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To: Peter Joseph who wrote (65402)	5/10/2004 6:39:44 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77400

Cisco could still see growth yet: Home Networking Hits it Big - Total Value of Market to Reach $17.1 Billion in 2008 More Information > Home networking entered the mainstream in 2003 and early 2004, as large numbers of broadband users installed home networks to share Internet connections and electronics vendors delivered new products to send high-value entertainment content over the network. According to In-Stat/MDR (http://www.instat.com), the continued need for broadband sharing and a growing interest in entertainment networking will drive the total value of equipment with a home networking connection of some type from $8.3 billion in 2004 to $17.1 billion by 2008. The emergence of media networking continues to be the most exciting part of the home networking market. Many vendors have announced or released media networking products to connect entertainment devices to networks in order to share audio and video content around the home. We expect Microsoft's Media Center Extender technology to accelerate this trend going forward into 2005. In-Stat/MDR has also found that: Asia will eclipse North America for the region with the most home networks by 2008, rising from 27% of all home networks worldwide in 2004 to 36% in 2008, with North America dropping from 46% to 34% in the same time span. The wireless LAN market has evolved from being 802.11b dominated to one where 802.11g and multi-band 802.11 represented nearly 50% of shipments in the fourth quarter of 2003. New technologies such as MIMO and wireless 1394 will make WLAN technology an increasingly viable alternative for multimedia networking. In-Stat/MDR's consumer surveys show retail storefronts have become the dominant place for purchasing home networks, while on-line shopping has declined in importance. Linksys was the leading vendor of media adapters in 2003, while network disk vendor Ximeta led the emerging market for consumer network storage.