Leichtman Research Group, Inc. (LRG) found that, as of the end of 2003, the leading US cable and DSL providers accumulated over 24.6 million high-speed Internet subscribers. The year also saw record growth for broadband as the twenty largest cable and DSL providers in the US ? representing about 98% of the market ? added a combined 7.4 million high-speed Internet subscribers in 2003. The top cable companies netted 60% of the broadband additions in 2003, with cable adding about 4.5 million broadband Internet subscribers compared to close to 3 million added by the major DSL providers over the same time period. The top cable broadband providers now have a 63% share of the overall market versus DSL and account for over 15.5 million high-speed Internet subscribers compared to 9.1 million for DSL. Q4 2003 was the best quarter ever for DSL providers, with DSL adding nearly 870,000 net additional subscribers, capturing 45% of the net high-speed Internet additions for the quarter compared to 55% for cable