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New Pew Research Sets US Broadband Households at 55 Pct
It’s been a while since I posted any numbers about broadband adoption, so I was glad to see eMarketer’s newsletter on January 18. The Headline – “Who Doesn’t Use the Internet” – caught my attention. Much is written, with great flourish and excitement, about internet adoption, and it’s written in a way that leaves the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Broadband Challenges in India
Om Malik has posted an update on broadband uptake in India – even more interesting than his post are the post responses. There are several first-hand accounts and information about the regulatory/economic conditions contributing to the situation. Arun Day’s take on the current state of India internet adoption is that the problem lies less with [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Broadband Adoption Gap Getting Wider and Deeper
Emarketer has just released a study about worldwide adoption of broadband, and, as usual, is crowing about how those numbers are growing. The study defines broadband as an internet connection of at least 200 Kb in at least one direction, and includes all forms of broadband, including ADSL, satellite, fixed wireless, powerline, fiber, WiMAX, and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )BPL Sets the Stage for a Telecom-Electric Service Provider Smashup
Broadband over the powerlines is starting to make more noise and is moving closer to reality than ever before. But what does it really mean, and does it have staying power? The smashup will see utilities and telecoms become both competitors and partners. Utility companies realized years ago that, if they could re-use their existing [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Mobile Broadband Changes the Game
If you read this blog, you already know that broadband adoption rates is of particular interest. I have always taken exception to the loud exclamations about how great the broadband adoption rate is, when those exclamations overstate the upside and understate the downside – that is, now many people don’t have a choice at all. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Four Seconds
According to a newly released study by Jupiter, sponsored by Akamai, consumers are likely to bolt if the web page they are visiting has not loaded in four seconds. Read the eMarketer article. Read the Akamai press release In the meantime, many retailer site pages are getting heavier, no doubt with the encouragement of their [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Broadband for Everybody
Broadband Over Power Lines (BPL)Comes of Age? The largest planned implementation to date for BPL was unveiled on December 19, when TXU Electric Delivery and Current Communications announced that they will be offering this service by the end of 2006. No pricing is available yet. BPL has been in development for quite some time – [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Broadband and the Design Divide
Pew/Internet just released a new report about broadband adoption in the US. Broadband Adoption, Growing But Slowing, John Horrigan, Sep. 24, 2005 A few interesting bits: Currently, 32% of the US adult population does not use the internet Moderately-experienced dial-up users in this survey are older, have a lower income, are less educated, and are [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Broadband Haves and Have Nots
Will Sites Shut out the Have Nots? A couple of weeks ago eMarketer issued a report that stated “as broadband matures beyond high-speed Internet to include voice and video, there will be nearly 70 million broadband households in the region by 2008.” WOW! That’s a big number. So by 2008, websites can load up with [...]
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