Press Releases

March 2005 - Posts

• Consumer Demand for Home Networks Continues to Decline, Necessitates Strategic Shift among Vendors

  March 29, 2005 (Dallas, Texas) - While home networking vendors have enjoyed a few years of robust consumer demand, especially via retail channels, new research from The Diffusion Group suggests that manifest or overt consumer demand for home networks is at an all-time low, having declined for each of the last three years.... Posted Mar 29 2005, 08:46 PM by The Diffusion Group

• More than Half of Dial-Up Subscribers Interested in Upgrading to Broadband During 2005

  Although interest in subscribing to broadband Internet service in the US is widely reported to be waning, a new study from consumer technology think-tank, The Diffusion Group, found that more than one-half of dial-up households are to varying degrees interested in upgrading to broadband service during 2005. ... Posted Mar 21 2005, 09:07 PM by The Diffusion Group

• Despite Rapid Uptake of Wireless Home Networks, Ethernet is Here to Stay

  Although many research firms have proclaimed that wireless has eclipsed Ethernet as a home networking technology, research from The Diffusion Group suggests that such findings are without merit. In fact, Ethernet is a primary technological component of more than 90% of the home networks deployed in US households today.... Posted Mar 14 2005, 02:34 AM by The Diffusion Group Filed under: CE, Home Networks, Ethernet, Comcast, Wireless