USA - Broadband Market - Cable modem & DSL - Analysis, Statistics & Forecasts

Synopsis

Unlike most OECD countries, where DSL tends to dominate, the majority of subscribers in the US broadband market are cable subscribers. Although DSL has in recent years been gaining on cable, that trend was reversed, at least temporarily, in 2008. Although competing technologies such as FttH and WiMAX are growing relatively quickly, broadband competition in each region is still generally limited to one DSL and one cable operator. The DSL segment remains dominated by AT&T and Verizon, which account for around 80% of DSL subscribers, while cable broadband is only slightly less concentrated with three companies, Comcast, Time Warner and Cox, accounting for around 75% of cable broadband subscribers. Compounded by economic recession, DSL and cable modem growth rates are expected to decline over the next five years as household penetration reaches saturation and fibre networks become widely deployed. This report provides overviews, analysis, relevant statistics and forecasts on the US cable modem and DSL broadband markets.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
  • 1.1 Key highlights
    
  • 1.2 US broadband market
    
    • 1.2.1 Broadband market overview
      
    • 1.2.2 Regulatory overview
      
    • 1.2.3 Broadband statistics
      
    • 1.2.4 Cable MSOs versus Telcos
      
  • 1.3 Cable broadband
    
    • 1.3.1 Cable broadband overview
      
    • 1.3.2 Cable broadband statistics
      
  • 1.4 Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
    
    • 1.4.1 DSL overview
      
    • 1.4.2 DSL statistics
      
  • 1.5 Forecasts broadband subscribers to 2015
    
    • 1.5.1 Overview
      
  • 1.6 Notes on scenario forecasts
    
• 2. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Broadband subscribers, annual change and population penetration rate – 1999 - 2008
• Table 2 – Broadband household penetration – 2000 - 2008
• Table 3 – Broadband lines (>200Kb/s in both directions) – 2005 - 2007
• Table 4 – Top cable and DSL providers, subscribers & market share – 2008
• Table 5 – Broadband subscribers and population penetration in selected OECD countries – 2001; 2008
• Table 6 – USA broadband penetration and OECD ranking – 2001 - 2008
• Table 7 – USA broadband speeds against Top 14 OECD ranking – 2007
• Table 8 – US cable industry infrastructure expenditure – 2000 - 2008
• Table 9 – Top 10 cable MSOs’ coverage, subscribers and penetration by technology – Q3 2008
• Table 10 – US cable modem subscribers and annual change – 1998 - 2008
• Table 11 – Subscribers for top cable modem providers – 2002 - 2008
• Table 12 – Cable versus DSL, market share and subscriber growth – 2006 - 2008
• Table 13 – DSL subscribers and annual change – 1999 - 2008
• Table 14 – DSL subscribers by major carrier – 2002 - 2008
• Table 15 – ADSL subscribers, market share & annual change by type of provider – June 2007
• Table 16 – Forecast broadband subscribers & penetration – lower growth scenario – 2009 - 2015
• Table 17 – Forecast broadband subscribers & penetration – higher growth scenario – 2009 - 2015

• Exhibit 1 – Definitions: DSL, cable and FttN/FttC broadband
• Exhibit 2 – – Cable broadband drives cable VoIP