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Study Foresees $5 Billion DSL Market by 2005
Wayne Kawamoto
Managing Editor, CLEC-Planet

April 10, 2001 -- New Paradigm Resources Group (NPRG), a research firm covering the competitive communications industry, forecasted a $5 billion market for residential and business DSL within four years, a nearly three-fold increase over current market levels.

NPRG's finding appears in the second edition of its DSL Report, an analysis of the direction and status of the companies that provide Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) broadband services.

DSL technology transforms the existing copper phone lines connecting millions of homes and businesses to the global communications network into high-capacity data pipes capable of supporting broadband Internet applications.

"Recent market turbulence and technical shortcomings have led many to misdiagnose the DSL industry as terminally ill," said Terry Barnich, President of New Paradigm Resources Group. "Last-mile broadband connectivity, however, can only come from a few competing technologies, and the market will support DSL's continued growth. The only question is, which existing business models can overcome technical hurdles, deploy DSL cost effectively and meet the continued growth in demand for broadband?"

Demand for DSL is strong. NPRG forecasts that revenues from business and residential DSL access will reach $5 billion annually by 2005, versus $1.8 billion today.
http://www.clec-planet.com/news/000104/april10study.html





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