2021 Broadband Pricing Index Report

Using Federal Communications Commission and other public data sources to assess recent trends in residential fixed broadband pricing in the United States. The analysis reveals continued substantial price reductions for both the most popular and highest-speed broadband internet services. The data show consumers are also benefiting from marked increases in the speeds they receive for their broadband dollar. US broadband prices continue to decline in the face of unprecedented increased broadband demand due to the pandemic, and as the overall cost of consumer goods and services continue to rise. These facts are likely drivers of recent findings that the US is well ahead of the European Union when it comes to broadband deployment and adoption