Some 66 million U.S. households, about 54 percent of all households, will use video set-tops, media players, e-readers, digital photo frames or cameras to connect to the Internet by 2017, Forrester Research estimates.
Such uses will largely be ancillary to primary broadband access connections, rather than full substitutes, Forrester Research predicts.
None of that should be surprising. Pundits have predicted for years that, over time, we would move towards ubiquitous Internet access, with computing embedded into the background.
The extension of computing into automobiles, microwave ovens and refrigerators, payment mechanisms and other appliances is just part of the trend.
Monday, January 7, 2013
54% of U.S. Homes Will Use Internet Access From "Non-Traditional" Devices by 2017
Gary Kim has been a communications industry analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology. These days he especially studies changing business models and strategies.He speaks frequently at conferences and spends quite a lot of time organizing conferences and content as well.
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