Study on Rapid Fiber Growth in North America

The Fiber Broadband Association and RVA, LLC released a new report on the rapid growth of the North American fiber broadband industry. Key findings include:

• In 2018, fiber surpassed DSL to become the second most common connection for home internet in North America after cable. In North America, fiber now passes nearly 60 million homes and connects 23.8 million.
• In the US, fiber now passes 41 million unique homes and connects 18.6 million homes. This is a 17% increase in homes passed by fiber since 2017. 1.6 million homes can get fiber broadband from two or more providers.
• In the US in 2018, more than 1,000 smaller providers were responsible for 29% of the fiber build, with four major Tier 1 providers responsible for the other 71%.
• Canada leads North American fiber deployment, with 19% growth in homes marketed in 2018 alone.