enough, speed.
The Silicon Alley Insider reports that while DSL companies, Verizon and AT&T, fall behind in their efforts to deliver faster DSL access, cable companies are attracting the bulk of new broadband customers.
In the second quarter ending June 30, a mighty 69 percent of the 476,000 (net) new broadband subscribers went to the big cable companies, Comcast and Cablevision, while just 31 percent went to phone companies.
Although cable is, at about $6 extra per month, a little more expensive than DSL in the U.S., it offers significantly faster download speeds – which is increasingly an attraction for people looking to stream video online.
