Research shows only 12% of home network users received home networking equipment from their broadband carrier.

You see this movement by the carriers and their equipment partners to make sure that home networking becomes as easy and hassle-free to install and configure -- not only to get the basic performance working right, but also the security issue.

This year will be a watershed for delivering to consumers an array of new entertainment experiences. Thanks to broadband proliferation and growing cooperation between content producers and other members of the digital entertainment value chain, we'll see significant product and service announcements throughout 2006.

They are not easy to operate, the performance is not meeting (consumers') expectations and they don't have it secured. There are a host of issues that people have.

Because of the shift of increased spending by consumers, it's just such a critical industry right now. Christmas is proof of that. Sales of clothing and jewelry fell year over year, but consumer electronics picked up.

Manufacturers can put so many more functions on a single chip now than they ever could.