Survey: Home Internet use via cable jumps

WASHINGTON, D.C. (REUTERS) — The number of subscribers getting high-speed access
to the Internet through their cable television line jumped by almost a million
during the second quarter, according to the National Cable and Telecommunications
Association. The 920,000 new subscribers brings the total number of U.S. cable
modem users to more than 5.5 million, about 8.5 percent of the 65 million homes
able to receive the service, according to the industry group, citing a survey
of its members. Cable operators also signed up another 1.3 million digital video
subscribers during the second quarter, bringing the total to 12.2 million customers.
In a relatively new foray for the cable industry, more than 200,000 people signed
up for residential telephone service via their cable operator during the second
quarter.