ITworld.com - China could overtake US in broadband access this year - six of top 10 are European

ITworld.com"China could overtake US in broadband access this year

At the end of December, the U.S. had 33.9 million broadband subscribers, and China 25.8 million. Six of the top 10 countries ranked by broadband market penetration are now European. In its totality the EU now has the largest number of broadband subscribers in the world. Japan had 18.1 million broadband subscribers, South Korea 11.9 million, Germany 6.9 million, France 6.8 million and the U.K. 6.1 million, the company said.

There are around 150.5 million broadband subscribers worldwide, using either DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) or cable modems, Point Topic estimated. That number grew by 50 million in 2004, and will rise to 215 million by the end of the year."