In 2000, the market doubled in size. The slowing economy will not stop the robust expansion of the broadband market for three main reasons. Enterprises are just starting to realize the significant boost in productivity that broadband provides to teleworkers.
Broadband access continues to appeal to small and branch offices.
A single broadband connection could take the place of several low-speed links and would therefore save money. Moreover, broadband connections provide not simply Internet access but also access to advanced technologies such as frame relay. The retrenchment of the broadband market evident over the past several months has occurred partly because of the economy but also because of a change in investor sentiment. The economy didn't help, but many were suffering from flawed business plans before the economic slowdown began. Some DSL wholesalers suffered when some of the resellers they dealt with went out of business.