Nearly 650 million households will have broadband Internet service by 2013, but the growth rate of high-speed access will slow between now and then, research company Parks Associates predicted on Tuesday.

The number of broadband households worldwide should grow by 15 percent this year, and that growth rate will remain in double digits for the next couple of years, said Parks analyst Kurt Scherf. But by 2012, growth will slow to just 6 percent, Parks predicts.

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