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Statistics: Broadband |
See Subscriber Charts: Internet
Subs by Physical Network
"Broadband technologies are
currently being deployed by the private sector throughout the United
States. According to the latest FCC data on the deployment of
high-speed Internet connections
(released July 7, 2005), as of December 31, 2004, there were 37.9
million high peed lines connecting homes and businesses to the
Internet in the United States, a growth rate of 17% during the second
half of 2004. Of the 37.9 million high speed lines reported by the FCC, 35.3 million serve homes and small businesses.
The FCC found at least one high speed subscriber in 95% of all zip
codes in the United States. While the broadband adoption rate stands at
approximately 35% of U.S. households, broadband availability is much
higher. The FCC estimates that roughly 20 percent of consumers with
access to advanced telecommunications capability actually subscribe.
According to the FCC, possible reasons for the gap between broadband
availability and subscribership include the lack of computers in some
homes, price of broadband service, lack of content, and the
availability of broadband at work.
"According to the International Telecommunications Union,
the U.S. ranks 16th worldwide in broadband penetration (subscriptions
per 100 inhabitants as of December 2004). Similarly, data from the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) found the
U.S. ranking 12th among OECD nations in broadband access per 100
inhabitants as of December 2004. By contrast, in 2001 an OECD study
found the U.S. ranking 4th in broadband subscribership per 100
inhabitants (after Korea, Sweden, and Canada)".- Broadband Internet Regulation and Access:
Background and Issues, CRS p. 5 Jan. 26, 2006 OpenCRS
- FCC Data (See Sec. 706)
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- OECD
- The Future of the Internet Economy: A statistical profile, OECD 6/16/2008
- OECD broadband up 18% in 2007 but new report says more could be done, OECD 5/22/2008
- OECD updates broadband portal with December 2007 data, OECD 5/22/2008
- Understanding International Broadband Comparisons, NextGenWeb 5/22/2008
- OECD broadband up 18% in 2007 but new report says more could be done, OECD 5/20/2008
- OECD broadband statistics, Telecom Industry and Regulation 12/4/2007
- OECD Broadband Portal, PFF 11/13/2007
- OECD launches new broadband portal, Info and Comm Policy 11/8/2007
- Aiming at the Wrong Target, Verizon 7/24/2007
- Is U.S. broadband access truly lagging?, CNET 7/18/2007
- Broadband prices per megabit around the world, MuniWireless 7/10/2007
- U.S. Improves Broadband Penetration Rankings - By one spot, from 25th to 24th..., DSLreports 8/24/2007
- OECD report on communications convergence and impact on competition, OECD 6/6/2008
- How is the OECD Different From the FCC? OECD Takes It's Number Seriously., Tales from the Sausage Factory 5/30/2007
- OECD Broadband Statistics to December 2006, OECD 4/24/2007
- U.S. Drops Further In Global Broadband Rankings - New OECD data now puts U.S. 15th in broadband penetration, Broadband Reports 4/24/2007
- NTIA Fact Sheet on Broadband Use in the United States, NTIA 4/27/2007
- OECD Broadband Statistics, June 2006, OECD 10/17/2006
- OECD Broadband Statistics, December 2005
- Internet Traffic Exchange: Market Developments and Measurement of Growth, OECD 4/12/2006
- OECD, ICCP Broadband Update (Oct. 2003)
- International Broadband Penetration as of Dec 2001
| Country |
Broadband
Households
(in thousands) |
Broadband As
% if Total
Households |
Internet
Households
(in thousands) |
Internet As
% Of total
Households |
| United States |
11,200 |
10.4 |
56,376 |
52.3 |
| South Korea |
7500 |
51.7 |
8265 |
57.0 |
| Japan |
2570 |
5.8 |
21497 |
48.2 |
| Canada |
2300 |
19.7 |
6505 |
55.6 |
| Germany |
2090 |
5.4 |
14,858 |
39.1 |
| Taiwan |
112 |
18.2 |
2604 |
42.0 |
| France |
605 |
2.5 |
7448 |
30.4 |
| Netherlands |
550 |
8.1 |
4196 |
61.7 |
| Hong Kong |
545 |
26.0 |
1241 |
59.1 |
| Sweden |
542 |
13.4 |
2546 |
62.1 |
- ITU
- ITU: Birth of Broadband, ITU Internet Report, (Sept 2003) Figure 1.3 page 3
- Broadband Adoption Rates Around the World
- Broadband adoption, subscribers per 100 inhabitants, by technology, 2002
- Korea 21.3
- Hong Kong 14.9
- Canada 11.2
- Taiwan 9.4
- Denmark 8.6
- Belgium 8.4
- Iceland 8.4
- Sweden 7.8
- Netherlands 7.2
- Japan 7.1
- United States 6.9
- Austria 6.6
- Switzerland 6.3
- Singapore 5.5
- Finland 5.3
- Birth of Broadband, ITU Internet Report, (Sept 2003) Figure 1.1, page
International Broadband Rankings
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| CAN 8.8 |
KOR 21.3 |
KOR 21.8 |
KOR 24.2 |
KOR 24.8 |
KOR 24.8 |
KOR 24.9 |
ICE 26.4 |
ICE |
DNK 31.8 |
DNK 35.1 |
KOR 16.0 |
| USA 4.3 |
HKG 14.6 |
CAN 12.1 |
CAN 15.1 |
HKG 21.9 |
NLD 19.0 |
HKG 20.9 |
KOR 25.3 |
KOR |
NLD 31.8 |
NLD 34.8 |
JPN 15.1 |
| GER 2.3 |
CAN 11.5 |
BEL 8.7 |
ICE 14.3 |
NLD 19.8 |
DEN 19.0 |
NLD 19.4 |
NLD 25.22 |
NLD |
KOR 29.1 |
ISL 32.2 |
FIN 12.2 |
| JPN 2.2 |
TWN 9.4 |
ICE 8.5 |
DEN 13.1 |
DEN 18.9 |
ICE 18.2 |
DEN 19.3 |
DEN 24.9 |
DEN |
ICE 28.8 |
NOR 31.2 |
NLD 11.8 |
| EU 1.5 |
ICE 8.6 |
DEN 8.3 |
NLD 11.8 |
ICE 18.4 |
CHE 17.6 |
CAN 17.6 |
CHE 23.8 |
HKG |
CHE28.3 |
CHE 31.0 |
FRA 11.6 |
| FRA 1.0 |
DEN 8.6 |
SWE 8.2 |
BEL 11.7 |
CAN 17.1 |
CAN 17.6 |
CHE 17.0 |
FIN 22.4 |
CHE |
NOR 27.4 |
FIN 30.7 |
SWE 11.5 |
| ITA 0.7 |
BEL 8.4 |
NET 7.0 |
SWE 11.0 |
TWN 16.5 |
BEL 15.5 |
TWN 16.3 |
NOR 21.8 |
FIN |
FIN 27.1 |
KOR 30.5 |
DEN 11.4 |
| UK 0.6 |
SWE 7.7 |
USA 6.7 |
JPN 10.7 |
CHE 16.4 |
JPN 15.0 |
BEL 16.0 |
CAN 20.7 |
NOR |
SWE 27.1 |
SWE 30.3 |
ICE 11.2 |
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AUT 6.6 |
JPN 6.1 |
CHE 10.5 |
BEL 15.6 |
FIN 14.9 |
ICE 15.5 |
SWE 20.2 |
CAN |
CAN 23.6 |
LUX 26.7 |
NOR 11.1 |
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NLD 6.5 |
CHE 5.6 |
USA 9.5 |
FIN 15.3 |
NOR 14.8 |
SWE 15.1 |
BEL 18.1 |
SWE |
BEL 22.3 |
CAN 26.6 |
CHE 10.8 |
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USA 6.5 |
AUT 5.6 |
FIN 9.5 |
JPN 15.3 |
SWE 14.8 |
NOR 15.0 |
JPN 17.6 |
TWN |
UK 21.5 |
UK 25.8 |
CAN 10.6 |
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CHE 6.3 |
FIN 5.5 |
NOR 8.0 |
NOR 14.9 |
USA 12.7 |
ISR 14.3 |
UK 16.3 |
BEL |
USA 20.2 |
BEL 25.7 |
AUS 10.5 |
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JPN 6.1 |
NOR 4.2 |
AUT 7.6 |
ISR 14.0 |
AUT 10.6 |
JPN 14.1 |
USA 16.2 |
ISR |
JPN 20.2 |
FRA 24.6 |
UK 10.3 |
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SGP 5.5 |
GER 4.0 |
FRA 5.9 |
SWE 13.7 |
FRA 10.5 |
FIN 12.8 |
FRA 15.1 |
JPN |
FRA 20.1 |
GER 23.8 |
LUX 10.3 |
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FIN 5.3 |
ESP 3.0 |
GER 5.6 |
LIE 13.7 |
UK 10.4 |
SGP 11.6 |
LUX 14.5 |
USA |
LUX 19.7 |
USA 23.3 |
USA 10.25 |
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FRA 2.8 |
ESP 5.4 |
USA 12.8 |
LUX 9.6 |
USA 11.4 |
AUT 14.3 |
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AUS 19.0 |
AUS 23.3 |
GER 10.2 |
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PRT 2.5 |
UK 5.4 |
UK 11.9 |
GER 8.4 |
FRA 11.2 |
AUS 13.6 |
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AUT 17.2 |
JPN 22.1 |
BEL 10.2 |
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UK 2.3 |
PRT 4.8 |
SGP 11.9 |
PRT 8.2 |
UK 10.3 |
GER 13.0 |
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GER 17.1 |
AUT 19.6 |
PRT 10.2 |
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AUS 1.8 |
ITA 4.1 |
FRA 11.2 |
ITA 8.1 |
AUT 10.1 |
ITA 11.8 |
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ESP 15.1 |
NZ 18.3 |
NZ 9.7 |
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ITA 1.7 |
AUS 3.5 |
AUT 10 |
ESP 8.1 |
PRT 8.5 |
ESP 11.5 |
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ITA 14.3 |
IRE 18.1 |
ESP 9.7 |
Other Rankings
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USA 70 |
JPN 0.13 |
JPN 63.6 |
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JPN 28 |
KOR 0.37 |
KOR 49.5 |
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GER 20 |
FRA 0.33 |
FIN 21.7 |
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UK 16 |
SWE 0.35 |
FRA 17.6 |
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FRA 16 |
FIN 0.42 |
SWE 16.8 |
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KOR 15 |
AUS 0.94 |
NLD 8.8 |
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ITA 10 |
NZ 1.05 |
PRT 8.1 |
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CAN 9 |
GER 1.10 |
POL 7.9 |
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SPA 8 |
PRT 1.24 |
NOR 7.7 |
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NLD 6 |
UK 1.24 |
CAN 7.6 |
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AUS 5 |
GRE 1.41 |
AUT 7.2 |
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MEX 5 |
DEN 1.65 |
BEL 6.3 |
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TUR 4 |
LUX 1.85 |
ICE 6.1 |
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POL 3 |
NLD 1.9 |
GER 6.0 |
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ITA 1.97 |
USA 4.9 |
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ESP 2.27 |
DEN 4.6 |
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NOR 2.74 |
ITA 4.2 |
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USA 2.83 |
SLO 3.5 |
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CHE 3.4 |
HUN 3.3 |
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BEL 3.58 |
LUX 3.1 |
FCC Proceeding
Comment Sought On International Comparison And Consumer Survey Requirements In The Broadband Data Improvement Act GN Docket No. 09-47
- Comment Date: April 10, 2009
- Reply Comment Date: April 17, 2009
In this Public Notice, we seek comment on how the Commission should implement sections 103(b) and 103(c)(1) of the Broadband Data Improvement Act (BDIA). These sections impose new broadband data collection and reporting obligations on the Commission by requiring the Commission to include an international comparison in its annual broadband report and to conduct a consumer survey of broadband service capability.
Specifically, s ection 103(b) of the BDIA provides:
(b) INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON.-
(1) IN GENERAL.-As part of the assessment and report required by section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. 157 note), the Federal Communications Commission shall include information comparing the extent of broadband service capability (including data transmission speeds and price for broadband service capability) in a total of 75 communities in at least 25 countries abroad for each of the data rate benchmarks for broadband service utilized by the Commission to reflect different speed tiers.
(2) CONTENTS.-The Commission shall choose communities for the comparison under this subsection in a manner that will offer, to the extent possible, communities of a population size, population density, topography, and demographic profile that are comparable to the population size, population density, topography, and demographic profile of the various communities within the United States. The Commission shall include in the comparison under this subsection-
(A) a geographically diverse selection of countries; and
(B) communities including the capital cities of such countries.
(3) SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES.-The Commission shall identify relevant similarities and differences in each community, including their market structures, the number of competitors, the number of facilities-based providers, the types of technologies deployed by such providers, the applications and services those technologies enable, the regulatory model under which broadband service capability is provided, the types of applications and services used, business and residential use of such services, and other media available to consumers.
The Commission invites parties to comment on how the Commission can effectively implement the international comparison of broadband service capability, including speeds and prices, required by section 103(b). We seek comment on the criteria in section 103(b)(2) for the identification and selection of the communities to be included in the survey. We seek comment on the enumerated indicators in section 103(b)(3) for the identification of "relevant similarities and differences in each community" as well as any additional indicators that commenters seek to propose. We also seek comment on all possible sources of data that the Commission should examine in the course of implementing this section of the BDIA. Finally, we seek comment on any other factors or issues the Commission should consider in implementing section 103(b) of the BDIA.
Section 103(c)(1) of the BDIA provides:
(c) CONSUMER SURVEY OF BROADBAND SERVICE CAPABILITY.-
(1) IN GENERAL.-For the purpose of evaluating, on a statistically significant basis, the national characteristics of the use of broadband service capability, the Commission shall conduct and make public periodic surveys of consumers in urban, suburban, and rural areas in the large business, small business, and residential consumer markets to determine-
(A) the types of technology used to provide the broadband service capability to which consumers subscribe;
(B) the amounts consumers pay per month for such capability;
(C) the actual data transmission speeds of such capability;
(D) the types of applications and services consumers most frequently use in conjunction with such capability;
(E) for consumers who have declined to subscribe to broadband service capability, the reasons given by such consumers for declining such capability;
(F) other sources of broadband service capability which consumers regularly use or on which they rely; and
(G) any other information the Commission deems appropriate for such purpose.
The Commission invites parties to comment on how the Commission can effectively implement the survey requirements in section 103(c)(1), including any factors or issues the Commission should consider as part of this implementation.
Broadband Data Improvement Act of 2008, Pub. L. No. 110-385, 122 Stat. 4097 (codified at 47 U.S.C. §§ 1301-04).
BDIA § 103(b); 47 U.S.C. § 1303(b).
BDIA § 103(c)(1); 47 U.S.C. § 1303(c)(1).
We recognize that, while the Commission previously raised related issues of whether and how the Commission should undertake broadband customer surveys in a pending proceeding, the BDIA mandates that we conduct and publish such a survey. See Development of Nationwide Broadband Data to Evaluate Reasonable and Timely Deployment of Advanced Services to All Americans, Improvement of Wireless Broadband Subscribership Data, and Development of Data on Interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Subscribership , WC Docket No. 07-38, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 23 FCC Rcd 9691, 9712, para. 40 (2008).
Released: 03/31/2009. COMMENT SOUGHT ON INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON AND
CONSUMER SURVEY REQUIREMENTS IN THE BROADBAND DATA IMPROVEMENT ACT. (DA
No. 09-741). (Dkt No 09-47). Comments Due: 04/10/2009. Reply Comments
Due: 04/17/2009. WCB. Contact: Randy Clarke or Jeremy Miller at (202)
418-0940
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Analysis and Criticism of Internet Rankings and Statistics
US is falling behind
- "The United States is behind in broadband deployment, speed and price. Despite what some advocates and analysts claim, the United States is behind in broadband performance and its rank has been falling since 2001." [ITIF VII]
Differences between countries
- General
variables / differences
- Countries with "robust national broadband strategies" fare better then those countries without
- Levels of competition matter
- Demand side issues matter such as ownership of computers
- Per capita income
- Percent of the population that are internet users
- Price of broadband
- Median age of population
- Teledensity
- 50% of South Korea live in high teledensity, large apartment buildings - the cost of deployment of infrastructure to these apartment buildings is significantly less than deployment to single homes or more suburban environments. [ITIF VII, p. 10]
- The USA has large rural areas with low teledensity, making infrastructure deployment expensive.
- The USA has the longest copper loop lengths of the 13 OECD countries where this data is available - making DSL deployment expensive and difficult. [ITIF VII]
- Govt Policy
- Government incentives are a factor
- "S. Korean government's certificant system, implemented in 1999 for broadband Internet-equipped buildings to expedite expansion of broadband Internet services . . . requires all newly constructed buildings in S Korea to be designed to enable high speed broadband connections, such as locating DSL access multiplexers (DSLAMs) or cable head-ends in apartment basements." [ITIF p 10]
- In Japan, the govt has a significant ownership interest in the telecom provider NTT
Problems with Methodology
- USA Today article appears to compare actual delivered US speeds with advertised speeds in other countries. [Hoewing Verizon]
- Intl Comparisons do not reflect upstream speeds. [Hoewing Verizon]
- "The principal limitation of the OECD rankings are that they measure penetration on a per capita basis rather than a per household basis. When measured on a household basis, the US rank improves somewhat, to 12th " (from 15th in 2007) [ITIF 5]
- OECD fails to include WiFi Hot Spots and at work access
- Pew
- Home Broadband 2008, Pew Internet 7/3/2008
- Home Broadband Adoption 2007, Pew 7/5/2007
- Home
Broadband Adoption 2006, Pew 6/2/2006
- Rural
Broadband Internet Use, Pew Internet (February 2006)
- Broadband
Adoption in the United States: Growing but Slowing, Pew 9/30/2005
- Broadband
Adoption at Home: A Pew Internet Project Data Memo May 18, 2003
- As of the end of March 2003, 31% of home Internet
users had a high-speed connection at home. This is up from 2in October
2002 and 21% March 2002. Today, approximately 30 million people - or
16% of all Americans - log on at home with a broadband connection. That
is double the number who had a high-speed connection at home at the end
of 2001 and, as noted, a 50% increase in the past year.
- Akamai
- Karl Bode, Verizon: What Broadband Problem:, DSLREPORTS (Sept. 11, 2008)
- Link Hoewing, Mark Twain's Lessons about Statistics, Verizon PolicyBlog Sept 10, 2008
- US Broadband Forecast, 2008 to 2013: Driving Growth Through Multi-play Marketing, Jupiter 5/22/2008
- Robert D Atkinson, Daniel K Correa, Julie A Hedlund, Explaining International Broadband Leadership, ITIF (May 2008)

- comScore "Digital World: State Of The Internet" Report Highlights Growth in Emerging Internet Markets, comScore 3/20/2008
- 53% Of US Homes Broadband Connected - 72% of Internet users broadband connected, Broadband Reports 6/8/2007
- Broadband Spreads Out, Speeds Up, Emarketer 6/5/2007
- Denmark climbs to the top in the rankings of the World Economic Forum's Global Information Technology Report 2006-2007, World Economic Forum 3/30/2007
- George Ford, Thomas M Koutsky and Lawrence J Spiwak, The Broadband Performance Index: A Policy-Relevant Method of Comparing Broadband Adoption Among Countries
(2007)
- Oh No, US Falls Behind Denmark In Terms Of Innovation, Techdirt 3/30/2007
- Jan 2007 Broadband
Report, WebSiteOptimization 1/23/2007
- Three-Quarters
of U.S. Web Users Are In the Fast Lane, Clickz 12/15/2006
- Bandwidth
Getting Cheaper on a Per Mbps Basis, IP Democracy 9/26/2006
- Cable Still Ahead of
DSL - Despite recent Pew claims, Broadband Reports 6/2/2006
- DSL Outpaces Cable in
First Quarter - DSL has beaten cable six consecutive quarters,
Broadband Reports 5/16/2006
- Fourfold
Increase Projected In U.S. VoIP Subscribers In Four Years, Techweb
6/14/2006
- If FCC Broadband Data
is Wrong... - What would that say about America's broadband policy?,
Broadband Reports 5/9/2006
- Rural Broadband
Remains Spotty, Clickz 5/9/2006
- Broadband
Grows At Breakneck Speed, Led By DSL: Report, Networking Pipeline
3/7/2006
- Broadband Adoption
Reaches Plateau, Clickz 10/5/2005
- Empty Pipes (42%
Broadband Adoption), emarketer 10/5/2005
- Broadband
Users Number 120-plus Million, Internet Week 9/30/2005
- Home
broadband sign-ups 'soar', BBC 11/29/2005
- Broadband
Reaches Over 40 Million In U.S., Networking Pipeline 11/15/2005
- U.S. Tops Broadband
Usage, For Now, Clickz 11/15/2005
- Over
Half Of Online Adults Use Broadband At Home, Information Week
5/13/2005
- We're
Number Two!, Internet Week 4/22/2005
- Broadband
Population Growth Continues, Clickz 6/3/2005
- ISPs
gain ground vs. cable Net providers, USA Today 4/1/2005
- Report:
Fast-Internet Use Doubles in U.S., eweek 11/23/2004
- NTCA
RELEASES 2003 INTERNET/BROADBAND AVAILABILITY STUDY May 2003
- Cable
loses broadband ground to DSL, CNET 2/20/2004
- US broadband
net continues growth, BBC 1/5/2004
- Broadband
use continues strong growth, CNET 6/19/03
- FCC:
High-speed Net growth slowing, CNET 6/12/03
- Study:
Broadband To Hit Quicksand, Newsfactor 5/19/03
- More
Than Half of U.S., Canada Online, NUA 5/2/03
- Residential Broadband Forecasts, Technology Futures (2002) U.S. Broadband Households-TFI 2002 Base Forecast &
U.S. Adoption of Broadband Access-
Percent of Online Households & Examples of Consumer Adoptions (Gompertz Model) (Radio v TV v Color TV v Pay Cable v VCR v CD players ; & US Broadband Households by Data Rates & Nominal Data Rates as a Percentage of Broadband Households
- Mike Volpi, Cisco, Broadband,
Slide 4 (9/2002) - 12.5% US HH have BB; 21.5% of online HH. 49%
access multimedia content. 42% US HH want bundle from one service
provider. (cite IDC, Cahners In-Stat, Kinetic Strategies)
- Technology Administration, Department of Commerce, Understanding
Broadband Demand, A Review of Critical Issues , page 6 (Sept 23,
2002)
- Nationwide, new BB subs increased by 400% btw June 2000
and June 2002 to 24 m users (not HH) according to the Pew Internet and
American Life Project.
- Consistent with these findings, NCTA reported 67% cable
BB user growth btw august 2001 and August 2002. For Q201 to Q202
Verizon reported 79% DSL user growth, SBC 67%, Qwest 37% (with 81% DSL
revenue growth), BS 111% and Earthlink 74.6%.
- Nielson NetRatings reported strong BB demand and subs
growth in some of the biggest US cities btw April 2001 and May 2002 -
up 71% in NYC, 88% in Lost Angeles, 48% in Boston, 153% in WDC and 21%
in SF.
| Income |
Have BB |
Want BB |
Not Online |
| < $35,000 |
4% |
12% |
70% |
| $35k - 50k |
11% |
20% |
51% |
| $50k-$75K |
14% |
24% |
40% |
| $75k-$100k |
17% |
30% |
29% |
| Over $100k |
28% |
37% |
15% |
| Mean |
$69,2000 |
$62,700 |
$41,700 |
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- U.S.
Broadband Growth Slows, Reuters 8/18/2004
- More
high-speed Net subscribers in US, NUA 4/4/03
- Survey
Finds Broadband’s on the Mind of Residential Builders and Developers,
InStat 3/24/03
- More
broadband users in the US (33.6m Dec 2002), NAU 1/17/03
- Broadband
Broadens its Pitch Wash Post Feb 2 2003 (available to 70%
americans with a 13% take rate)
- As
Broadband Gains, The Internet's Snails Fall Back NYT Feb 2003
- U.S.
Broadband Growth Steady (28% US HH have Broadband, DSL or cable is
available to 88% of HH, cable has 54% market share, DSL has 34% market
share June 2002 source Gartner), ISP Planet 11/20/02
- e-Data
Telecom: Broadband Internet Tops 15.6 Million in the U.S. -
Subscriptions Jump 11% in 90 Days, ITAA 11/20/02
- Broadband
adoption rise in North America, NUA 12/4/02
- Over
15 million broadband subscribers in US NUA 11/8/02
- Broadband
in 25 % of online households in US NUA 10/28/02
- Broadband
Hooks Up 13.1 Million Users ISP Planet 10/18/02
- US
online households embrace broadband (28% US Online HH have Broadband -
BB Market: ISDN 8%, 54% cable, DSL 34% market) - June 02 NUA
11/15/02
- U.S.
Cable vs. DSL, Second Q 2002, Cyberatlas 8/23/02
- Broadband
users use the Net differently, NUA 6/24/02
- Broadband
Growth is Booming - NIELSEN//NETRATINGS Finds 65% of the Top 20 Local
Markets Grow at Least 48 Percent in Past Year, ITAA 6/26/02
- Use of
Internet Is More Active at High Speed, NYT 6/24/02
- Study:
Broadband Adoption on the Rise, Newsfactor 6/24/02
- Broadband
Fees Up; Adoption Rates Down, Cyberatlas 1/17/02
- Cable
Widens Lead In High-Speed Race, INews 11/1/01
- 35
Million Broadband Users By 2006, Cyberatlas 10/18/01
- Report
to the Governor in Council: Status of Competition in Canadian
Telecommunications Markets Deployment/Accessibility of Advanced
Telecommunications Infrastructure and Services September 2001
Global Broadband
- Broadband Europe 2007, Europa 8/9/2007
- World
Broadband Statistics: Q4 2005, Point Topic Ltd (March 2006)
- World
broadband maps Q4 2005 April 2006
Point Topic
- China
to Top U.S. in Broadband Subscribers, Americas Network 5/17/2005
- Global
Broadband Tops 123M, Clickz 9/21/2004
- Technology Administration, Department of Commerce, Understanding
Broadband Demand, A Review of Critical Issues , page 5 (Sept 23,
2002)
- World Broadband Subscribers RHK Inc. www.rhk.com 4Q 2003
- Cable: 32,857,000 - DSL: 65,714,000 - Other: 1,377,000
Broadband Adoption By Service by Percentage
NB: Some surveys contrast all types of Internet access
(including dial up), some only contrast DSL to Cable.
| |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
| Cable |
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| 706 |
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56.0
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75.3
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| VT |
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15.3
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| DSL |
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| 706 |
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16.8
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14.9
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| VT |
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10.3
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| Dial Up |
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| VT |
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71.0
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| Wireless |
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| VT |
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0.4
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| Satellite |
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| VT |
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0.8
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| Fiber |
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| Other |
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9.8
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2.3
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- The 2007 Digital Economy Fact Book, Progress and Freedom Foundation p. 17 (Dec. 2007) ( PDF )
- Vermont
Telecommunications Plan, Sept 2004 p. 4-29 (Vermont Residents)
- Cable represented 75.3% of advanced
service lines, ADSL represented 14.9%, and other technologies
represented 9.8% in December 2003. The relative position of cable and
ADSL was 56% and 16.8% in June 2001. Cable represented 58% of high
speed lines, with ADSL representing 34% as of year-end 2003. Pew
Internet Project reported in April 2004 that 42% of broadband users at
home connected via DSL, compared to 28% a year previously. [p.30]
[p.29] FCC Fourth Sec. 706
Report (Sept. 2004)
Plan to Adopt Soon
Vermont Residents Likely to Upgrade to faster Internet
connection in the next year: Yes 23% : No 67% Dont Know 10%. Vermont
Residents without home Internet access likely to acquire it in the next
year: Yes 23%: No 69% : Dont Know 7% : Refused 1%.Vermont
Telecommunications Plan, Sept 2004 p. 4-27
Demographics
Broadband by Location
Broadband at Home
Refusniks
| Percent of Non Users |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
| No Computer |
37.7 |
25.5 |
28.5 |
| No Interest |
33.3 |
21.4 |
23 |
| Dont Know How |
18.9 |
6.9 |
15.4 |
| Too Expensive |
9.1 |
2.6 |
9.6 |
| Fear of Tech |
4.2 |
5.6 |
2.6 |
| Privacy Security Concerns |
2.9 |
1.6 |
0.8 |
| Not Appropriate for Kids |
1.9 |
0.8 |
1.4 |
| Computer Not Good Enuf |
1.4 |
1.2 |
3.4 |
| Consumes too much time |
0 |
1.6 |
3.6 |
Availability
- FCC Fourth Sec. 706
Report (Sept. 2004)
- As of December 2003, only 6.8% of zip codes
reported no high-speed lines, compared to 22.2% of zip codes with no
reported lines in June 2001. There also has been a steady growth in the
percent of zip codes reporting four or more providers of high-speed
lines, from 27.5% in June 2001 to 46.3% in December 2003. With respect
to the lowest density zip codes (fewer than six persons per square
mile), there were reported lines in 73% of zip codes in December 2003,
compared to 37% in June of 2001. [p.30]
-
[p.30]
- "In 2001 MSDW estimated that 90% of Americans will be able
to sign up for either DSL or cable by the end of 2002, although other
data has suggested that only 31% will have a competitive choice between
these transmission platforms." Technology Administration, Department of
Commerce, Understanding
Broadband Depand, A Review of Critical Issues , page 5 (Sept 23,
2002)
- Availability
of Broadband Internet Access:Empirical Evidence TPRC Paper 1999
- U.S.
Broadband Growth Steady, ISP Planet 11/20/ 02 "cable modem and DSL
together represented 88 percent of the household broadband access
market in the U.S., up from 70 percent of broadband access in 2000"
Price Per Bit
Value of Bits: Cost Per Megabyte of Various Services
| Service |
Typical Monthly Bill |
Revenue Per MB |
| Cable |
$40
|
$0.00012
|
| Broadband Internet |
$50
|
$0.025
|
| Phone |
$70
|
$0.08
|
| Dial Up Internet |
$20
|
$0.33
|
| Cell Phone |
$50
|
$3.50
|
| SMS |
|
$3000
|
Source: Andrew Odlyzko, Pricing and Architecture of the
Internet: Historical Perspectives from Telecommunications and
Transportation, p. 4 (TPRC 2004)
Download Speeds
- Download time of a 2-begabyte file for various Internet
Connections
- Transfer time, 3 megabyte file, hours/seconds
- 56 kbps - 7 min 15 sec
- 128 kbps - 3 min 7 secs
- 258 kbps - 1 min 33 secs
- 512 kbps - 47 secs
- 1.5 mbps - 16 secs
- 2 mbps - 12 secs
- 10 mbps - 2.4 secs
- 100 mbps - 0.24 secs
- File type and size
- Movie 1.5 hours DVD quality - 4000 megabytes
- Move 1.5 hour DivX - 650 megabytes
- 3 minute music wav file - 35 meg
- Digital photo 4 megapixels uncompressed - 11 meg
- ITU Internet for a Mobile Generation Report Adobe -
4 Meg
- 3 Minute Music File MP3 - 3 Meb
- Digital Photo 4 megapixels JPEG 10:1 - 1 meb
- Birth of Broadband, ITU Internet Report, (Sept 2003)
Figure 1.2 page 2
- MSO Market Share as of 2Q04, Kinetic Strategies (10/25/04)
|
MSO
|
CMS Subs
x1000
|
| Comcast |
6,000
|
| TW Cable |
3,548
|
| Cox |
2,246
|
| Charter |
1,711
|
| Cablevision |
1,179
|
| Adelphia |
1,164
|
| Bright House |
675
|
| Mediacom |
327
|
| Insight |
274
|
| RCN |
220
|
| CableOne |
152
|
| Other |
255
|
| Total |
17,752
|
- Comcast
phone subs up 381,000, Telephony 10/26/2006
- Chart:
Cable-DSL growth over past 12 months, CNET 11/12/2004
- FCC Fourth Sec. 706 Report (Sept. 2004)
- Cable industry extended the offering of such broadband
services to at least 90% of homes passed and increasing download speeds
from 200 kbps to as much as 6 Mbps. [p. 14]
- Morgan Stanley 2004: Cable Broadband Availability as
a percentage of homes passed by cable:
- 1999: 34
- 2000: 58
- 2001: 71
- 2002: 82
- 2003: 88
- 2004: 90
- "over 75 million US Households can now get cable modem
broadband access if they want it." Technology Administration,
Department of Commerce, Understanding
Broadband Depand, A Review of Critical Issues , page 5 (Sept 23,
2002)
- Cable facilities pass approximately 94%
of the nation's homes; over half of those homes are passed by upgraded
cable capable of cable modem service. Within five years, it is
estimated that 84% of all homes will be passed by upgraded cable.
FCC Second Sec. 706 Report, CC Docket No. 98-146, ¶ 187 (August
21, 200
- NCTA Statistics
and Resources
- U.S. 3Q
Cable Subs Double DSL ISP Planet 11/15/02
- More
cable broadband subscribers in US, NUA 9/4/02
- Cable
Modem Market Stats & Projections Cable Datacom News June 2001
(Broadband Internet penetration - 9.3 mil households or an 8.2 percent
household penetration rate, 6.4 m cable or 70% market share, 2.9 m dsl)
- US
increases its lead in dial-up Internet service, Muni 4/27/2005
- “Broadband Passes
Dial-up in U.S.” MSNBC.com, August 18, 2004. (" That [63 m
Broadband subscribers] amounts to 51 percent of U.S. residential users,
up from 49 percent in June and from 38 percent just a year earlier.
Sixty-one million, or 49 percent of residential users, us narrowband
hookups, down from 62 percent last July, Nielsen//NetRatings said. ")
- The State of Broadband 2006: DSL rules for now, Gigaom 4/5/2007
- Bells:
DSL subs and speeds rising, Telephony 11/2/2006
- DSL
Subscribers To Double By 2009: Report, Networking Pipeline 3/9/2006
- DSL
subscribers on the rise, CNET 5/13/2005
- Global
DSL Soars 40 Percent in First Three Quarters 2004, clickz 12/10/2004
- "BS reported that it had increased its
broadband coverage to 72% of the HH it serves (July 22, 2002).
SBC reported BB availability to 26 m customer locations, roughly 64% of
its wireline customer locations (SBC DSL Update, Aug 2002).
Verizon said it had deployed DSL in COs serving 79% of the company's
access lines as of the end of 2001 (Verizon Investor Quarterly Jan 31,
2002). Qwest has stated an intention to increase from 45% BB
availability at 2001 year-end to 70% by the end of 2002 (Dec 31,
2001)." Technology Administration, Department of Commerce, Understanding
Broadband Depand, A Review of Critical Issues , page 5 (Sept 23,
2002)
- SBC DSL Lines in Service
- Telechoise 1Q02 DSL US: 4,884,828 xDSL.com
- North
American DSL Market Reaches 4.7 Million, CLEC Planet 11/28/01
- TeleChoice
Expects U.S. DSL Market to Reach 17.4 Million by End of 2004
xDSL.com
- Satellite
Service Battles Lag, Wired 9/14/2004
- FCC Fourth Sec. 706
Report (Sept. 2004)
- Satellite and wireless accounted for approximately 1.3%
of high-speed lines (Dec. 2003). None of the satellite-based Internet
access services satisfy the definition of advanced services. [p.23]
- Two major providers: Starband [20k subs] and
DirectWay. [p.23]
- Boeing recently launched Connexion, a realtime,
high-speed in-flight Internet access service for passengers using
satellite technology. [p.23]
- On July 17, 2004 , WildBlue Communications announced
the launch of its first Ka-band satellite payload aboard Telesat’s Anik
F2 satellite. [p.23]
Business
- "The most current study of BB availability to US
businesses that we could find was from April 2001. 56% of small
business, 85% of medium size businesses, and 87% of large businesses
had access to broadband services if they wanted them." Technology
Administration, Department of Commerce, Understanding
Broadband Depand, A Review of Critical Issues , page 6 (Sept 23,
2002)
Wifi Hotspots x1000
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2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
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Wireless
Cost Model
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