About 1,020,000 Added Broadband in 1Q 2021

The largest cable and wireline phone providers in the US – representing about 96% of the residential broadband internet access service market – acquired about 1,020,000 net additional broadband Internet subscribers in 1Q 2021. These top broadband providers now account for about 107 million subscribers, with top cable companies having about 73.7 million broadband subscribers, and top wireline phone companies having about 33.3 million subscribers.

• Overall, broadband additions in 1Q 2021 were 87% of those in 1Q 2020
• The top cable companies added about 935,000 subscribers in 1Q 2021 – 76% of the net additions for the top cable companies in 1Q 2020
• The top wireline phone companies added about 85,000 total broadband subscribers in 1Q 2021 – compared to a net loss of about 60,000 subscribers in 1Q 2020
  • Net broadband losses among Telco non-fiber subscribers were more than offset by over 400,000 net adds via fiber in 1Q 2021, bringing the number of Telco broadband subscribers via fiber to about 14.6 million