• by Jack Loechner , Staff Writer @mp_research, February 5, 2002

Broadband Quality in Europe Or Else

According to a recent GartnerG2 report, only 10% of households in France, Germany and the UK will have high-speed internet connections by 2005. The report stresses the fact that if quality content is not available in Europe, then the desire for broadband will not be strong. If a lack of quality content prevails, users will be more price-sensitive.

Broadband Internet Households in European Markets, December 2001 (millions of people; % of total households)

	France	Germany	UK
Total households in country	24.8	37.7	25.7
Internet households	4.5	10.3	8.8
Broadband households	0.5(2%)	1.0(3%)	0.2(1%)

Source: GartnerG2, January 2002

These amounts compare to the US, where 13.8 million households were using high-speed net connections by the end of 2001.

Broadband Internet Households in the US, December, 2001 (millions of households and % of total)

Total household in country	105
Total Internet households	63
Total broadband households	13.8(13%)

Source: GartnerG2, January 2002

By comparison, eMarketer estimates that the number of broadband households in Europe at the end of 2001 was roughly 5.9 million, and 11.4 million in the US.

Broadband Households Worldwide, 2000-2004 (in millions)

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
North America	7.6	13.7	21.2	30.9	42.2
Europe	1.6	5.9	11.8	22.6	37.9
Asia-Pacific	5.5	11.2	16.4	23.0	32.9
Latin America	0.1	0.3	0.8	1.4	2.4
Other	0	0.2	0.5	1.0	3.0
Total Worldwide	14.8	31.2	50.6	78.9	118.4

Source: eMarketer, December, 2001

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