http://gigaom.com/2010/11/15/in-u-s-demand-for-broadband-is-back/ Sun, 26 May 2013 02:05:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/2010/11/15/in-u-s-demand-for-broadband-is-back/#comment-513384 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 05:43:44 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=259397#comment-513384 [...] Somewhere on Wall Street, the spreadsheet kids from the ivy league are having a hissy fit. The big dumb pipe they have warned the telcos and cable guys to avoid has become the only growth business they have outside of wireless. The difference is that fixed line broadband is infinitely more profitable than wireless and very modest investments can yield even more profitable service tiers. As stand alone services on a captive network, voice and cable TV are dying. Whether it’s needed for Wi-Fi for your iPhone ( s aapl) or you simply like to watch streaming Netflix, the demand for broadband connections was on an upswing according to research firm the Leichtman Group.  During the third quarter of 2010, top U.S. cable and phone companies added about 818,000 new connections, up sharply from a mere 350,000 connections added during the second quarter of 2010. (Gigaom) [...]

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