Report: Broadband Revenue to Exceed $210 Billion in 2014
Report: Broadband Revenue to Exceed $210 Billion in 2014
Posted 03/15/2010 at 5:17am
| by Paul Lilly
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Say what you want about bandwidth caps, metered Internet service, and other ISP woes - when all is said and done, the broadband business is thriving, and it will continue to do so, suggests ABI Research practice director Jason Blackwell. According to Blackewell, global fixed broadband service revenue will top $210 billion in 2014.
Broadband revenue has been steadily climbing. After reaching $145 billion in 2008, fixed broadband service pulled in $164 billion in 2009, a pretty big jump considering we're dealing with billions of dollars.
What's interesting to note is that broadband revenue continued to show significant growth, even as the economy came to a screeching halt. Part of the reason is because of the popularity of services like IPTV and online gaming.
The biggest benefactor is still DSL, which claims the lion's share of the market. DSL broadband service revenue claimed nearly $100 billion in 2009 all on its own, though ABI expects that to only grow to $103 billion in 2014.
Fiber broadband revenue, on the other hand, is showing tremendous growth. ABI Research reckons fiber broadband will pull in $24.4 billion in revenue by the end of the year.
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mesiah
March 15, 2010 at 8:14pm
I can't wait till google enters the market. I hope they run ISPs out of business in every city they enter. When google starts offering 10x the bandwidth with no cap at equal or less than our current ISPs offer, they will be freaking out. Then again, who knows if we will ever see google internet. I am sure the ISPs will keep them tied up in court for years with some sort of anti-competitive bs.
nekollx
March 16, 2010 at 8:58am
"competing with Google is anti competitive!"
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mls067
March 15, 2010 at 3:27pm
and they still have the balls to sit there and tell us to upgrade would cost to much so they need to limit bandwidth hogs with b.s. caps...who's the freakin hogs?
JohnP
March 15, 2010 at 12:57pm
Step in there and nationalize the ISPs! We did it with cars, how about bandwidth?
kathik123
March 30, 2010 at 10:27pm
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nekollx
March 15, 2010 at 1:01pm
actually they are trying...
Naturally the ISP are....resistant...to the idea
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urdead4g
March 15, 2010 at 12:34pm
Yea no sh!t, what are we gonna do? not pay for anymore bandwidth? They know it, and are they ever going to continue to do so, they're gonna keep screwin us over with caps. And There is nothing, Nothing we can do about it. Literally, they can do w.e., and then what, we'll go to another provider? They are soon gonna all have caps! And there's nothing we can do about it. Nothing. Nothing at all.
Its just like if all bread, wheat and flower products doubled in costs. What are you gonna do? not buy anything in the wheats and cereals department anymore?
No wounder they're making money..
nekollx
March 15, 2010 at 12:48pm
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