Despite falling prices for high-speed bandwidth and wireless service, telecom budgets keep growing because of increased usage and new services such as virtual private networks, voice-mail storage and Web hosting.

FORBES: Dialing for Dollars

It works over the open internet and streams using a high-speed codec developed by Cavium Networks that needs only 350kb of bandwidth to function.

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Ten years later, unlimited bandwidth has yet to arrive and the market for high-speed communications chips is dominated by MicroUnity rival Broadcom.

FORBES: Polymath scion

"The Gaming Router represents the ultimate in home network speed and control, offering the ability to fine-tune bandwidth to deliver the high-performance hungry gamers crave, " said Daniel Kelley, associate vice president of marketing, D-Link Systems, Inc.

ENGADGET: D-Link's DGL-5500 802.11ac gaming router ships with Qualcomm's StreamBoost tech