US Internet penetration by demographic profile

All parents	87%
Race/Ethnicity
White	92
Black	81
Hispanic	69?
Education
High school grad or less	76
Some college	91
College grad	99
Annual Household Income
Less than$30,000	66
$30,000-$49,999	80
$50,000-$74,999	91
$75,000+	97
Source: Pew Internet Project

4.2 mln Internet users signed up for fiber in Q1 2008

Fiber providers added 4.2 mln customers in Q1 2008, while 2.5 mln customers signed up for cable modems, according to Point Topic. The bulk of the new fiber subscribers are in China, where 2.5 mln signed up, for a total of 16.7 mln. US is in #4 place after Japan and Korea. Point Topic counted 303,000 new US fiber customers, for a total of 2.6 mln.

66% of teens live in households with broadband

% with broadband at home
All teens	66%
Parent Education
High school grad or less	56
Some college	67
College grad	82
Race/Ethnicity
White	70
Black	56
Hispanic	60
Annual Household Income
Less than $30,000	48
$30,000-$49,999	54
$50,000-$74,999	69
$75,000+	81
Source: Pew Internet Project

US cable companies added 1.19 mln new broadband subscribers in Q1 2008

Largest cable companies in the US added 1.19 mln broadband subscribers in Q1 2008, according to Leichtman Research Group. Phone companies added 1.01 mln DSL customers in Q1 2008. Since Q3 2004, phone companies had been adding subscribers faster than cable, closing in on cable’s lead in total subscribers. But that lead is now widening, with cable companies having a total of 34.7 mln subscribers compared with 29.5 mln at the phone companies.

35.3 mln cable and 29.7 mln DSL subscribers in the US in Q2 2008

The 20 largest cable and telephone companies added a net 887,000 high-speed Internet subscribers in Q2 2008, according to Leichtman Research Group. Cable companies now have 35.3 mln broadband customers, compared with 29.7 mln at the phone companies. AT&T remains the country’s largest Internet service provider, with 14.7 mln customers, ahead of Comcast with 14.4 mln.

253 mln Chinese Internet users, 214 mln of them use broadband

There were 253 mln Chinese Internet users in June 2008, China Internet Network Information Centre reported. Internet penetration in China is still at 19.1%. 214 mln, or 84.7% of all users, are connecting via broadband.

Worldwide consumer broadband connections will grow from 323 mln connections

Worldwide consumer broadband connections will grow from 323 mln connections in 2007 to 499 mln in 2012, according to Gartner. Worldwide consumer broadband connections penetrated 18% of households in 2007, and by 2012, households with a broadband connection will reach 25%. Five countries exceeded 60% broadband penetration into the home in 2007; and, this is expected to grow to 17 countries by 2012. The five countries with broadband penetration into the home above 60% are Canada, Netherlands, Switzerland, South Korea and Hong Kong.