Broadband/Internet Availability Survey Report

This survey asked about technologies used to provide broadband service in members’ historical incumbent and competitive service areas, broadband availability and subscription rates, anchor institutions, fiber deployment and supply chain considerations, competition, internet backbone and middle mile connections, and video service. This survey found that:

• NTCA members maintain their fiber deployments and offer more robust broadband services as more consumers demand higher speeds
• Cost of deployment continues to represent the most significant barrier to widespread fiber deployment in rural America
• NTCA members persist in providing higher speeds of broadband service to anchor institutions in their communities
• Most NTCA members offer the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) to their customers
• Of those NTCA members that offer video services, most do so through Internet Protocol Television