U.S. residential broadband Internet penetration has grown more than 400 percent since 2002, when just 16.5 million U.S. households had fast Internet service. The increased presence of these high-speed connections has implications for a variety of devices, which increasingly are arriving in the home with embedded connectivity capabilities. At present, connected appliances amount to less than 1 percent of all major appliances in the U.S.; however, many different types of firms are developing products and services.
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Laying the Foundation for the Internet of Things
Posted by: Tom Kerber June 22, 2013 05:00 AMU.S. residential broadband Internet penetration has grown more than 400 percent since 2002, when just 16.5 million U.S. households had fast Internet service. The increased presence of these high-speed connections has implications for a variety of devices, which increasingly are arriving in the home with embedded connectivity capabilities. At present, connected appliances amount to less than 1 percent of all major appliances in the U.S.; however, many different types of firms are developing products and services.