In-Stat's research shows that over three times as many households had a simple electrical timer compared to a standalone automation system.The number of automation systems in use per household will steadily rise over the next four years. In addition, there were a few respondents with a system connected to a PC home network; however, we expect that number to almost triple in four years. We expect the number of households paying a remote access fee to control or monitor their automation or security system in North America will rise by a 25% CAGR from 2007 through 2011, while fee-based remote access service revenue will rise similarly.

This report provides North American five-year forecasts for the following: household penetration of home automation systems, households with remote access to an automation system, the number of home automation systems per household, the number of home automation systems in use, home automation systems connected to PC home networks, households with remote access to an automation system, remote access users paying a fee, average remote access monthly fees, and annual remote access service revenue.