PCCA Journal 2nd Quarter 2014 - page 23

PCCA Journal|2
nd
Quarter 2014
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Nearly 1.2 Million Add Broadband in Q1
L
eichtman Research Group, Inc. (LRG) found
that the 17 largest cable and telephone provid-
ers in the United States—representing about
93 percent of the market—acquired nearly
1.2 million net additional high-speed internet
subscribers in the first quarter of 2014. These top broadband
providers now account for more than 85.5 million subscrib-
ers, with top cable companies having 50.3 million broadband
subscribers and top telephone companies having more than
35.2 million subscribers.
Other broadband findings for the quarter include:
• Overall, broadband additions in Q1 2014 amounted to 105
percent of those in Q1 2013.
• The top cable companies accounted for 83 percent of the
net broadband additions for the quarter versus the top
telephone companies.
• The top cable companies added about 970,000 subscribers,
representing 121 percent of the net additions for the top
cable companies in Q1 2013.
• The top telephone companies added about 200,000 sub-
scribers, 64 percent of the total net additions for the top
telephone companies in Q1 2013.
• AT&T and Verizon added 732,000 subscribers via U-verse
and FiOS in Q1 2014, while having a net loss of 638,000
DSL subscribers. U-verse and FiOS broadband subscribers
now account for 49 percent of Telco broadband subscrib-
ers, compared to 40 percent a year ago.
• The top cable broadband providers have a 59 percent share
of the market versus Telcos, with about 15.1 million more
subscribers than the top telephone companies, compared
to 13.1 million more a year ago.
“With nearly 1.2 million net additions in the first quarter
of 2014, broadband providers had their best quarter in two
years,” said Bruce Leichtman, president and principal analyst
for Leichtman Research Group, Inc. “If recent history is an in-
dicator, however, gains will be slower over the next couple of
quarters. In each of the past four years, net adds in the first
quarter were greater than in the second and third quarters
combined.”
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