The number of U.S. high-speed Internet subscribers jumped to 12.8 million lines in 2001, a surge of 80.3 per cent for the year, according to statistics released on Tuesday by the Federal Communications Commission.
The number of subscribers to such service from their cable television companies almost doubled last year, with 7.1 million customers receiving service from operators like Charter Communications Inc. and Comcast Corp.
There were 5.2 million cable-modem subscribers in June 2001 and 3.6 million in 2000
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