US cable and telecom companies add 295,000 new subscribers in Q2

Seventeen of the largest cable and telecom companies in the US added roughly 295,000 broadband subscribers in Q2 of 2013, according to Leichtman Research Group.

These providers now serve 82.7 million subscribers. Heavyweights like Comcast and AT&T dominate broadband access, with just a few close competitors. The top cable broadband providers have a 58 percent share of the overall market, with about 13 million more subscribers than the top telephone companies -- compared to 11.2 million more a year ago, while AT&T and Verizon added 802,000 fiber subscribers in the quarter, while having a net loss of 818,000 DSL subscribers.