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July 2003 Bandwidth
Report:
Cable Trumps DSL,
US Broadband Jumps to 36.7% |
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July
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Report from Andrew B. King is a monthly roundup of connectivity
trends in the US and elsewhere. Each month's bandwidth report offers the
latest statistics in Internet connectivity and broadband trends.
King is also the founder of WebReference.com and JavaScript.com, both award-winning
developer sites from internet.com, and he has recently authored a new book
"Speed Up Your Site - Web
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This month in the Bandwidth Report we
compare cable and DSL broadband Internet access in the US. Cable
has 67% to 105% more users than DSL in the US, according to two recent
surveys. Overall, broadband grew by .83% in June, with 36.7% of wired US
users enjoying a high-speed connection. The charts and tables below, derived
from Nielsen//NetRatings and Ipsos-Insight data, show trends in connection
speeds to the Internet in the US.
Home Connectivity in the US:
As of June 2003, most users in the
US connect to the Internet using dial-up modems of 56Kbps or less. 51.4%
use 56Kbps modems, 9% use 28/33.3Kbps, and 2.9% use 14.4Kbps modems. In
total, 63.3% of home users in the US connect to the Internet at 56Kbps
or less (see Figure 1). (See the July
2003 Bandwidth Report)
Broadband Growth in the US:
Broadband penetration in US homes
increased by .83% in May. As of June 2003 broadband penetration was at
36.7%, up from 35.87% in May. This is higher than the average increase
in broadband of .72% per month from October 1999 to May 2003. Extrapolating
the data provided by Nielsen//NetRatings, broadband share in the US should
exceed 50% by June of 2004 (see Figure 2). (See the July
2003 Bandwidth Report)
Work Connectivity:
As of June of 2003, of those connected
to the Internet, 69.8% of US users at work enjoy a high-speed connection,
up slightly from 69.7% in May. 30.2% connect from work at 56Kbps or less
(see Figure 3). (See the July
2003 Bandwidth Report)
Cable versus DSL:
Ipsos-Insight found in a May 2003
survey of 1,000 US adults that 40% had broadband while 59% had a dial-up
connection. Of those with broadband, 25% had a cable connection while 15%
had a DSL connection. Confirming this trend, Nielsen//NetRatings found
that cable has over twice the penetration (14.6%) of DSL (7.1%) in the
US as of June 2003.
About The Bandwidth Report:
The Bandwidth Report is a monthly
roundup of connectivity trends in the US and elsewhere. Each month's bandwidth
report offers the latest statistics in Internet connectivity and broadband
trends, including:
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Home Connectivity in the US
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Broadband Growth in the US
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Work Connectivity
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Broadband Trends in the US, Canada,
and other countries
The July 2003 Bandwidth Report is available
at: http://www.websiteoptimization.com/bw/0307/
About WebSiteOptimization.com:
Don't Make Me Wait! The new book
titled "Speed Up Your Site - Web Site Optimization" by Andy King, and the
companion web site are about designing "speedy" web sites with techniques
that...
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Increase usability, boost profits, and
slash bandwidth costs
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Improve search engine rankings
Andrew B. King is also the founder of
WebReference.com
and JavaScript.com, both award-winning
developer sites from internet.com.
Created in 1995 and subsequently acquired by
Mecklermedia (now Jupitermedia)
in 1997, WebReference has grown into one of the most popular developer
sites on the Internet. While he was Managing Editor of WebReference.com
and JavaScript.com, Andy became the "Usability Czar" at internet.com, where
he optimized the speed and usability of their sites. In addition to his
consulting
work, he continues to write the three weekly newsletters he started
for WebReference.com and JavaScript.com.
For a review copy of "Speed Up Your
Site - Web Site Optimization" (New Riders, ISBN 0-7357-1324-3) or an interview
with the author, contact: Matt Hockin, 503.246.1375, matt(-at-)interactivemarketinginc.com
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