OTTAWA – While profits grow for many ISPs, the days of dial-up Internet appear to be numbered, says a report from Statistics Canada. Consumers continued their rapid shift to broadband with three-quarters (76%) of 2005 Internet access revenues generated from the provision of broadband access, compared with 70% in 2004 and 60% in 2003. Internet access revenues from narrowband services matched those from broadband as recently as 2002. Figures from 2005 are Statscan's latest. The nation's Internet service providers (ISP) grew more profitable in 2005, according to the Survey of Internet Service Providers (which, oddly, doesn't include cable and wireless),...
