1.   Business products have longer sales cycles and slower adoption rates because corporate users take longer to evaluate software and modify internal programs.

2.   But Robert W. Pittman, co-chief operating officer of AOL Time Warner, said AOL was satisfied with the adoption rate for its high-speed services.

3.   Pearl says he believes that the e-mail adoption rate among physicians will accelerate as younger doctors join.

4.   Performance-based contracts with adoption agencies also helped up the adoption rate, Sotomayor said.

5.   The Institute for Children was unable to calculate the adoption rate in New York because the state did not complete the survey form.

6.   This change already has increased the adoption rate for children in foster care, and experts expect it to soar in coming years.

7.   Third, the company must bolster subscriber growth overseas, where adoption rates and usage are still surging.