According to Joshua Wise, an analyst with Allied Business Intelligence Inc. (ABI), Oyster Bay, N.Y., the demand for high-speed Internet access will increase from 2.3 million U.S. subscribers in 1999 to 42 million in 2005. This means a compound average annual growth (CAAG) rate of 162%. He forecasts the market will see a worldwide jump in broadband subscribers from 5 million in 1999 to 91 million in
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