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| September 22, 2008
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Broadband Reach Grows

Broadband Reach GrowsA recent Gartner report was cited in a Network World article that claims Broadband to reach 77% of U.S. households by 2012. Gartner states that U.S. Broadband penetration will increase to 77% of U.S. households by 2012. The market research firm is basing this projection on emerging 4G wireless services as WiMAX and Long Term Evolution (LTE). Both technologies are expected to be launched over the next four years.

Based on Gartner’s projections, the U.S. will be in a 5th place tie worldwide with Japan for broadband penetration. The 2012 leaders will be South Korea (97%), the Netherlands (82%), Hong Kong (81%), and Canada (79%).

According to the Network World article, the current U.S. broadband services subscription rate is just above 50%.

 

Ralph Bach has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his Bach Seat about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. You can follow him on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Email the Bach Seat here.

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| September 22, 2008
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IPv6 anyone?

Updated 03-10-09 The web monitoring company Pingdom says that IPv6 traffic at the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX), the Internet’s biggest exchange, accounted for just 0.25 percent of total Internet traffic.

rb- Who says IPv6 isn’t coming? This study shows a 250% increase in IPv6 use from the data reported by Arbor Networks in September 2008.

Arbor Networks released a study The EIPv6 anyone?nd is Near but is IPv6? which says the adoption of IPv6 has been very slow thus far. The network security vendor produced the study along with the University of Michigan and about 100 ISPs and content companies. It suggested that IPv6 adoption is growing but currently amounts to less than one-hundredth of 1% of Internet traffic.

As has been pointed out in this blog IPv4 addresses are running out, but IPv6 is still trying to gain some traction.

Ralph Bach has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his Bach Seat about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. You can follow him on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Email the Bach Seat here.

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