[Cable vs DSL]
www2.computerworld.com
Study sees cable modems beating out
DSL
Nancy Weil
(Online News Story, 10/24/97)
Cable modems will dominate the North American residential
Internet access market by 2002, outpacing Digital Subscriber
Line (xDSL) lines 4-to-1, according to a new market study.
More than 7 million cable modems will be installed by then,
according to Forward Concepts, Inc., a Tempe, Ariz.-based
consulting and market research firm.
"Broadband in the Local Loop: Cable Modem Madness vs.
xDSL Dementia" also predicts that cable will trounce xDSL
globally, but by smaller margins than in North America.
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Cable modems will win out because unit prices will dip below
$150. The study forecasts the average DSL modem pair
dropping from about $2,400 to $200 in the same time frame,
but suggests that questions still exist regarding whether DSL
really works with existing telephone lines.
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Still, cable companies are, by default, winning the Internet
access war among consumers "because the phone companies
have really not been as aggressive as they could be" in offering
high-speed broadband data services. Strauss said that it isn't
too late for phone companies if they jump into the broadband
market soon. However, he said they will be shut out "if they're
not into volume shipments of xDSL by the end of next year." |
