The End of Wired Broadband
According to InformationWeek's K.C. Jones, Ipsos Insight's annual Face of the Web study says we're currently seeing the peak of wired broadband connectivity. "The study, released Wednesday, also reveals a decline in dial-up access and potential for growth in wireless broadband," Jones writes.
"Over the past several years we have witnessed a significant migration within the online population to broadband access technologies," says Brian Cruikshank, executive VP and managing director of technology and communications for Ipsos Insight. "Most of these users were either upgrading from dial-up connections, obviously craving faster connection speeds, or were new users that jumped straight to broadband access to get online. However, with fewer dial-up users to convert in the future, and fewer net new users to capture, broadband's mercurial growth may begin to plateau in many developed markets in the near future."
"But Ipsos Insight said this slowdown is likely to present opportunities for wireless Internet access," Jones writes. "Only 15% of Internet users connect with wireless devices today, but the growth of household laptop ownership (34%) and the growing popularity of mobile browsing could change that."
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