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When most people hear the words emerging markets, they tend to think of third world countries that aren't in North America. I beg the question, is having a computer in nearly every home a true definition of an emerging market? Sure the computers are nice to have in the home, but how much value are we getting out of them. Many times, I've heard the pundits talk of technologies colliding and merging in the computer industry; but a lot of these technologies call for ever increasing speed and bandwidth. Can the content keep up with the technology?
While North America has been quibbling over which if faster, 40/10 Mbps Cable or 25/25 Mbps DSL*, Pacific Rim and some European countries have been using various technologies that can get them into potential multi-Gbps rates. Among the most covered is fiber to the curb. In a show that highlights Japan's broadband capacity, Sony Japan opened a video download site for PSP customers. While it would be relatively useless to North America; in a country where the 1 GB file would take approximately 2 minutes to download this content delivery option is well placed.
"But wait," you might say, "isn't Verizon offering FiOS?" Sure they are; giving users 50/10 speeds in select markets. But in a market where users are willing to pay 30 or 40 dollars a month for current broadband technology I think US vendors are going to take sometime to come near Japan. Canadian vendors tend to be even further behind their US counterparts, and with no price points being offered by Rogers Communications on their Fiber site, I don't see this trend improving anytime soon. Just to put this in perspective, Japan hit a milestone of 25% broadband penetration in 2005 with 100 Mbps fiber data and voice (in the form of ip phone) to the home for approximately US$36.
* Laboratory conditions; actual usage tends to severely vary with price and regional infrastructure.
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