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Sunday, October 10, 2010

As broadband is not as previously thought Unstoppable

According to reports VNUNet, in 2005 the boom in broadband in the world has been unstoppable, and now just three years later, Ars Technica said that "it is no secret that broadband growth is stagnant in the United States. Both Ars Technica and VNUNet reported the lowest levels of broadband growth in the United States in seven years.

Two reports published recently, one by Leichtman Research Group and the other by communications workers of America (CWA) have painted a rather bleak landscapebroadband sector in America.

Leichtman The paper revealed that broadband-up has been halved in the second quarter of 2008 versus the second quarter of 2007. Telephone companies experienced the lowest levels of growth, while cable companies took the lion's share of the new additions. According to the report, an overemphasis on high-speed FiOS and U-verse bundled services compared to traditional DSL services is largely to blame.

Forecast for the future of broadbandcontradictory. According to Bruce Leightman, president of Leichtman Research Group, there is much potential for growth in the U.S. market. But he admits that there have been reports saying that the broadband market in the United States is almost saturated. About 55% of the U.S. population has broadband in their homes. The remaining 45% can not afford to subscribe to services, are not interested in broadband, or beyond the reach of broadband services. In one case, a city that was out of the reach of commercialtried to make its own broadband network build. But it was sued by a local telecommunications company, so the city would not be in a position to provide the fiber necessary to complete the operation.

The report published by the CWA showed that the broadband speeds in the United States lags far behind many other industrialized countries. The average speed of 230,000 Internet users were found to 2.3 Mbps The two extremes were Rhode Island 6.8Mbps to 0.8Mbps and Alaska. InCompared with Japan has the fastest speed of 63Mbps broadband, South Korea is second to 49Mbps, while France clocked in at 12Mbps.

According to Larry Cohen, president of the CWA, the speed of broadband is not just about how quickly users are able to download movies. Cohen says that the download speed is important for the economy, and developers who seek to be competitive in an increasingly complex global market. But the costs, the apathy of consumers and competition with the U.S. market remainslimit growth, America would soon find themselves lagging behind countries like South Africa.

Recommended sites:

vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2223779/broadband-growth-speeds-US

arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080811-broadband-growth-slows-to-dial-up-speeds-in-second-quarter.html

Broadband Not As Unstoppable As Previously Thought

According to VNUnet news, in 2005 the global broadband boom was unstoppable, and now, just three years later, Ars Technica has declared that "it's no secret that broadband growth in the US is stagnating". Both Ars Technica and VNUnet have reported on the lowest levels of broadband growth in the US in seven years.

Two reports published recently, one by Leichtman Research Group and another by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) have painted rather a bleak landscape of America's broadband industry.

The Leichtman paper revealed that broadband take-up has halved in the second quarter of 2008 when compared to the second quarter of 2007. Telephone companies experienced the lowest levels of growth, while cable companies took the lion's share of new acquisitions. According to the report, an undue emphasis on high-speed FiOS and U-verse bundled services over traditional DSL services is largely to blame.

Predictions for the future of broadband are contradictory. According to Bruce Leightman, president of the Leichtman Research Group, there's a lot of potential for growth in the US market. But he admits that there have been reports that say the US broadband market is nearly saturated. Around 55% of the US population has broadband in their homes. The other 45% can either not afford to subscribe to broadband services, aren't interested in or are out of range of broadband services. In one instance, a city that was out of range of commercial broadband services tried to build their own network. But it was sued by a local telecommunications company so that the city wouldn't be able to provide them with the necessary fibre to complete the task.

The report published by the CWA showed that the US broadband speed falls far short when compared to many other industrialised countries. The average speed from 230,000 internet users was found to be 2.3Mbps. The two extremes were Rhode Island at 6.8Mbps and Alaska at 0.8Mbps. In comparison Japan has the fastest broadband speeds at 63Mbps; South Korea was second at 49Mbps, while France clocked in at 12Mbps.

According to Larry Cohen, president of the CWA, broadband speed isn't just about how fast users are able to download movies. Cohen says that download speed is important to the economy and to developers who are trying to be competitive in an increasingly sophisticated global market. But if expense, consumer apathy and competition with the US market continue to hamper growth, America could soon find themselves falling behind developing nations, such as South Africa.