B2B eCommerce Drives Small Businesses to Switch to Broadband; More Than 1 Million U.S. Businesses Will Turn To xDSL For Their Broadband Access By 2003.Business & High-Tech Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Chart is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 2000 More than 1 million U.S. businesses will turn to xDSL technologies for broadband internet access Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just "broadband", is high speed Internet access—typically contrasted with dial-up access over modem. Dial-up modems are generally only capable of a maximum bitrate of 56 kbit/s (kilobits per second) and require the full use of a within the next 3 years, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. eMarketer's eCommerce: B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business Report. During the same period, the number of businesses accessing the internet will rise from 4.5 million by year end 2000 to over 6.7 million by 2003. Currently, less than 10% of business users connect to the internet using xDSL, but by 2003, eMarketer expects that business xDSL subscribers will rise to more than 16% of the business access market. A study by the Strategis Group found that 57% of U.S. firms access the internet via dial-up connections at speeds of only 56 kilobits per second (unit) kilobits per second - (kbps, kb/s) A unit of data rate where 1 kb/s = 1000 bits per second. This contrasts with units of storage where 1 Kb = 1024 bits (note upper case K). . The vast majority of these companies are small businesses, with less than 100 employees. "As e-commerce activity increases, many small businesses will be upgrading to faster access speeds in order to accommodate the greater demand for bandwidth," says eMarketer's Senior Business Analyst, Steve Butler Steve Butler (born September 26, 1956 in Amarillo, Texas) was an open-wheel racer who was successful in USAC Sprint Car and Silver Crown racing. Steve currently resides in Kokomo, IN. . "Research has found that the use of application service providers (ASP's) will be a significant driver of broadband adoption as well." "xDSL will be the preferred access technology chosen by small businesses due to its low cost compared to fiber. Furthermore, xDSL technologies offer better security than cable," added Butler. eMarketer's eCommerce: B2B Report provides key statistics and information in 255 pages, filled with 405 charts and graphs aggregating research data from leading research firms. Note: A Chart is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.092100/bb5 |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion