High-speed lines (>200 Kbps bi-directional) in the U.S. increased by 23% in the second half of 2002 from 16.2 million to 19.9 million, according to the latest statistics released by the FCC. Highlights of the newly published “High-Speed Services for Internet Access” report include:
- as of 31-Dec-02, there were 6.5 million ADSL connections in the US, up 27% during the second half of 2002
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as of 31-Dec-02, there were 11.4 million cable modem connections in the US, up by 24% during the second half of 2002
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as of 31-Dec-02, 548,471 high-speed lines were served over fiber, up from 520,884 six months earlier
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as of 31-Dec-02, 276,067 high-speed lines were served by satellite or fixed wireless connections, up from 220,588 six months earlier
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high-speed services were available in 88% of the nation’s zip codes and 71% of zip codes had more than one broadband provider
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the greatest number of broadband lines were located in California (3,035,756), New York (1,997,195), Florida (1,405,976), Texas (1,349,628), Illinois (734,171), Ohio (710,355) and Pennsylvania (631,717)
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The full statistical report is available online.
http://www.fcc.gov/wcb/iatd/recent.html