JupiterResearch forecasts 70 percent of US households to have broadband by 2012.(MARKET...

JupiterResearch, focusing on the impact of the Internet and emerging consumer technologies on business, predicts that 70 percent of US homes--some 86 million households--will have broadband Internet access by 2012. Outlined in the recently released report, "US Broadband Forecast, 2007 to 2012: LECs Maintain Advantage over Cable Operators in Quest for New Subscribers," JupiterResearch finds that wider availability of high-speed service will prompt nearly 36 million new broadband subscribers over the next five years.

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