ZDNet UK


Skip to Main Content

ZDNet.co.uk - Winner of Best Business Website 2007
  1. Home
  2. News
  3. Blogs
  4. Reviews
  5. Prices
  6. Resources
  7. Community
  8. My ZDNet

 

ZDNet UK RSS Feeds


IT Jobs

Online business Toolkit

DSL growth hits record high

Ben Charny CNET News.com

Published: 11 Dec 2002 11:42 GMT

  • Email
  • Trackback
  • Clip Link
  • Print friendly
  • Post Comment

The number of digital subscriber line (DSL) customers worldwide grew at an unprecedented rate from July through September, providing signs of life for the broadband market, according to a survey from the DSL Forum.

More than five million people worldwide signed up for DSL service between 1 July and 30 September, an increase of nearly 20 percent over the previous three-month period, according to the survey, which was released on Tuesday.

The worldwide percentage increase is the largest ever recorded by the DSL Forum, said the group's chairman, William V. Rodey. Rodey added that the findings are encouraging him to stick with the forum's target of 36 million DSL customers worldwide by year's end and 200 million DSL subscribers by 2005.

The survey found that there are now about 30 million DSL users globally. That figure doesn't include high-speed Web surfing done via cable modems, which in general cost about $10 less a month in the United States than DSL service does. By most estimates, there are about 15 million cable modems in the United States, twice as many as there are DSL connections, but there are only five million other cable modem connections anywhere else in the world.

"In the US, (cable modem providers) are beating the hell out of us," Rodey acknowledged. "But globally we're beating the hell out of them."

A representative for the National Cable and Telecommunications Association, one of the largest cable modem industry groups, did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

Rodey points out that while the US market for DSL grew by 11 percent, it wasn't able to improve on its 17th-place ranking among countries with the highest percentage of DSL use. South Korea ranks highest in the world, with 27 percent of the country using DSL connections.

The survey also found that strong growth of the number of DSL subscribers in Germany, Norway and Croatia helped Europe, as a region, have the second highest DSL penetration in the world. The combination of the United States and Canada is now in third place. The world leader is the Asia-Pacific region, the survey found.

"If you show a politician some of these numbers, this should get them into action," Rodey said.


See the Broadband News Section for the latest on cable modems, ADSL, satellite and other high-speed access technologies, including a comprehensive guide to the best deals out there.

Have your say instantly, and see what others have said. Go to the Telecoms forum.

Let the editors know what you think in the Mailroom.

  • Email
  • Trackback
  • Clip Link
  • Print friendly Print with HP

Did you find this article useful?
21 out of 49 people found this useful


Full Talkback thread

0 comments

Company/Topic Alerts

Create a new alert from the list below:








Related Jobs

Broadband Consultant - IP DSLAM / ADSL - Immediate Start!

Broadband Testing - Thomson CPE DSL Modems & Routers - Internet Protocol Suite & Wireless Networking Protocols - TR-069 - Linux / Ubuntu Apply Now! ...

C# DEVELOPER INSURANCE LONDON 40K

Responsibilities will include: - Design, development, and testing of survey tools and web-based surveys - Testing and development of a C#-based ...

Embedded High-Speed Real-Time Control Systems Designer Hemel Hempstead

My client is looking for an Embedded Software Engineer with experience of C and Assembler software design for real time high performance control ...

Sentry Posts Blog

Mobile Linux Better For Mobile Busines...

Mobile Linux Better For Mobile Business Apps? Author: Eric Everson, MyMobiSafe.com As mobile Linux is carving it’s footprint on the future of mobile application development, the... More

Post a comment

DWP downplays security breach

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted that some of its staff have been forwarding passwords with password protected material. An email that was leaked on the 'Dizzy... More

Post a comment

How many headshots does one chairperso...

We got a strange request last week from the head of PR from Russian security experts Kaspersky. It seems although the company was very happy with the interview we recently carried with... More

Post a comment

Featured Talkback

I wonder, who needs .asia domain? I cannot imagine, what would be useful for Microsoft.asia? Toyota.asia? Then let's register .europe (if .eu is too short). Or perhaps Microsoft.southamerica, Dell.australiaandnewzealand, Coca-Cola.africa... Sound funny? Then why not just use the global and country domains? Or perhaps it is time to drop the domains at all?

By: LadyRoot

Read full story:
Businesses advised to register .asia domains