US Broadband Subscriber Growth Slows in Q1

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The rate of US broadband subscriber growth continued to slow in Q1 2018, according to a new analysis from Leichtman Research Group. The nation’s top cable operators and telecommunication companies, representing about 95% of the market, added roughly 800,000 net broadband subs in the period, down from 965,000 net adds in the year-ago quarter, LRG said. Cable continued to dominate, as the top companies added 845,000 subscribers, or 84% of the net adds they acquired in Q1 2017. By comparison, the top telecom companies, driven by the ongoing decline of DSL, shed 45,000 subs in Q1 2018, similar to the net losses a year earlier. LRG noted that the telcos have combined net broadband losses in each of the past eight quarters.


US Broadband Subscriber Growth Slows in Q1