Not satisfied with the speed of the broadband access services offered by your cable and telecom providers?
The emergence of global players, cheap broadband services and free Internet access services are feeding such growth, the market research company added.
Such services include broadband Internet access, telephony and on-demand video, and they help differentiate cable from its somewhat less expensive rival, satellite TV.
If network operators lose their ability to manage their capacity, all of their customers will NOT necessarily have equal access to broadband services.
Capping pricing structures, hindering profit and business expansion will limit the capacity for operators to expand coverage and improve services, making broadband access cost-prohibitive for millions of people.
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However, as bandwidth becomes more in demand, one of the few ways to regulate its usage is to impose data caps to ensure that as many customers as possible have access to broadband services.
BT's strategy seems to be to wait until all of its would-be competitors have given up, at which point it will have the market for sexy services such as broadband Internet access to itself.
Private broadband providers lease access to these fibers in order to provide broadband services to members of the community.
But for thousands of rural dwellers and businesses, access to high speed broadband services remains limited.
The demand for broadband services is growing each month for both wired and wireless access.
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Ironically, it was concern by AOL that it would be shut out of high-speed, broadband internet services that led it to advocate "open-access" to cable systems - before it decided to buy Time Warner to assure its access to such services.
But mobile broadband is the fastest-growing category of new Internet access services.
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Indeed, counting mobile broadband, more Americans already have access to high-speed Internet services than have complete plumbing.
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Use of these white spaces will allow devices to transmit and receive wireless signals for applications such as broadband access for rural communities, Wi-Fi-like services or new 'machine-to-machine' networks.
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As of June, 2011, 95% of all Americans had access to broadband Internet from cable, DSL, fiber or other wired services.
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The Cloud Broadband device enables WASU's customers to access to a host of cloud entertainment services such as an extensive library of on-demand high-definition media, games, applications and storage space.
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The plan laid out a compelling vision of how universal broadband access could jump-start the stalled economy, catalyzing new on-line services in education, employment, health care, public safety and energy.
Videotron is a leader in new technologies with its interactive Digital TV service and its broadband network, which supports high-speed cable Internet access, analog and digital cable television, and other services.
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Broadband is not a gap, but a bridge between developed and developing countries, providing access to all of the services of modern society for the well-being of the population in general.
One substantial achievement, announced earlier this month, will make it much easier for Tribes to gain access to USDA funding for water and sewer improvement projects, electrical system upgrades and telecommunications services including broadband.
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