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US Internet Access Forecast, 2009 To 2014

Broadband Reaches Maturity, While Dial-Up Goes Gentle Into That Good Night

by Doug Williams, November 9, 2009

Nearly 16 million new US broadband subscribers will emerge over the next five years, but more than half of those will come in the next two years. Due to slowing organic growth, the Internet access market will be characterized by shifts across platforms. . . .

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Preventing DSL From Becoming The Next Dial-Up

by Doug Williams, February 26, 2009

Over the past two quarters, new US cable broadband subscribers outpaced new DSL subscribers by a margin of more than four to one. Although low cost, fast speed, and the convenience of a bundle are the top purchasing criteria for both DSL and cable broadband . . .

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Mobile Broadband USB Modems Take Off In Europe

Should Residential Fixed Broadband Product Strategists Be Worried?

by Pete Nuthall, July 22, 2008

Since 2007, mobile broadband USB modem sales have rocketed; their fast uptake has caught everyone by surprise, including the mobile operators that actually sell this product. Their success is worrying product strategists at fixed operators as they struggle . . .

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North American And European SMB Access Technology Landscape  (166 KB PPT)

by Ellen Daley, June 23, 2008

An overview of SMB adoption of ethernet, broadband satellite, T1/E1, and DSL.

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Competitive DSL ISPs

Understanding Multiplay Broadband Packaging Strategies in Europe

by Ian Fogg, July 10, 2007

DSL ISPs are the main competitive ISPs in most European countries. Increasingly, they are leveraging local-loop unbundling to enable innovative broadband package tier design, as well as new multiplay bundles.

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Cable Broadband Versus DSL

How to Survive in Someone Else's Market

by Ian Fogg, June 22, 2007

In Europe's fiercely competitive broadband markets, cable operators are adopting widely different approaches to counter DSL. Some of these are proving successful.

Making Broadband Triple Play Profitable: VoIP Revenues

by Lars Godell, December 14, 2006

Many Western European incumbent telcos have launched consumer VoIP services, but most telcos don't have many subscribers yet. For 2005, we estimate that 2.6% of Western European broadband consumers used VoIP for almost all their fixed-line calls from . . .

Making Broadband Triple Play Profitable: Access Revenues

by Lars Godell, November 29, 2006

Broadband access is the killer app for broadband triple play in Western Europe — in our detailed, bottom-up access revenue model for incumbent telcos in 17 countries, we estimate that access-related revenues currently account for 93% of all residential . . .

The Welcome End To Vodafone's Mobile-Only Religion

by Jenny Lau, Lars Godell, September 15, 2006

Vodafone will no longer be a mobile-only operator after this week's announcement that it will bundle ADSL from BT with mobile services in its UK home market. Forrester welcomes the long-overdue recognition that mobile-only was a dead-end strategy, but . . .

European Triple-Play Adoption Is Growing, But Consumer Interest Remains Stable

by Lizet Menke , Lars Godell, August 31, 2006

Today, only 8% of Western Europeans have broadband triple play — the bundled offering of voice, video, and data — but 36% say they are interested. We found some growth in actual triple-play adoption compared with last year, but consumer interest in triple . . .

Making Broadband Triple Play Profitable: Norway

by Lars Godell, August 30, 2006

Norwegian consumers haven't shown much interest in cable- and xDSL-based triple play so far and they do not want to pay a lot for it. This means that the very dominant incumbent telco Telenor will struggle to make money on xDSL-based triple play, once . . .

Making Broadband Triple Play Profitable: Austria

by Lars Godell, August 30, 2006

Austrian consumers appear interested in cable-based triple play, but do not want to pay a lot for the bundle. This means that incumbent telco Telekom Austria will struggle mightily to make money on its IPTV-based triple-play offering. Forrester's new, . . .

Making Broadband Triple Play Profitable: UK

by Lizet Menke , Lars Godell, June 28, 2006

UK consumers have the highest triple-play adoption in Europe, but those who don't have it show limited interest in broadband triple play — and there aren't many service bundles to choose from. However, the xDSL-based triple-play market will soon see a . . .

Making Broadband Triple Play Profitable: Sweden

by Lars Godell, Lizet Menke , June 27, 2006

Swedish consumers are interested in broadband triple play but do not want to pay a lot for it. This means that incumbent telco TeliaSonera will struggle mightily to make money on its IPTV-based triple-play offering. Forrester's new, detailed, bottom-up . . .

Making Broadband Triple Play Profitable: Spain

by Lars Godell, Lizet Menke , June 22, 2006

Spanish consumers are moderately interested in broadband triple play — and they enjoy the second most advanced and competitive xDSL-based triple-play market in Western Europe. Even with high prices, it doesn't mean that incumbent telco Telefónica will . . .

Making Broadband Triple Play Profitable: Germany

by Lizet Menke , Lars Godell, June 19, 2006

German consumers are moderately interested in broadband triple play — and they are met with a dormant xDSL-based triple-play market that will soon see a lot more activity. But that doesn't mean that incumbent telco Deutsche Telekom (DT) will make money . . .

Making Broadband Triple Play Profitable: France

by Lizet Menke , Lars Godell, June 15, 2006

French consumers are very interested in broadband triple play — and they enjoy the most advanced and competitive xDSL-based triple-play market in Western Europe. But that doesn't mean that incumbent telco France Télécom will make money on its triple-play . . .

Network Planning For Broadband Triple Play

by Lars Godell, June 7, 2006

Western European incumbent telcos have many options for delivering TV services, including upgrading existing networks to support TV over xDSL/IPTV, building a digital terrestrial TV (DTT) network, and reselling somebody else's TV. The right choice depends . . .

The State Of Internet Access

Broadband Use Increased, And DSL Gains Share On Cable

by Maribel D. Lopez, April 7, 2006

More than 50% of online US households are using broadband today. While cable is still in the lead, DSL is gaining ground. With most operators reporting less than 30% sales penetration in their existing broadband footprint, operators will need to re-orient . . .

Q1 2004: Enhancements Drive US DSL Growth

by Lisa Pierce, June 28, 2004

Despite a four-year recession, US adoption of broadband services continues to surge. Now that we are in an economic recovery, the pace of DSL growth, particularly those DSL services supplied by incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs), will quicken this . . .

DSL's Low Price Beats Cable's High Speed

by Jed Kolko, Michael E. Gazala, Sheila Baxter, November 19, 2003

This is the first brief in the "Consumer Broadband" series. Consumers signing up for broadband today care more about price and less about speed than earlier broadband adopters - exactly what DSL providers like SBC and Verizon are counting on.

US Broadband Deployment and Adoption Advantage: ILEC DS

by Lisa Pierce, September 2, 2003

Although not an easy or straightforward task and by no means assured, the opportunity to truly create multi-functional, broadband services that are widely available now is in the ILECs¿ court.

MCI Assumes Industry Lead With Multi-Country DSL Access for IP VPN Services

by Brownlee Thomas, Ph.D., July 23, 2003

During the next year, all the tier-one facilities based providers of global IP VPN remote services will introduce managed DSL access in the largest international markets, mainly through partnerships with local ISPs.

Verizon's DSL Price Drop Starts A War It Won't Win

by Jed Kolko, Charles S. Golvin, May 6, 2003

Consumers, bring-your-own-access providers, and cable companies - not Verizon - will be the winners of the price war.

Equant New Multi-Access IP VPN Should Appeal to Multinationals for Smaller Locations

by Brownlee Thomas, Ph.D., March 26, 2003

With Equant's multi-access option for users of its managed global IP VPN services, customer locations using DSL access to their IP VPN should save between 30% and 50% compared to buying a full E-1/T-1 access circuit.