Number vydelenok in Russia is almost equal to the number of modems

In Russia, by the end of 2007 the number of users channel broadband Internet access was 4.9 million, just slightly less than 5.1 million runetchikov going to the network through a modem connection, writes Vedomosti, citing a study J'Son.

Total for the year are connected to the number of ' Broadband ' customers has increased by 53 percent. It is expected that in the first quarter of 2008, broadband connections will be the first time more than the modem.

In Moscow, the subscribers of broadband channels account for 53 percent of the market. Monthly revenue per subscriber in the capital, the average is about 400 rubles.

The data cited J'Son. This may mean that one connection are four or five people. According to the Canadian company Maravedis, yet have no access to the network 75 percent of Russian apartment.