89.5 Million in US Get Broadband from Top Cable and Telephone Companies

The seventeen largest cable and telephone providers in the US -- representing about 94% of the market -- acquired about 645,000 net additional high-speed Internet subscribers in the third quarter of 2015. These top broadband providers now account for 89.5 million subscribers -- with top cable companies having nearly 54.3 million broadband subscribers, and top telephone companies having over 35.2 million subscribers.

Other broadband findings for the quarter include:

• Overall, broadband additions in 3Q 2015 amounted to 92% of those in 3Q 2014
• The top cable companies added about 790,000 broadband subscribers in 3Q 2015, representing 134% of the net additions for the top cable companies in 3Q 2014
• The top telephone companies lost about 140,000 broadband subscribers in 3Q 2015 -- compared to a gain of about 110,000 in 3Q 2014
• AT&T and Verizon added 305,000 subscribers via U-verse and FiOS in 3Q 2015, while having a net loss of 432,000 DSL subscribers
• In the first three quarters of 2015, cable companies added about 2,300,000 broadband subscribers, while Telcos lost about 130,000 subscribers