Even with price erosion, U.S. Internet access market continues to grow.(MARKET INTELLIGENCE)

Internet Business Newsletter, December, 2004

The total U.S. Internet access services market will have strong single-digit growth for the next five years, according to In-Stat/MDR.

The high-tech market research firm estimates that the market was $35.1 billion in 2003, and of that total, consumer access services generated nearly two-thirds of the revenue.

Broadband access services revenues for both the consumer and business market remain the largest drivers of Internet access service revenues.

A common theme found across both the consumer and business markets is the continuing decline in dial-up services.

Both markets are continuing to migrate away from this lower-bandwidth service towards broadband.

In-Stat/MDR has also found that:

--Despite the growth in the...

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