Total number of households in the United states and Canada that have a
wireless network (separated by country)? Total number of households in
the United states and Canada (separated by country)?

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 09 Feb 2004 07:56 PST

Hi lochradio!

I can provide you with the current number of wireless home networks in
the United States and the forecast up to 2008.

Unfortunately I was not able to locate these numbers for Canada.

Would this information be of your interest?

Thanks,
Bobbie7

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Clarification of Question by lochradio-ga on 09 Feb 2004 07:59 PST

Yes this would be great, however I would still need to know the total
# of households in the US as well. (To get perspective)

Dear Lochradio,

Below you will find the results of my research. 

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U.S. Home Networks (in millions) 
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           Wired    Wireless 
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2002       6.1      1.7 
2003       6.5      4.5 
2004       6.2      8.7 
2005       5.7      13.7 
2006       4.9      19.1 
2007       4.1      24.0 
2008       3.4      28.2 
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Source: Jupiter Research

?Spurred by compelling applications, interactive devices, dropping
hardware prices, and easier installations, home networking is expected
to penetrate 27 percent of U.S. households by 2008. Jupiter Research
(a unit of this site's corporate parent) finds 31 million American
PC-centric households will be created by 2008, with wireless taking
the lead by 2004, and In-Stat/MDR predicts the global market to grow
from $1.8 billion in 2002 to $5.3 billion in 2007.?

CyberAtlas: September 5, 2003 
http://cyberatlas.internet.com/big_picture/applications/article/0,,1301_3073431,00.html


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From Parks Associates? latest consumer study, Broadband Access @ Home III: 

?Wireless solutions have enticed over one-half of future home
networking adopters, according to Parks Associates? Broadband Access @
Home III. Specifically, more than 50% of Internet households
interested in purchasing a home network in the next 12 months prefer a
wireless networking solution, comprising over 1.5 million of the 3
million households likely to adopt home networking in 2003.?

?Parks Associates estimates that by year-end 2003, more than 9.5
million households will have a home network deployed, with close to 2
million of these households using wireless networking technology. By
2006, more than 7 million U.S. households will have a home network
with wireless technology.?

Park Associates 2003 Press Release
http://www.parksassociates.com/2003_design/press/press%20releases/2003/bbaccessathome4.html


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Parks Associates February 18, 2003

?Parks Associates estimates that by year-end 2003, more than 9.5
million households will have a home network deployed, with close to 2
million of these households using wireless networking technology. By
2006, more than 7 million U.S. households will have a home network
with wireless technology?

Tekrati Research News
http://www.tekrati.com/T2/Analyst_Research/ResearchAnnouncementsDetails.asp?Newsid=1269


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The next generation of home network users will choose wireless technologies. 
 
?More than 50 percent of Internet households interested in purchasing
a home network in 2003 prefer a wireless networking solution,
comprising half of the three million households likely to adopt home
networking this year?.

?Parks Associates estimates that by yearend 2003, more than 9.5
million households will have a home network deployed, with close to
two million of these households using wireless networking technology.
By 2006, more than seven million U.S. households will have a home
network with wireless technology.?
Hughes Supply, Inc
http://www.thesourcemag.com/Main/Articles.asp?ArticleID=366


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?Analysts at IDC predict that by 2005, there will be 700 million
mobile handsets and over 80 million WLANs (wireless local area
networks) in use worldwide, and nearly 13 million wireless home
networks in place in the United States.?
Intel 
http://www.intel.com/labs/wireless/bwt/


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I located a tidbit of information for Canada.

June 19, 2003
?Doug Cooper, Country Manager, Intel Canada is also impressed by the
survey. "57% of people in this survey have laptops, and over 30% have
wireless networks at home or at work.?

Pointshot Wireless
http://www.pointshotwireless.com/news/press/0306181.php


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Here?s an interesting article regarding trends and outlook for
wireless home networks by Parks Associates
http://www.digital-lifestyles.com/cowp4.cfm?code=1036



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I hope you find this helpful!

Best regards,
Bobbie7

Thanks for the quick information!