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The New York Times > Business > Your Money > Spending: The Express Lane to the Internet, Now With Fewer Bumps "After years of hiccups, broadband providers have also streamlined the application and installation processes and, crucially, expanded the coverage areas. As of the end of last year, 23 percent of households nationwide had signed up for a broadband plan, according to the Yankee Group, a market research firm."