A new study of 2008 broadband adoption reveals that subscriber growth continued its declining trend. Between factors like excessive premiums, comparatively slow speeds, and a segment of the population that has yet to be wooed away from dial-up, the US' broadband market is more saturated than ever.
http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2009/03/us-broadband-growth-plummeted-over-13-in-2008.ars