Archive for the Broadband Category
Sectors with highest concentration of UK broadband visitors
Rank Sector % of UK Visitors on >2Mb speed 1 Automotive Parts & Accessories 38% 2 Multi-category Automotive 38% 3 Car manufacturers 37% 4 Ticketing/Theatre/Ev...
In February 2008 Brit used broadband for 19 hours 40 minutes
52% of Britons online are on a connection speed between 512Kb and 2Mb. 33% are on a connection speed between 2Mb and 8Mb, according to Nielsen. The faster the connection speed, the more time people sp...
Brands with highest concentration of UK broadband visitors
Rank Brand % of UK Visitors on >2Mb speed 1 BT 41% 2 Carphone Warehouse 41% 3 Ticketmaster 40% 4 Six Apart (blogging) 40% 5 O2 40% 6 Royal Mail 40%...
44% of Americans say Internet outage would disrupt their lives
Most internet users age 45 or older say content online serves less their needs and interests than those of younger persons, according to a Burst Media. 67.7% of internet users age 45 or older say thei...
US Internet usage in March 2008
Home & Work, March 2008 Home & Work, February 2008 Growth, MTM Sessions/Visits per Person 60 58 3.5 Domains Visited per Person 105 104 1.0 Web Pages per Person...
US household to generate 1.1 TB of Internet traffic a month by 2010
By 2010, the average US household will be using 1.1 TB of bandwidth a month, according to Internet Innovation Alliance. At that level, 20 homes would generate more traffic than the entire Internet did...
19 mln new broadband lines in EU in 2007
European Union added 19 mln broadband lines in 2007, the equivalent of more than 50,000 households a day. Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Finland, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Luxembourg and France ...
Mobile broadband usage by income segment in Q4 2007
Household Income Share of Mobile Broadband Computers Mobile Broadband vs. Total Internet Total Households 100.0% 100 $0-$24,999 5.5% 59 $25,000-$49,999 15.3% 80 $50...
154% mobile broadband growth in the US in Q4 2007
The number of computers using mobile broadband technology to access the Internet grew by 154% in Q4 2007 versus Q4 2006. Q4 2006 Q4 2007 Percent Change Mobile Broadband 854 2,168 15...
3.24 mln broadband subscribers in India
India, with a population of 1.1 bln, had 3.24 mln broadband subscribers at the end of January 2008, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India....
70% of young Brits log onto social networking sites
Over 70% of 18-24 year-olds in UK with internet access at home say they log on to sites such as MySpace, Bebo or Facebook regularly, but only 6% of the over 65s. Social networking is already the s...
US broadband access by demographic groups
76% of American adults (those age 18 and older) reported using the internet, according to the Pew Internet Project. And 24% say they do not use the internet. 59% of internet users go online at least o...
55% of all Americans have broadband Internet access
77% of the home internet users - or 55% of all Americans - have high speed access via cable modem, DSL, a wireless connection, a satellite link or some other way, according to the Pew Internet Project...
Only 48% of high-school graduates have broadband
Among those with household incomes less than $40,000, 57% are grouped as having low-access to the Internet and 43% are high-access. Among those in households earning $40,000 and up, 19% are low-access...
96% of California households have access to broadband
96% of households have basic broadband access, placing California as a leader in broadband availability among all 50 states. Nearly 2,000 communities are still unable to access high-speed internet, ...
54% of Americans had broadband in 2007
54% of American adults had a high-speed connection at home, compared to 45% in December of 2006, according to the Pew Internet Project...
61% of broadband Internet users watch online video
61% of broadband Internet users either watch or download online video content at least once a week, according to Horowitz Associates. 86% do so on a monthly basis, compared to 45% and 71%, respectivel...
5.4 mln broadband powerline units shipped in 2007
Surpassing the inflection point in 2006, worldwide broadband powerline equipment based on HomePlug, CEPCA and UPA powerline reached 5.4 mln. Global growth for broadband powerline networking equipment ...
92 mln Europeans have broadband in 2007
Radicati Group finds that in 2007 the Western European broadband installed base counts 92 mln broadband Internet lines. This is projected to grow to 118 Million lines and a total market revenue of 34....
Triple-play subscriptions to grow by 52% in 2007
Global triple-play subscriptions are projected to grow by a whopping 52% in 2007, to over 34 mln, according to Pyramid Research....
$891.7 mln will be earned on fiber optic test equipment by 2013
World Fiber Optic Test Equipment (FOTE) markets earned revenues of $586.1 million in 2006 and will reach $891.7 million in 2013, Frost & Sullivan says....
Consumer broadband value-added services up 81% in 2006
The market for consumer broadband value-added services (BVAS) grew by 81% during 2006, Point Topic reports. With over $16 billion in revenues, consumer BVAS became increasingly essential to the financ...
84% of UK Internet users have broadband
Some 15.2 mln UK households (61% of homes) now have an internet connection, compared with 54% in 2006, research from National Statistics found. London and south-west England had the highest online pen...
Customer support costs for home networks to exceed $200 mln
Parks Associates projects that customer support costs for home networks alone could exceed $200 mln annually for US broadband providers. ...