Re: Internet and Broadband in the US- Mainly MSO Stats
Thread- Just some figures I thought I would post from information picked up from different sources. Review them with a grain of salt. Note the one where cable modems are supposed to have 68 percent of the broadband market. Everything I’m currently reading has DSL overtaking cable modems by 2003.
And note the one about wired homes. I thought there were roughly 100 million homes total in the US. If so, then if there can’t possibly be 91.5 million of them wired to the Internet. I’m fairly certain PC penetration in US homes is around the 50% level. So the 91.5 million wired home figure is not accurate.
I find numbers all over the map. But if I read, and post enough of them, an average can be guessed at. -MikeM(From Florida)
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Top 10 US MSOs End of 1999
1. TCI/AT&T/MediaOne 18,000,000
2. Time Warner Cable 12,600,000
3. Comcast 8,000,000
4. Charter Communications 5,500,000
5. Cox/TCA 5,000,000
6. Adelphia Communications 4,700,000
7. Cablevision Systems 3,400,000
8. InterMedia Partners 1,300,000
9. Century Communications 1,300,000
10. Marcus Cable 1,200,000
Internet
The number of wired US homes was 64 million in 1998 and 91.5 million in 1999.
US Internet usage grew from 83 million people in 1998 to 106 million at the end of 1999.
About 47% of American households have Internet access at home.
Cable
The US cable industry is 50 years old and has 65 million subscribers.
Currently America’s cable providers, have about one million miles of lines.
Passing 100 million homes with half of those served by upgraded 2-way plant.
Broadband
The US market for broadband Internet services will grow to 3.3 million subscribers in 2000.
Broadband will have 16.6 million subscribers by 2004.
Cable modems may control 68 percent of the high-speed residential market in 2003.
ATT
AT&T says it has 1.1 million cable modems installed today.
Eighty percent of its facilities ready for two-way by 2002.
ATHM
Excite@Home's service will pass by an additional 15.3 million homes.
Partnership with Rhythms NetConnections Inc. expands Excite@Home's worldwide coverage to a possible 87.3 million households.
Ultimately, about two-thirds of US households could potentially be served by Excite@Home. |
