Broadband penetration is expected exceed 20 percent in the United States and Europe by 2010, according to a study from Eurostat.

Western Europe and the United States, with 15 and 15.3 percent of broadband penetration in 2005, will reach 27.1 and 25 percent in 2010, with the growth rates of 81 and 63 percent, respectively, the study found.

Eastern Europe, with less than five percent of broadband penetration in 2005, though, will achieve a penetration over 20 percent, with an impressive growth of nearly 350 percent, Eurostat stated.