By K.C. Jones, TechWeb.com

Accelerators are increasing the number of hours dial-up users spend online, according to a new survey released Wednesday by J.D. Power and Associates.
The study, Power's 2005 "Internet Service Provider Residential Customer Satisfaction Study," found that overall personal Internet usage among dial-up customers has increased from 15.6 hours a week in 2004 to 17.8 in 2005. Customers with dial-up accelerators average 19.9 hours.

That's 10 percent higher than broadband users, who average 18.1 hours weekly.

Roughly 36 million homes in the United States use dial-up connections, according to widely accepted estimates.

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