U.S. Broadband Penetration to Hit 60% in 2007, Led by DSL Growth

SILVER SPRING, MD -- (MARKET WIRE) (1.8.07)
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About 60 percent of all U.S. homes will subscribe to broadband service by the end of the year, but cable operators will come precariously close to losing their majority market share, Pike & Fischer concludes in a new report published by its Broadband Advisory Services unit.

Cable operators will see their share of the high-speed Internet market fall to slightly more than 50 percent as adoption of standard DSL and, to an increasing extent, fiber to the home or node (FTTx), continues to help the major telephone companies net the largest number of new broadband customers, Pike & Fischer forecasts in its "Broadband Business Outlook 2007."

However, a growing array of on-demand and high-definition programming, together with aggressive promotional offers, will lead digital cable subscriptions to make up the majority of the industry's core video customer base.