DSL closing in on gap with cable providers
More new subscribers pick phone-line-based Internet service in '05
By Peter Svensson
Associated Press
NEW YORK - Last year was the first in which telephone companies added more broadband Internet subscribers than their cable TV rivals did, according to a research report.
The largest DSL providers, which have been engaged in a price war that has slashed promotional prices to as low as $13 a month, added 5.2 million subscribers in 2005, according to Leichtman Research Group's analysis of company statements.
The major cable companies gained 4.4 million high-speed Internet subscribers last year, for a total of 24.3 million. That means cable retained a narrowing lead over the phone-line-based DSL technology, or digital subscriber line, which had 18.5 million customers.
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By Peter Svensson
Associated Press
NEW YORK - Last year was the first in which telephone companies added more broadband Internet subscribers than their cable TV rivals did, according to a research report.
The largest DSL providers, which have been engaged in a price war that has slashed promotional prices to as low as $13 a month, added 5.2 million subscribers in 2005, according to Leichtman Research Group's analysis of company statements.
The major cable companies gained 4.4 million high-speed Internet subscribers last year, for a total of 24.3 million. That means cable retained a narrowing lead over the phone-line-based DSL technology, or digital subscriber line, which had 18.5 million customers.
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