Cable ISPs' Gigabit Plans a Continuation of Years of Speed Pushes, NCTA Says

Broadband speeds will continue to ramp up in coming years and consumer price per megabit will continue to drop, NCTA blogged Thursday. It said online traffic is expected to quadruple over the next four years, with 4.6 billion global Internet users and the number of connected devices outnumbering people three to one. It said numerous cable ISPs are pursuing gigabit projects now, continuing a decades-old industry trend that has seen top speeds grow 700 percent over the past five years.