A 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%.
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