IP: RUSH OF HIGH SPEED SERVICES Edupage, 5 July 2000

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>Broadband technologies are quickly gaining popularity as
>consumers demand high-speed Internet access and multimedia
>offerings.  Over 27 million users in the U.S. will have
>high-speed access by 2003, creating $8 billion in revenues,
>according to Forrester Research.  Meanwhile, broadband access
>will represent half of all access revenues in Europe by the end
>of 2004, says International Data.  Broadband technologies include
>cable modems, digital subscriber line (DSL), and fixed wireless
>access.  Satellites offer another means of high-speed access, and
>Hughes Network Systems will soon launch a new version of its
>satellite Internet service DirecPC that will provide two-way
>interactivity.  Hughes expects that the 8.6 million users of its
>DirecTV satellite TV service will help DirecPC succeed, as
>customers upgrade to a combined TV and broadband Internet
>service.  Meanwhile, AOL is targeting the broadband market
>through its pending merger with cable giant Time Warner.
>AOL-Time Warner plans to offer broadband services that will
>provide multimedia content to 13 million cable households.
>(Financial Times--IT Review, 5 July 2000)