21.   It takes less time to hook up a cable modem customer than a DSL customer.

22.   Millions of cable customers do continue to sign up each year to upgrade their cable subscription to digital service, as well as high-speed cable Internet access.

23.   Now, cable customers who need boxes lease them from their local cable companies on a monthly basis.

24.   Once hooked up, cable customers have a constant connection to the Internet.

25.   Shrewsbury, in contrast, is seeking to bring new services to existing electric and cable customers.

26.   So most cable customers use a cable service box.

27.   Sprint Spectrum, the alliance of three cable companies and Sprint, initially intended to offer local phone service to cable customers.

28.   Still, ExciteAtHome struck a deal Monday to continue serving other cable customers.

29.   That would be you, any Dodgers fan who are cable customers of Charter.

30.   The arrival of digital video also has created intense competition with satellite-TV services for cable customers.