JUPITER RESEARCH STUDY ON BROADBAND ADOPTION

According to a new study from Jupiter Research, U.S. broadband service providers added approximately 1.3 million net new households in the second quarter of 2002. About 13.1 million households across the country currently use broadband services to connect to the Internet.

The growth of broadband uptake in the U.S. is on pace to meet Jupiter’s forecast of 15.4 million households by the end of this year. However, quarterly growth rates have fallen significantly between 2001 and 2002. Joe Laszlo, Jupiter Research lead broadband analyst, said this is due in part to price sensitivity among would-be users. For the full article visit http://www.internetnews.com/isp-news/article.php/1483471