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How Will Growing Internet Participation Abroad Affect U.S. Consumers and Businesses?

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How Will Growing Internet Participation Abroad Affect U.S. Consumers and Businesses?

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Currently, the majority of U.S. subscribers to an Internet access service use a dial-up connection, through their local telephone line. That kind of link is slower than the high-speed access available through a cable modem or digital subscriber line. Some analysts argue that broadband’s high speeds are critical to many of the newest Internet services now being developed–such as the sharing of large graphics files. Furthermore, such analysts maintain, without widespread adoption of broadband by U.S. consumers, the economic benefits to be gained from the use and further development of the Internet will move from the United States to other nations. That argument is not persuasive. U.S. consumers are already among the world’s most active Internet users. The growth in broadband connections worldwide that is cited as evidence that the United States is falling behind in fact grants U.S. consumers more opportunity and choice. As the use of broadband spreads both domestically and abroad, it be

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