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Business Fiber Deployment Accelerates with New Competition and Investment-Friendly Policies
Posted In: broadband deployment, broadband investment, FCC, fiber
Date: 05.30.2018
Thanks to ongoing efforts by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under Chairman Pai’s leadership to facilitate investment and accelerate the transition to next generation broadband networks, the number of U.S. businesses that can enjoy the benefits of fiber networks and newer technologies is growing faster than ever. In 2017, U.S...
New Analysis: USTelecom Data Highlights U.S. Broadband Expansion, Competition and Usage
Posted In: broadband adoption, broadband deployment, broadband investment, National Broadband Map, USTelecom news
Date: 03.20.2018
USTelecom this month released its “2018 Industry Metrics and Trends,” an analysis of the most recent public and private data, and offering a fresh look at the state of broadband in the United States. The data—which covers the transition from legacy voice to mobile and IP networks; broadband investment, deployment, adoption,...
Broadband Deployment & Competition Growing: Dedicated Federal Funding Needed to Close Digital Divide
Posted In: broadband adoption, industry news
Date: 02.22.2018
U.S. broadband providers continue deploying and upgrading networks to bring consumers across the nation ever-faster service and competitive choice, according to a newly released analysis of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) data for year-end 2016 from USTelecom and Telcodata. This analysis is based on the same underlying data the FCC uses in...
U.S. Internet Usage Continues to Expand
Posted In: broadband service providers
Date: 11.27.2017
U.S. internet traffic is projected to grow two-and-a-half times over the next five years, according to a new USTelecom analysis of annual Internet Protocol (IP) traffic data from Cisco’s Visual Networking Index, a continuation of explosive growth over the past decade. A massive shift toward online consumer video is the primary driver of...
Broadband Investment Dropped in 2016
Posted In: broadband investment, broadband service providers, net neutrality, Open Internet rules
Date: 10.31.2017
Investment in U.S. broadband networks continued to slide in 2016, continuing a trend that began two years ago after the Federal Communications Commission reclassified broadband providers as common carriers under Title II of the Communications Act. U.S. broadband providers invested approximately $76 billion in capital expenditures on network...
Achieving the Promise of Fiber-Enabled 5G Networks
Posted In: broadband deployment, fiber, infrastructure, Internet of Things, wireless
Date: 10.27.2017
Earlier this week, I attended the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business and the Wireless Technology Association conference, “Massive Broadband Network Densification: Unleashing the Opportunities of 5G.” Panels focused on the technology, business economics, and policy aspects of fifth generation (5G) wireless deployment in...
Gaps Remain in Broadband Availability in Rural vs. Non-Rural Areas
Posted In: broadband deployment, broadband service providers, CAF II, FCC, reports and studies, rural America, USTelecom news
Date: 08.29.2017
While broadband is widely deployed across the United States, availability continues to lag in rural areas compared to urban and suburban areas, according to the most current Federal Communications Commission (FCC) broadband deployment data. As of mid-2016, 86 percent of rural households had access to wired broadband at any speed compared to 99...
Broadband Growing in Availability, Speed and Competition
Posted In: broadband deployment, business broadband, industry news, reports and studies, USTelecom news
Date: 08.28.2017
More Americans have choices between broadband service providers at faster speeds than four years ago, according to a new USTelecom / CensusNBM analysis of the most current Federal Communications Commission broadband deployment data. Nearly half of U.S. households now have access to download speeds of 25 Mbps from two or more wired broadband...
Projected Internet Traffic Growth Highlights Need for Investment-Friendly Rules
Posted In: broadband investment, broadband service providers, FCC, infrastructure, Internet
Date: 06.09.2017
A new report from Cisco projects that global and U.S. Internet Protocol (IP) traffic will grow at double-digit rates over the next five years. Global traffic will nearly triple while U.S. traffic will grow two-and-a-half times, according to Cisco’s latest Visual Networking Index (VNI). Increased internet adoption, faster broadband, next...
Broadband Investment Heads in the Wrong Direction
Posted In: broadband deployment, broadband investment, business broadband, CLEC, FCC, ILECs, industry news, infrastructure
Date: 05.05.2017
USTelecom’s seventh annual report on broadband investment numbers will be finalized soon, but our initial analysis strongly suggests that investment in 2016 continued to trend downward following the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) adoption of the 2015 Open Internet Order. Data compiled from internet service...

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