Comments on: Broadband Growth Will Come From New Tech, Not New Adds http://gigaom.com/2009/11/09/broadband-growth-will-come-from-new-tech-not-new-adds/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:40:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Enjoy Free Calls on Ip Technology | I Web Cards http://gigaom.com/2009/11/09/broadband-growth-will-come-from-new-tech-not-new-adds/#comment-229787 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:28:45 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=78819#comment-229787 [...] Broadband Growth Will Come From New Tech, Not New Adds (gigaom.com) [...]

]]> By: Varun Arora http://gigaom.com/2009/11/09/broadband-growth-will-come-from-new-tech-not-new-adds/#comment-229786 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:38:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=78819#comment-229786 Jim, you might be right. According to Forrester Research (September 2009), 37% of American households still do not have a broadband connection. However, getting the “skeptics” over the edge is not always as “cheap” as selling existing customers new services…

]]> By: Jim Tobias http://gigaom.com/2009/11/09/broadband-growth-will-come-from-new-tech-not-new-adds/#comment-229785 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:02:40 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=78819#comment-229785 I’m not sure I agree that we’ve reached the S-curve plateau. There are plenty of people to whom no good adoption argument has yet been made (44% of Internet non-users think they are not interested in anything on it). There are millions more who find it too hard to use or downright inaccessible. Keeping in mind the positive externality of adding every single new user, now is not the time to get pessimistic.

]]> By: Varun Arora http://gigaom.com/2009/11/09/broadband-growth-will-come-from-new-tech-not-new-adds/#comment-229784 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:48:50 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=78819#comment-229784 Stacey: What’s your view on US ISPs readiness to deploy value-added services riding on top of the core Internet service? You clearly believe they need to do this (“I think the report needs to spend more time discussing how to make broadband access a differentiated service”) but I’m still sensing more of a “technical” focus.

Naturally, our interest is to bring HomeCamera (www.homecamera.com) to consumers through the ISPs, and I’m trying to figure out when the “right time” would be to start engaging with them. That said, your thoughts would apply equally to providers of other applications that are relevant for ISPs.

Cheers,

- Varun
Founder, HomeCamera

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