Broadband Subscribers 4Q 2025

I recently looked at the reported broadband subscriber counts from the largest publicly traded internet service providers for the end of 2025. Most of these statistics come from the quarterly reports of the ISPs. The story hasn’t changed a lot during the year. Fixed wireless access cellular ISPs still dominate new net customer gains in the industry. Cable companies continue to lose customers. Telephone companies are growing by adding more fiber customers than they are losing copper customers. There are a few interesting stories in these numbers. There were a lot of industry predictions that FWA cellular sales had peaked and would be slowing. However, the fourth quarter is the largest net customer gain ever for the market segment. The additions for the telephone companies mask that growth in fiber customers is being diluted by continued losses of copper customers.