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)