The broadband revolution is upon us. When it comes right down to it, broadband to the home is a technology whose time has come. What remains to be seen is whether the broadband network will take the path of offering just speed, or addressing other customer needs as well. The phenomenal growth of broadband, 21 million subscribers projected for year end 2001 growing to approximately 84 million by 2005, is a direct result of increasing reliance on the Internet as an information, communications, business and entertainment tool. At the same time, new bandwidth intensive applications are being introduced that make the argument for broadband services very compelling.

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
  
• Methodology
  
• Introduction: The Broadband Marathon
  
  • In-Stat's Broadband Definition
    
• Market Overview
  
• Why Broadband?
  
  • Applications for Deployment Today
    
  • Applications for Deployment Tomorrow
    
• Broadband Access Technologies
  
• Cable Modems - The Homogeneous Network
  
  • The Coaxial Cable
    
    • Standards
      
    • DOCSIS 1.1
      
    • Prices
      
    • Service Providers & Market Conditions
      
• DSL - Phones Lines Doing Double Duty
  
  • DSL Market Drivers and Hurdles
    
    • Standards
      
    • Pricing
      
    • Technical Issues
      
    • Voice over DSL
      
    • DSL Market Conditions
      
• Fixed Wireless - Airwave Connectivity
  
  • Market Conditions
    
    • Prices
      
    • Fixed Wireless Service Issues
      
• Satellite - The Choice for Remote Locales
  
  • Walled Garden Approach
    
  • Current Service Deployments
    
    • Europe/Middle East
      
    • Asia-Pacific
      
    • Americas
      
  • Market Drivers and Hurdles
    
    • DBS Operators
      
    • Future Networks & Technologies
      
    • Satellite Broadband Market Forecast
      
• Broadband Service Differentiators
  
• Broadband Subscriber Forecast
  
• Broadband: The Next Few Years

List of Tables

• Table 1. North American Cable Modem Subscribers by MSO (as of April 2001)
  
• Table 2. U.S. DSL Subscribers by Service Provider
  
• Table 3. U.S. Internet via-Satellite Residential Subscribers (000s)
  
• Table 4. Worldwide Internet via-Satellite Residential Subscribers (000s)
  
• Table 5. Broadband Access Technologies: A Comparative Snapshot
  
• Table 6. Broadband Access Technologies: Service Cost Comparison
  
• Table 7. Worldwide Broadband Subscriber Forecast by Access Technology (000s)
  
• Table 8. Five Year Forecast: Worldwide Broadband Service Revenues ($ in millions)
  
• Table 9. U.S. Broadband Subscriber Forecast by Access Technology (000s)