Fixed wireless continues to climb US broadband charts - Parks

Naysayers of fixed wireless access (FWA) be warned—the technology’s usage continues to climb. According to Parks Associates’ newly launched Broadband Market Tracker, FWA adoption through a mobile network operator hit 7.8 million US residential home internet connections in Q1. Kristen Hanich, director of research at Parks Associates, said FWA and satellite internet are the “fastest growing” segments of the broadband market, “attracting consumers who were previously unserved or underserved by traditional providers.” Interestingly, two of the largest players in the FWA space—T-Mobile and Verizon—both reported slower growth rates in FWA net adds for the first quarter. In T-Mobile’s case though, the drop from 500,000 to 400,000 net adds per quarter was expected.