By Parks Associates

Publish Date: April 03
Purchase Report Online

While broadband subscriptions among U.S. households enjoyed significant growth in 2002, the dominant cable broadband and DSL service providers struggled with a difficult economy, an uncertain regulatory environment, and a host of other challenges. Trends in U.S. Broadband Adoption analyzes these challenges and attempts to make sense out of the turbulent and rapidly changing market for broadband services among consumers.

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2.0 U.S. Residential Internet Adoption: an Overview

3.0 So Why Broadband and Why Now?
   3.1 More Widespread Availability
   3.2 Growing Dissatisfaction with Dial-Up Internet Service
   3.3 Growing Consumer Interest in Upgrading to Broadband
   3.4 Cable Providers Pushing Higher-Margin Services

4.0 Trends in Cable Broadband
   4.1 Network Upgrades
   4.2 Subscriber growth
      4.2.1 Total subscribers: quarterly totals
      4.2.2 Total subscribers: quarterly growth rate
   4.3 Cable Broadband Prices
   4.4 New service offerings
      4.4.1 Home Networking
      4.4.2 Digital Voice Services
      4.4.3 Tiered Bandwidth Services
      4.4.4 Bundled Service Offerings
   4.5 Financial Context
   4.6 Regulatory Context

5.0 DSL Providers
   5.1 Network Upgrades
   5.2 DSL Subscriber Growth
      5.2.1 Total subscribers: quarterly growth rate
   5.3 DSL Prices
   5.4 New Service Offerings
      5.4.1 Home Networking
      5.4.2 Tiered Service Offerings
      5.4.3 Bundled & Enhanced Service Offerings
   5.5 Financial Context
      5.5.1 Pressures on the Bottom Line
      5.5.2 Declining Market Value
      5.5.3 Capex Budgets
   5.6 Regulatory Context

6.0 Satellite Broadband
   6.1 Status

7.0 Fixed Wireless
   7.1 Status

8.0 Fiber to the Home

9.0 Outlook for 2003 and Beyond
   9.1 Cable Broadband
   9.2 DSL
   9.3 Satellite
   9.4 Fixed Wireless
   9.5 Forecasts through 2006

Figures in Section 2.0
Internet Service Adoption: 1999 – 2003

Figures in Section 3.0
Declining Satisfaction with Narrowband Service
Consumer Interest in Upgrading to Broadband Internet Service

Figures in Section 4.0
MSO Network Upgrades: 550 MHz or greater
Network upgrades: 750 MHz
Broadband Subscriber Trends among U.S. MSOs
2002 Quarterly Analysis of MSO Broadband Subscribers
Quarterly MSO Subscriber Growth: Q2 2000 – Q4 2002
Cable Broadband Prices
2002 Cable Telephony Subscribers
VoIP Activity among Cable Broadband Providers
Examples of Tiered Service Offerings among Cable Broadband Providers
Cox Communication’s Bundled Service Offerings
Subscriptions by Product: Charter Communications
MSO Stock Valuations: December 98 – March 03
MSO Capital Expenditures: 2001 – 2002

Figures in Section 5.0
ILEC Network Upgrades to Support DSL
ILEC DSL Subscriber Growth
ILEC DSL Subscribers: Year-End 2002
Breakdown of DSL Subscribers among ILECs
Quarterly DSL Subscriber Growth: Q2 200 – Q4 2002
ILEC Retail Pricing for DSL
Home Network Offerings among ILECs
Tiered DSL Service Offerings among ILECs
SBC’s “Total Connections” Bundle
ILEC Market Valuations: 12/98 – 3/03
U.S. DSL Provider Capital Expenditures: 2002

Figures in Section 6.0
Satellite Broadband Offerings in the U.S.
Bandwidth Estimates of Ku- and Ka-Band Satellite Service

Figures in Section 7.0
Wireless Frequencies Available for Broadband Services
Recent Announcements in the Fixed Wireless Space

Figures in Section 9.0
2003 Quarterly Forecast for Cable Broadband
2003 Quarterly Forecast for DSL
U.S. Broadband Internet Subscribers: 2001 - 2006

© April 2003 Parks Associates
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