U.S. Could Do More To Boost Broadband Penetration

The U.S. still has more work to do to boost broadband penetration across the country, according to industry experts.

Mark Milliman, principal consultant at Inphotonics Research, wrote on the Seeking Alpha website that the U.S. still has a long way to go to make broadband a mainstay in domestic homes.

He stated that proportionally, the U.S. is still lagging behind other countries with its broadband penetration, as there is a greater take-up in places such as the UK, Denmark and Canada. Mr. Milliman added that the U.S. still lags behind some countries in terms of its number of fiber connections, as it has just over 500,000 compared to more than six million in Japan.

The comments came in response to research by Parks Associates, which predicted that residential broadband penetration would exceed 50 percent before the end of the year. This means that more than 60 million people will live in broadband-enabled households.

"Providers are well aware that fiber to the premises (FTTP), also called fiber to the home (FTTH) is the future of broadband," states Mark Weibel, EVP of Marketing for Broadband National, who operates the industries leading comparative shopping website. "We're already seeing implementation of the technology. A good example of which is Verizon's new FiOS Internet service."

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