Broadband catching on

More than half of Hong Kong's 2.2 million home Internet users will be surfing the Web on broadband connections within a few months. Interactive Audience Measurement Asia said demand for digital subscriber lines and cable modems soared from 7 per cent of the home Internet market last March to 40 per cent at present. At the current rate of expansion, the number of broadband users will surpass those with slower, dial-up connections in the third quarter of this year.