Broadband surges ahead worldwide

Broadband Internet access is on the rise worldwide, with the count expected to reach 205 million lines by the close of 2005. Broadband media like cable Internet, DSL and others have all shown significant growth in the year. However, it is to be noted that there still remains a major portion of the Net citizens who have access to only dial-up at miserably low connection speeds in many countries. Broadband continues to surge ahead in many countries with Morocco, Romania and India leading the pack. (See figure)