RESULTS FROM AN ANNUAL survey of U.S. broadband households show that downstream speeds increased an average of 34% in 2010, according to In-Stat.
“The survey also highlights that the majority of U.S. broadband subscribers are generally satisfied with the current speed of their broadband service,” says Mike Paxton, Principal Analyst. “This response indicates that so far, broadband service providers are managing to stay ahead of the consumer demand curve for bandwidth.”
The research also reveals:
• The average download speed for the broadband subscribers in the survey was 9.54 Mbps, up from 7.12 Mbps just twelve months earlier.
• In comparison to the rapidly rising amounts of bandwidth available to broadband subscribers, between YE2009 and YE2010, the average price for broadband service increased by just 4%
• 38% of the survey respondents also had a mobile wireless broadband connection.
• The average downstream speed across all access technologies increased by 71% over the course of the past two years. Cable modem and FTTH downstream speeds showed the greatest increases.
• The appearance of newly competitive access technologies, such as mobile wireless broadband, acts as a driver for increasing overall broadband speeds.
