A study just released by the Leichtman Research Group, indicates that the “twenty largest cable and telephone providers in the US” now total approximately 65.1 million, high-speed Internet subscribers. Those 20 providers make up roughly 94 percent of the U.S. broadband market. Assuming that Leichtman’s results are correct (and assuming that Neilson’s latest numbers are as well, which show 164 million U.S. users went online in May 2007), this would mean that about only 42 percent of U.S. Internet users connect<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A study just released by the Leichtman Research Group, indicates that the “twenty largest cable and telephone providers in the US” now total approximately 65.1 million, high-speed Internet subscribers. Those 20 providers make up roughly 94 percent of the U.S. broadband market. Assuming that Leichtman’s results are correct (and assuming that Neilson’s latest numbers are as well, which show 164 million U.S. users went online in May 2007), this would mean that about only 42 percent of U.S. Internet users connect Continue reading