Broadband Growth Slowed in 2009

The nineteen largest cable and telephone providers in the US -- representing about 93% of the market -- acquired nearly 4.1 million net additional high-speed Internet subscribers in 2009. Annual net broadband additions in 2009 were 75% of the total in 2008. The top broadband providers now account for nearly 71.8 million subscribers -- with cable companies having 39.3 million broadband subscribers, and telephone companies having 32.5 million subscribers.