2011 US Broadband Subscribership Numbers

The eighteen largest cable and telephone providers in the US -- representing about 93% of the market -- acquired 3 million net additional high-speed Internet subscribers in 2011. Annual net broadband additions in 2011 were 88% of the total in 2010. The top broadband providers now account for 78.6 million subscribers -- with cable companies having over 44.3 million broadband subscribers, and telephone companies having over 34.3 million subscribers.

Other key findings include:

• The top cable companies netted 75% of the broadband additions in 2011
• The top cable companies added 2.3 million broadband subscribers in 2011 -- 98% of the total net additions for the top cable companies in 2010
• The top telephone providers added 750,000 broadband subs in 2011 -- 68% of the total net additions for the top telephone companies in 2010
• In the fourth quarter of 2011, cable and telephone providers added 765,000 broadband subscribers -- with cable companies accounting for 82% of the broadband additions in the quarter