On the other hand, a recent report released by Gartner Research projects that the United States will close its digital divide significantly within the next four years, with 77% of U.S. households projected to have a broadband Internet subscription by 2012. Gartner says one of the biggest factors in the spread of broadband will be the advent of such 4G wireless services as WiMAX and Long Term Evolution that are expected to be launched in various markets over the next four years.

BPL so far has not caught on as a broadband technology in the United States. As of June 30, 2007, the FCC that only 5,420 people in the United States subscribed to broadband over power line, vs. 34 million cable subscribers and 27.5 million asymmetrical DSL subscribers.