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Bruce McGregor
Senior Analyst, Digital Home Service

December 2005

Broadband Services Market Track is a quarterly research report that examines the growth of consumer and small business DSL and cable modem services. The report looks at the ongoing price and promotional changes of broadband providers as they try to improve market share, and uncovers emerging trends within the industry, such as content partnerships and bundling broadband with voice and television programming packages.

In addition, Market Track profiles ten leading high-speed Internet access providers, and assesses each provider’s strengths and weaknesses. Finally, the report provides analysis of important details about the broadband industry, such as each provider’s claim of market share, historic pricing trends, and those providers best positioned to capture new subscribers.

Contents

• 1. Executive Summary
• 2. Broadband Subscriber Growth & Provider Market Share
• 3. Broadband Pricing Trends
• 4. Broadband Promotional Trends
• Consumer and Business Promotions Reduce Overall Customer Costs
• 5. Broadband Product Trends
• Tiered Services
• Bundled Service Options
• Popularity In Accessing Video and Music Online Growing
• VoIP Popularity Grows
• Mergers, Acquisitions and Spin-offs
• 6. U.S. Broadband Provider Company Assessments
• (Top Five DSL Providers and Top Five Cable Modem Providers)
• AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet
• BellSouth FastAccess DSL
• Cablevision Optimum Online
• harter Communications High Speed Internet
• Comcast Cable High-Speed Internet
• Cox Communications High Speed Internet
• Embarq High Speed Internet
• Qwest Communications Choice DSL
• Time Warner Cable Road Runner
• Verizon Communications Online DSL

Charts

• U.S. Broadband Subscriber Growth (in millions)
• Average Regular Consumer Broadband Monthly Prices
• Annual Average Promotional Consumer Broadband Monthly Prices
• Average Regular Business Broadband Monthly Prices
• Percent of Providers Offering Consumer Promotions
• Percent of Providers Offering Business Promotions

Tables

• Second Quarter 2006 Broadband Subscriber Growth & Market Share
• Consumer Tiered Services
• Business Tiered Services
• AT&T Subscriber Data
• BellSouth Subscriber Data
• Cablevision Subscriber Data
• Charter Communications Subscriber Data
• Comcast Cable Subscriber Data
• Cox Communications Subscriber Data
• Embarq Subscriber Data
• Qwest Communications Subscriber Data
• Time Warner Cable Subscriber Data
• Verizon Communications Subscriber Data

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