Two-Thirds of Active U.S. Web Population Using Broadband, up 28
Percent Year-Over-Year to an All-Time High, According to
Nielsen//NetRatings
- Mar 14, 2006 09:00 AM (PR Newswire)
Video Sharing Sites - MSN Video, YouTube and Google Video - Benefit From
Broadband Penetration Increase
NEW YORK, March 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nielsen//NetRatings, a global
leader in Internet media and market research, announced today that the number
of active broadband users from home increased 28 percent year-over-year, from
74.3 million in February 2005 to 95.5 million in February 2006. Broadband
composition among the U.S. active online population has seen vigorous growth
during the past three years, increasing at least ten percentage points
annually and hitting an all-time high of 68 percent for active Internet users
in February 2006.
From February 2003 to February 2004, broadband composition grew twelve
percentage points, from 33 percent to 45 percent (see Table 1). In February
2005, it increased another ten percentage points to 55 percent. This year,
February saw broadband composition reach an all-time high of 68 percent,
increasing an impressive 13 percentage points over the previous February.
Overall Internet penetration in the U.S. has stabilized over the past few
years, reaching 74 percent at home in February 2006.
As broadband penetration increases, so does the average PC time spent per
person. With fast connections to Web sites for online photos, audio and video
files, online visitors are devoting more time to their computers. Since
February 2003, the average PC time per person among active Web users has
increased approximately five hours from 25 and a half hours a month to 30 and
a half hours a month.
...
- http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=56652820
Reply with a "Thank you" if you liked this post.
_____________________________
MEDIANEWS mailing list
[email protected]
To unsubscribe send an email to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
