This IDC study forecasts the U.S. Ethernet services market. Ethernet continues to experience strong growth in the United States and is the preferred access method for new customers for many carriers. The market forecast is presented for revenue and ports. The forecast is broken out both by port speed and by application.

"Ethernet is experiencing healthy growth and is now a permanent part of the data networking landscape in the United States. We expect U.S. Ethernet services revenue to grow to over $2.7 billion in 2010, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 33.8%." - Ron Kaplan, research manager in IDC's IP VPNs program