High Speed Services for Internet Access (As of 06/30/06)

We summarize here information from the fourteenth semi-annual data collection, thereby presenting a snapshot of subscribership as of June 30, 2006.  High-speed lines connecting homes and businesses to the Internet increased by 26% during the first half of 2006, from 51.2 million to 64.6 million lines in service, compared to a 21% increase, from 42.4 million to 51.2 million lines, during the second half of 2005.  For the full twelve month period ending June 30, 2006, high-speed lines increased by 52% (or 22.2 million lines).  The presence of high-speed service subscribers was reported in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, and in 99% of the Zip Codes in the United States.