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DATA MINE Nov. 24, 1999 Get Connected: Home Networking Will Soar The number of U.S. homes with equipment linking computers, phones, televisions, and other devices will soar from more than 600,000 today to nearly 6 million in 2002. Yankee Group predicts that sales of home networks will grow by some 95% annually over the next four years. The research firm says 17 million American households are interested in buying networking equipment. Number of networked homes in the U.S.: Yearend data, in thousands 1999 2000 2001 2002 660 1,600 3,300 5,900 DATA: Yankee Group _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP					MORE NUGGETS The Mother Lode Collected nuggets from Data Mine