Respondents to the 2009 Business Connectivity Report Card indicated that they are increasingly migrating from legacy private line, ATM and Frame Relay products to Ethernet-based transport products, as well as IP MPLS-based VPN products.
Growth in demand will be driven by IP VPN’s cost-effectiveness as a data solution, according to Atlantic-ACM. Enterprise cloud computing build-outs will accelerate demand for secure and scalable connectivity between data centres and enterprises. At the same time, demand for cable modem, DSL and fibre-based broadband connectivity solutions among business customers should accelerate as use by small businesses as a T1 replacement continues to grow, driven by continued investment by cable/MSOs in the US small business telecoms space.
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