Dutch Broadband 2007-Q4

Dutch broadband market grows to 5.59 mln, fuelled by cable

For the first time since 2002, Dutch cable internet operators added more new broadband customers than ADSL ISPs. The cable internet providers sold two times as many subscriptions as the ADSL providers during the fourth quarter of 2007, according to Telecompaper's quarterly report about the Dutch broadband market. The Dutch broadband market grew by 10.8 percent during 2007 to end the year with 5.588 million connections. During the fourth quarter the entire broadband market grew by 2.9 percent or 159,200 net