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As Broadband Growth Slows, Expect Speed Boosts

gigaom.com — The demand for broadband in the U.S., after growing at an explosive rate for almost two years, has started to slow, largely due to high market penetration rates and a struggling economy. UBS Research forecasts that the number of U.S. broadband connections will grow 11 percent in 2008, down from growth of 16 percent in 2007. The carriers — the cable

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  • louiebaur, on 04/30/2008, -0/+1squeeze more dollars out of the broadband business or their customers
  • dagorret, on 04/30/2008, -0/+1"Comcast started experimenting with 50 Mbps"!!!!....voilá!!!
  • upick, on 04/30/2008, -0/+1I'm in Australia, and we have one of the slowest adsl2+ speeds, everyone upgrading to faster adsl speed while we are left behind.... poor us
  • ferggo, on 04/30/2008, -0/+2Here's to hoping for some decent Internet speeds.
  • marketmou, on 04/30/2008, -0/+2Well, we can all wait and hope then...
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