The amount of high-speed Internet access customers in the US will rise from 2.3 million in 1999 to 42 million in 2005, evident to research by Allied Business Intelligence (ABI). Worldwide broadband customers will leap from 5 million in 1999 to 91 million in 2005.

So far, cable modems have been the obvious head in high-speed Internet access when it comes to cheap, multi-megabit data transfer charges, taking over DSL. Cable's lead is due to an earlier market admission, according to the account "The DSL Solution: ADSL/SDSL Equipment and Subscribers" by ABI, which established that at the end of 1999, high-speed cable Internet service had 2.1 million US subscribers, while DSL had only 500,000 US users.

But DSL suppliers cannot get out the service fast enough. This is due partly to growing promotions highlighting DSL, some suppliers were seeing 50 to 60 percent development in user rates, and occurring major backlogs in process.

While suburban Internet users in the US are starting to leap on the broadband wagon, numerous US businesses have until now to adapt to high-speed Internet access. The whole number of US Internet-connected companies is proposed to boost drastically in the next three years, shooting from 2.96 million businesses in 2000 to 4.48 million in 2003, according to Vertical Systems Group. During this time, broadband connections will rise by 264 percent, while use of dial access will go down 10 percent.

Amid residential clients, countless issues still exist concerning b

roadband use. According to a study of 1,000 members of Greenfield Online's Internet-based board by 2Wire, Inc., 51 percent of people in the US do not know if DSL facility is obtainable in their neighbourhood. Younger users are expected to identify if DSL is accessible in their region compared to elder users, the survey established. More than half (53 percent) of Internet users ages 25 to 34 recognize if DSL is offered locally; in contrast with 37 percent of Internet users age 55 and older. Naturally, the superior the earnings, the more probable respondents were to be conscious of DSL. Sixty-four percent of Internet users earing more than $100,000 per year are aware about local DSL service, in comparison to only 39 percent of Internet users making less than $35,000 per year.

There are more and more services available to us online, that we tend to be oblivious to them. To get the most out of the Internet, we need to be aware of technologies evolving and services offered.

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