US broadband providers add more than 3 mln customers in Q1

The twenty largest cable and DSL providers in the US, representing about 94 percent of the market, acquired a record 3.06 million net additional subscribers in the first quarter, according to Leichtman Research Group. The top broadband providers now account for nearly 46 million high-speed internet subscribers, with cable having nearly 25.8 million broadband subscribers and DSL having about 20.2 million subscribers. The top DSL providers added a record 1.66 million subscribers, representing 54 percent of the net broadband additions for the quarter versus cable. The top cable providers also had a record quarter with over 1.4 million subscribers added. DSL providers have added more broadband subscribers than cable providers in each of the last six quarters, acquiring over 1.1 million more subscribers than cable during this period, but the top cable broadband providers maintain a 5.6 million subscriber advantage over DSL and have a 56 percent share


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