Half of Canadian homes are broadband: CRTC

OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Canadian cable companies hold a slight lead in the broadband race among consumers. According to CRTC figures released today, 51% of Canadian homes are wired to a broadband Internet connection and of those homes 54% are served by cable companies (a total of 64% of Canadian homes subscribe to some kind of Internet connection, which shows the continued decline in dialup, not to mention the fact that well over one-third of Canadians still don't have an Internet connection at all in their homes). The Commission's sixth annual Telecom Monitoring Report reveals that the growing impact from the development...