Frequency of American Home Internet Usage

American Broadband users surf the internet more regularly than their Dial up counterparts.

BROADBAND
Daily usage : 65%
3-5 times a week : 16%
1-2 times a week : 11%
Every few weeks : 9%

DIALUP
Daily : 40%
3-5 times a week : 21%
1-2 times a week : 21%
Every few weeks : 19%

Country With The Best Broadband Connectivity

Taiwan by all means. Except for Haucha village which is damaged due to Typhoon, the whole country has now access to high speed internet connectivity. Taiwan has 4.6 million broadband subscribers.

Broadband market in Europe

Radicati group estimates that

Current number of installed base lines : 92 million
Estimated number of installed base lines by 2011 : 118 million
Estimated market revenue by 2011 : €34.6 Billion

DSL market in US

American Broadband market is slowing down. In fact, they are falling. Taking into account the four regional players alone -

Embarq
Citizens
CenturyTel
WindStream

the market of these four cumulatively fell 13,7% in the third quarter. Overall market fell by 22%.

Earthlink third-quarter earnings. LOSS

How much did Earthlink post in revenues? The third quarter that ended September 30, 2007  resulted in revenues of $298.8 million. The operational loss was about $35.9 million. The net loss in this quarter was at $79.4 million (at $0.65 per share). Earthlink hold a joint venture with SK Telecom in Helio which posted a net loss of $92.3 million on $51.7 million worth of revenues