Comcast, Time Warner Cable see surge in broadband subscribers
The latest data from market research firm Strategy Analytics shows that Comcast, Time Warner Cable (TWC) and other cable operators have surpassed AT&T and AT&T in the number of new broadband Internet users. Verizon and other telecommunications carriers.
Strategy Analytics pointed out that in the past year, the number of broadband Internet users of Comcast and Time Warner Cable accounted for 71% of the 3 million US users.
Jason, Director of Strategy Analytics "Cable operators continue to strengthen their share of the U.S. broadband market," Blackwell said.
Over the past year, Comcast accounted for 42% of new subscriber additions among carriers we surveyed. .
Fiber optic communications continue to be strong, but telecom operators are still unable to escape the losses of DSL users.
We hope to see fierce competition in the broadband market in 2016; because Cable operators will be scrambling to roll out DOCSIS 3.1, will also bring more pressure to them
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In the third quarter, Comcast and Time Warner Cable added new broadband552,000 users.
That number far exceeds the number of subscribers AT&T lost during the quarter and the number of subscribers Verizon added.
According to Leichtman Research, a well-known market research company The latest report from Group pointed out that in the third quarter, traditional ILECs lost about 140,000 users, while in contrast, there were 110,000 new users in the third quarter of 2014.
Topping the list of company reports are AT&T and Verizon.
The two telecom operators added a total of 305,000 U-verse and Fios broadband users, and lost 432,000 DSL users.
(Text/Translated by Oscar)
