Most consumers have experienced the Internet at the limits of traditional modems: 56,000 bps (56 kb) or slower. The reasons for the slower than expected adoption of broadband in the United States varies depending on your point of view. Some pointed to the poor regulatory oversight - and according to this, the high cost of broadband access. Others blamed the slow adoption of the lack of popular products, the so-called "killer app" that will drive consumers to broadband. "Hide
by Robert A. Burgelman, Philip Meza Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business 17 pages. Publication Date: June 11, 2002. Prod. #: SM98-PDF-ENG