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CNET, quoting Nielsen/NetRatings, reports that 72% or 102.55 million American homes have Broadband High Speed Internet Connections. Those numbers are up from 57% and 78.5 million, respectively, from a year ago.

90% of businesses now have a high speed conncection, up from 82% in 2005, while residential dial-up usage has dropped to 28%. A year ago, 43% of US households used dial-up for their internet connection.