By 2010, 80 Percent
Broadband Internet in the United States
About 8.2 million U.S. households signed up
for high-speed Internet access in 2004, bringing the total number
of U.S. households with broadband to 31.9 million - a 35 percent
year-over-year increase - according to Jupiter Research,
reports MediaPost. Jupiter predicted that up to 69 million households
- 78 percent of U.S. online homes - would have broadband by 2010
if providers continue to lower their prices.
Around 43 percent of online households in the United States were
connected via broadband in 2004. Comcast market share was the
largest - 22 percent. SBC-Yahoo was second with 13 percent. Time
Warner accounted for 12 percent, and Verizon 10
percent.
Cable companies account for 63 percent of
the market and were responsible for more than half of the 2004
growth, providing 4.4 million of the new broadband households
with high-speed service. The remaining 3.7 million new broadband
households connected via DSL, which accounts for roughly 35
percent of the market. Read our Broadband Primer.
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Internet Usage Statistics
Preview
As of June 30, 2005 there are 928,043,280
Internet users in the world. This corresponds to a current 14.5%
penetration rate, and a five year growth percentage of 157.1 %.
The distribution according to percentage of users in the total
world is as follows:
World
Regions
|
Population
2005 Est.
|
Internet
Users, 2005
|
Penetra-
tion Rate
|
% World
Users
|
Asia
|
3,622,994,130
|
314,756,956
|
8.7
%
|
33.9 %
|
Europe
|
731,018,523
|
269,036,047
|
36.8 %
|
29.0 %
|
Northern
America
|
328,387,059
|
222,912,337
|
67.9 %
|
24.0 %
|
Latin America +
Caribbean
|
546,723,509
|
68,128,695
|
12.5 %
|
7.3
%
|
Middle
East
|
260,814,179
|
21,770,700
|
8.3
%
|
2.3
%
|
Oceania
|
33,443,448
|
16,448,945
|
49.2 %
|
1.8
%
|
Africa
|
896,721,874
|
14,949,600
|
231.2 %
|
1.7
%
|
Total
World
|
6,420,102,722
|
928,043,280
|
14.5 %
|
100.0 %
|
Source: Internet World Stats , June, 2005.
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Note1: Penetration Rate, is
expressed as regional population percentage.
Note2: Percent of Internet Users is based on 6,420,102,722
estimated world population.
It is not a surprise to see that Internet growth is lower in the
higher penetration regions, and higher in the lower penetration
regions. The Internet World Stats website statistics will be
updated at the end of July, 2005 when additional country figures
are received for inclusion in the data tables. We seem to be
getting closer to the one billion Internet users target mark
scheduled for the end of year 2005.
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