By Ben Charny, 11 December 2002 15:04
NEWS The number of digital subscriber line (DSL) customers worldwide grew at an unprecedented rate from July to September, 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 per cent over the previous three-month period, according to the survey. The worldwide percentage increase is the largest ever recorded by the DSL Forum, according to 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. 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. Ben Charny writes for News.com
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