51.  That means that data providers have a way to create broadband service in areas not yet served by fiber optic cable.

52.  Technology executives themselves are sharply divided about how to shape public policy to make broadband service more readily available.

53.  The Bells say the legislation would help them expand broadband service through telephone wires that have been transformed into high-speed DSLs, or digital subscriber lines.

54.  The agency later decided to use that authority to regulate fees for using poles by cable companies that also provide broadband Internet services.

55.  The company is aggressively marketing and promoting its high-speed broadband service to the point of taking out a full-page ad in the Sunday New York Times.

56.  The company now provides broadband Internet service.

57.  The directive reflects the rapidly intensifying competition in Europe to offer high-speed Internet access and other broadband services.

58.  The findings offer a glimpse at how the democratizing promise that the Internet originally held out may be more fully realized as broadband services are more widely adopted.

59.  The evolution of high-speed broadband services over cable lines raises more questions from all sides.

60.  The FCC decided in February not to conduct a formal study of cable broadband services but said it would continue to monitor the evolving marketplace.