About 1,065,000 Added Broadband in First Quarter 2022

Leichtman Research Group found that the largest cable and wireline phone providers and fixed wireless services in the US – representing about 96 percent of the market – acquired about 1,065,000 net additional broadband Internet subscribers in first quarter 2022, compared to a pro forma gain of about 1,120,000 subscribers in first quarter 2021. These top broadband providers account for about 109.3 million subscribers, with top cable companies having about 75.6 million broadband subscribers, top wireline phone companies having about 32.3 million subscribers, and top fixed wireless services having about 1.4 million subscribers. Overall, broadband additions in first quarter 2022 were 95 percent of those in first quarter 2021. The top cable companies added about 480,000 subscribers in first quarter 2022 – 52 percent of the net additions for the top cable companies in first quarter 2021. The top wireline phone companies added about 50,000 total broadband subscribers in first quarter 2022 – compared to about 80,000 net adds in first quarter 2021. Wireline telecom companies had about 480,000 net adds via fiber in first quarter 2022, and about 430,000 non-fiber net losses. Fixed wireless/5G home Internet services from T-Mobile and Verizon added about 530,000 subscribers in first quarter 2022 – compared to 110,000 net adds in 2021.