U.S. adds 700,000 broadband subscribers in 3Q 2014
Tuesday, November 18th, 2014
About 700,000 add broadband in the third quarter of 2014
- 86.6 Million Get Broadband from Top Cable and Telephone Companies
DURHAM, NH — Leichtman Research Group, Inc. (LRG) found that the seventeen largest cable and telephone providers in the US — representing about 94% of the market — acquired over 700,000 net additional high-speed Internet subscribers in the third quarter of 2014. These top broadband providers now account for 86.6 million subscribers — with top cable companies having over 51.2 million broadband subscribers, and top telephone companies having nearly 35.4 million subscribers.
Other broadband findings include:
- Overall, broadband additions in 3Q 2014 amounted to 135% of those in 3Q 2013
- The top cable companies accounted for 83% of the net broadband additions for the quarter versus the top telephone companies
- The top cable companies added about 580,000 subscribers, representing 133% of the net additions for the top cable companies in 3Q 2013
- The top telephone companies added about 120,000 broadband subscribers in 3Q 2014 — compared to a gain of about 80,000 in 3Q 2013
- Over the past year, there were about 2,930,000 net broadband adds — compared to about 2,540,000 over the prior year, and 2,925,000 two years ago
“Despite there being 86.6 million broadband subscribers in the US via major cable and Telco providers, the industry has added subscribers at a faster pace over the past year than it did over the prior year,” said Bruce Leichtman, president and principal analyst for Leichtman Research Group, Inc. “Over the past year, cable companies accounted for 86% of the 2.9 million net broadband adds.”
Subscribers at Net Adds Broadband Internet End of 3Q 2014 in 3Q 2014 ------------------ -------------- ---------- Cable Companies Comcast 21,586,000 315,000 Time Warner 12,073,000 108,000 Charter 4,956,000 106,000 Cablevision 2,756,000 (23,000) Suddenlink 1,135,500 32,200 Mediacom 997,000 10,000 WOW (WideOpenWest)* 729,700 - Cable ONE 486,142 3,417 Other Major Private Cable Companies** 6,505,000 30,000 Total Top Cable 51,224,342 581,617 Telephone Companies AT&T 16,486,000 38,000 Verizon 9,146,000 69,000 CenturyLink 6,063,000 8,000 Frontier^ 1,922,000 21,500 Windstream 1,142,000 (11,800) FairPoint 329,494 (3,927) Cincinnati Bell 270,500 200 Total Top Telephone Companies 35,358,994 120,973 -------------- ---------- Total Broadband 85,583,336 702,590
Sources: The Companies and Leichtman Research Group, Inc.
* Includes a small system sale, the Company did not report net adds on a pro forma basis
** Includes LRG estimates for Cox, and Bright House Networks
^ LRG estimate, does not include wireless subscribers
Company subscriber counts may not represent solely residential households
Totals reflect pro forma results from system sales and acquisitions
Top cable and telephone companies represent approximately 94% of all subscribers
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