*Pages 1--18 from þÿ* NEWS News Media Information 202 / 418- 0500 TTY 202 / 418- 2555 Fax- On- Demand 202 / 418- 2830 Internet: http:// www. fcc. gov ftp. fcc. gov Federal Communications Commission 445 12 th Street, S. W. Washington, D. C. 20554 This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action. Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes official action. See MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D. C. Circ 1974). FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: August 9, 2001 Mike Balmoris at (202) 418- 0253 Email: mbalmori@ fcc. gov FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RELEASES DATA ON HIGH- SPEED SERVICES FOR INTERNET ACCESS High- Speed Connections to the Internet Increased 63% During the Second Half of 2000 for a Total of 7.1 Million Lines in Service Washington, D. C. – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today released summary statistics of its latest data on the deployment of high- speed Internet services in the United States. The information being released today was filed by qualifying service providers on March 1, 2001, and includes data as of December 31, 2000. Qualifying providers file such data twice a year under the Commission’s local competition and broadband data gathering program (FCC Form 477). The local competition and broadband data gathering program was adopted by the Commission in March 2000 to assist the Commission in its efforts to monitor and further implement the pro- competitive, deregulatory provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Specifically, the data from this effort are used by the Commission for its evaluation of the availability of advanced telecommunications services. Summary Statistics § High- speed lines connecting homes and businesses to the Internet increased by 63% during the second half of the year 2000, to a total of 7.1 million. The rate of growth for the full year was 158%. § Of the total 7.1 million high- speed lines, 5.2 million were residential and small business subscribers. § About 4.3 million of the 7.1 million high- speed lines provided services at speeds of over 200 kilobits per second (kbps) in both directions, and thus met the Commission’s definition of advanced services, an increase of 51% during the last six months of the year 2000. The rate of growth for the full year was 118%. § At the end of the year 2000, the presence of high- speed service subscribers was reported in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Subscribers were reported present in 75% of the nation’s zip codes, compared to 56% at the end of 1999. 1 § High- speed asymmetric DSL (ADSL) lines in service increased by 108% during the second half of the year 2000, to 2 million lines. The rate of growth for the full year was 435%. § High- speed Internet connections over coaxial cable systems increased by 57% during the final six months of the year 2000, to a total of 3.6 million. The rate of growth for the full year was 153%. § Although the provision of high- speed lines by satellite and fixed wireless technology represents a small fraction of the total high- speed lines in use, the number of lines grew from 50,000 in December 1999 to 112,000 in December 2000. § High- speed subscribers are reported present in 97% of the most densely populated zip codes. The comparable figure is 45% among zip codes with the lowest population densities, compared to 24% a year earlier. § For zip codes ranked by median family income, high- speed subscribers are reported present in 96% of the top one- tenth of zip codes and in 56% of the bottom one- tenth of zip codes, compared to 42% a year earlier. As additional information from Form 477 becomes available, it will be routinely posted on the Commission’s Internet site. The Commission recently accepted comments (in CC Docket No. 99- 301) on whether various modifications should be made to the reporting system. The data summary is available in the FCC’s Reference Information Center, Courtyard Level, 445 12th Street, S. W., Washington, D. C. Call International Transcription Services, Inc. (ITS) at (202) 857- 3800 to purchase a copy. The data summary can also be downloaded from the FCC- State Link Internet site at . - FCC -Common Carrier Bureau Contact: Industry Analysis Division at (202) 418- 0940; TTY (202) 418- 0484. 2 HIGH- SPEED SERVICES FOR INTERNET ACCESS: SUBSCRIBERSHIP AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2000 Industry Analysis Division Common Carrier Bureau Federal Communications Commission August 2001 This report is available for reference in the FCC’s Reference Information Center, Courtyard Level, 445 12 th Street, S. W., Washington, D. C. Copies may be purchased by calling International Transcription Services, Inc. (ITS) at (202) 857- 3800. The report can also be downloaded from the FCC- State Link Internet site at . For additional information, contact the Common Carrier Bureau’s Industry Analysis Division at (202) 418- 0940, or for users of TTY equipment, call (202) 418- 0484. 3 1 High- Speed Services for Internet Access: Subscribership as of December 31, 2000 Congress directed the Commission and the states, in section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, to encourage deployment of advanced telecommunications capability in the United States on a reasonable and timely basis. 1 To assist in its evaluation of such deployment, the Commission instituted a formal data collection program to gather standardized information about subscribership to high- speed services, including advanced services, from wireline telephone companies, cable providers, terrestrial wireless providers, satellite providers, and any other facilities- based providers of advanced telecommunications capability. 2 We summarize here information from the third data collection, thereby presenting a snapshot of subscribership at the end of the year 2000. 3 Subscribership to high- speed services for Internet access increased by 63% during the second half of the year 2000, to a total of 7.1 million lines in service. At year’s end, the presence of high- speed service subscribers was reported in fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, and in 75% of the zip codes in the United States. Before presenting the most recent information in some detail, a brief description of the Commission’s data collection program is in order to enable the reader to better understand how the nationwide information presented here may compare to similar information derived from other sources. First, a facilities- based provider of high- speed service lines (or wireless channels) in a given state reports to the 1 See §706, Pub. L. 104- 104, Title VII, Feb. 8, 1996, 110 Stat. 153, reproduced in the notes under 47 U. S. C. §157. We define services as “high- speed” that provide the subscriber with transmissions at a speed in excess of 200 kilobits per second (kbps) in at least one direction. “Advanced services,” which provide the subscriber with transmission speeds in excess of 200 kbps in each direction, are a subset of high- speed services. 2 Local Competition and Broadband Reporting, CC Docket No. 99- 301, Report and Order, 15 FCC Rcd 7717 (rel. Mar. 30, 2000) (Data Gathering Order). The formal program followed several attempts by the Common Carrier Bureau to collect information on a voluntary basis. See Local Competition and Broadband Reporting, CC Docket No. 99- 301, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 14 FCC Rcd 18106 (rel. Oct. 22, 1999). 3 Results from the first data collection, in which providers reported numbers of subscribers to high-speed services at the end of 1999, were presented in the Commission’s second report to Congress on advanced telecommunications capability. See Deployment of Advanced Telecommunications Capability to All Americans in a Reasonable and Timely Fashion, CC Docket No. 98- 146, Second Report (rel. Aug. 21, 2000), available at . (In the report, the Commission’s data collection program is referred to as the “Broadband Survey.”) Results from the second data collection appear in High- Speed Services for Internet Access: Subscribership as of June 30, 2000, available at . During this data gathering program, qualifying providers will file FCC Form 477 each year on March 1 (reporting data for the preceding December 31) and September 1 (reporting data for June 30 of the same year). An updated FCC Form 477, and Instructions for that particular form, for each specific round of the data collection may be downloaded from the FCC Forms website at . 4 2 Commission basic information about its service offerings and customers if the provider has at least 250 such lines in service in that state. While providers not meeting the reporting threshold may provide information on a voluntary basis, as some have done, it is likely that not all such providers have reported data. 4 In particular, we do not know how comprehensively small providers, many of which serve rural areas with relatively small populations, are represented in the data summarized here. Second, lines (or wireless channels) that do not meet the Commission’s definition of “high- speed” (i. e., delivering transmissions to the subscriber at a speed in excess of 200 kbps in at least one direction) are not reported. Some asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) services and Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) services provided by telephone companies and some services that connect subscribers to the Internet over cable systems do not meet this criterion, but may nevertheless meet the needs of the subscribers who select them. We expect providers to report data more accurately as they gain experience with the program. We also expect that there may be some need for further clarification and adjustment of the reporting system. 5 Nevertheless, based on the information now available, the following broad conclusions emerge: · Subscribership to high- speed services increased by 63% during the second half of the year 2000, to a total of 7.1 million lines (or wireless channels) in service. The rate of growth for the full year was 158%. · Considering services according to the technology deployed in the “last few feet” to the subscriber’s premises, high- speed ADSL lines in service increased at the fastest rate, 108%, during the second half of the year, to 2 million lines. 6 High- speed lines in service over coaxial cable systems (cable modem service) remained more numerous, increasing 57% to 3.6 million lines. 7 The rates of growth for the full year were 435% and 153%, respectively. See Table 1. 4 We received 84 state- specific voluntary submissions (made by 41 holding companies) in the first Form 477 filing, 78 voluntary submissions (made by 33 holding companies) in the second filing, and 64 voluntary submissions (made by 41 holding companies) in the third filing. 5 The Commission has requested comments on whether various modifications should be made to this data collection. See Local Competition and Broadband Reporting, CC Docket No. 99- 301, Second Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (rel. Jan. 19, 2001). 6 Providers are instructed to report a high- speed subscriber in the (mutually exclusive) technology category that characterizes the last few feet of distribution plant to the subscriber’s premises, e. g., coaxial cable in the case of the hybrid fiber- coax (HFC) architecture of upgraded cable systems. As noted above, ADSL services that do not deliver over 200 kbps in at least one direction are not included in the data reported here. Symmetric DSL services at speeds exceeding 200 kbps are included in the “other wireline” category because they are typically used to provide data services that are functionally equivalent to a T1 and other data services that wireline telephone companies have offered to business customers for some time. 7 In addition, reported high- speed lines (or wireless channels) delivered over wireline technologies other than ADSL, or over fiber to the end- user’s premises (e. g., Fiber- to- the- Home, or FTTH), satellite, or fixed wireless technologies increased by 37% during the second half of the year 2000. We believe, however, (continued….) 5 3 · Subscribership to the subset of high- speed services that the Commission defines as advanced services (i. e., delivering to subscribers transmission speeds in excess of 200 kbps in each direction) increased by 51% during the second half of the year, to a total of 4.3 million lines (or wireless channels) in service. Advanced service lines provided by means of ADSL technology increased by 107%, and advanced service lines provided over coaxial cable systems increased by 49%. See Table 2. · As of December 31, 2000, there were about 5.2 million residential and small business subscribers to high- speed services. By contrast, there were approximately 3.2 million such subscribers six months earlier, and about 1.8 million a year earlier. See Table 3. · Among entities that reported facilities- based ADSL high- speed lines in service at the end of the year 2000, about 92% of such lines were reported by incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs). See Table 4. · Providers of high- speed ADSL services report serving subscribers in 49 states and the District of Columbia, as do providers of high- speed services over coaxial cable systems. High- speed service providers who use wireline technologies other than ADSL, or who use optical carrier (i. e., fiber), satellite, or fixed wireless technologies in the last few feet to the subscriber’s premises report serving subscribers in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. 8 See Table 5. · The Commission’s data collection program uniquely gathers from providers information about the number of high- speed lines in service in individual states, in total and by technology deployed in the last few feet to the subscriber’s premises. Relatively large numbers of total high- speed lines in service are associated with the more populous states. The most populous state, California, has the largest reported number of high- speed lines. The second and third largest numbers of high- speed lines are reported for New York and Texas, which are the third and second most populous states, respectively. See Table 6. · Reporting entities estimate the percentage of their high- speed lines in service that connect to residential and small business end- user customers (as opposed to connecting to medium and large business, institutional, or government end- user customers). 9 These percentages allow us to derive (Continued from previous page) that inconsistencies in reporting data for these technology categories over the course of the first three data collections make comparison of growth rates problematic. 8 This information is reported in a single category, for the individual states, to honor requests for nondisclosure of information that reporting entities assert is competitively sensitive. In the Data Gathering Order, the Commission agreed to publish high- speed data only once it has been aggregated in a manner that does not reveal individual company data. See Data Gathering Order, 15 FCC Rcd 7760. 9 End- user customers use the high- speed services for their own purposes and do not resell them to other entities. Note that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are not end- user customers (specifically, business end- user customers) in this sense, insofar as the ISP incorporates the high- speed line into a premium (continued….) 6 4 approximate numbers of residential and small- business high- speed lines in service by state. See Table 7. · The Commission’s data collection program also requires service providers to identify each zip code in which the provider has at least one high- speed subscriber. At the end of the year 2000, subscribers to high- speed services were reported in 75% of the nation’s zip codes. Multiple providers reported having subscribers in 51% of the nation’s zip codes. 10 See Table 8. · Our analysis indicates that over 96% of the country’s population lives in the 75% of zip codes where a provider reports having at least one high- speed service subscriber. 11 Moreover, numerous competing providers report serving high- speed subscribers in the major population centers of the country. See the map that follows Table 8. · States vary widely with respect to the percentage of zip codes in the state in which no high- speed lines are reported to be in service. See Table 9. · High population density has a positive correlation with reports that high- speed subscribers are present, and low population density has a negative correlation. For example, as of December 31, 2000, high- speed subscribers are reported to be present in 97% of the most densely populated zip codes and in 45% of zip codes with the lowest population densities. 12 However, the comparable figure for the least dense zip codes was only 24% a year earlier. See Table 10. · High median family income also has a positive correlation with reports that high- speed subscribers are present. In the top one- tenth of zip codes ranked by median family income, high- speed subscribers are reported in 96% of zip codes. By contrast, high- speed subscribers are reported in 56% of zip codes with the lowest median family income, compared to 42% a year earlier. See Table 11. (Continued from previous page) option offered to (residence and/ or business) end- user customers of Internet access service. Reporting entities are directed to consider a line as being provided to an end- user customer in the “residential and small business” category if that customer orders high- speed service of a type (e. g., speeds in the downstream (from the Internet to the end user) and upstream (from the end user to the Internet) directions) that is normally associated with residential customers. 10 Lists of zip codes with number of service providers as reported in the first and second Form 477 filings (data as of December 31, 1999 and as of June 30, 2000, respectively) are available at . Lists from subsequent filings will be posted when available. 11 We note that some providers have not strictly followed instructions to report zip codes in which a high-speed subscriber is present and have reported, for example, all zip codes within the boundary of a “wire center” that serves at least one high- speed subscriber. 12 For this comparison, we consider the most densely populated zip codes to be those with more than 268 persons per square mile (the top three deciles), and the least densely populated zip codes to be those with fewer than 25 persons per square mile (the bottom three deciles). 7 5 As other information from the Commission’s data collection program (FCC Form 477) becomes available, it will be included in future reports on the deployment of advanced telecommunications capability and in publications such as this one. We invite users of this information to provide suggestions for improved data collection and analysis by: · Using the attached customer response form, · E- mailing comments to eburton@ fcc. gov, · Calling the Industry Analysis Division at (202) 418- 0940, or · Participating in any formal proceedings undertaken by the Commission to solicit comments for improvement of FCC Form 477. 8 Types of Technology 1/ December 1999 June 2000 2/ December 2000 ADSL 369,792 951,583 1,977,377 435 % 108 % Other Wireline 609,909 764,099 1,063,563 74 39 Coaxial Cable 1,414,183 2,284,491 3,576,378 153 57 Fiber 312,204 307,151 376,506 NM NM Satellite & Fixed Wireless 50,404 65,615 112,405 NM NM Total Lines 2,756,492 4,372,939 7,106,229 158 % 63 % Types of Technology 1/ December 1999 June 2000 2/ December 2000 ADSL 185,950 326,816 675,642 263 % 107 % Other Wireline 609,909 764,099 1,063,563 74 39 Coaxial Cable 879,671 1,469,130 2,194,002 149 49 Fiber 307,315 301,143 376,417 NM NM Satellite & Fixed Wireless 7,816 3,649 26,906 NM NM Total Lines 1,990,662 2,864,838 4,336,530 118 % 51 % Types of Technology 1/ December 1999 June 2000 2/ December 2000 ADSL 291,757 772,272 1,595,155 447 % 107 % Other Wireline 46,856 116,995 218,641 367 87 Coaxial Cable 1,404,600 2,215,259 3,288,034 134 48 Fiber 1,023 325 1,994 NM NM Satellite & Fixed Wireless 50,404 64,320 102,432 NM NM Total Lines 1,794,640 3,169,170 5,206,257 190 % 64 % Dec 1999- Dec 2000 June 2000- Dec 2000 NM: Not meaningful due to inconsistencies in reported data. 1/ The mutually exclusive types of technology are, respectively: Asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) technologies, which provide speeds in one direction greater than speeds in the other direction; wireline technologies "other" than ADSL, including traditional telephone company high- speed services and symmetric DSL services that provide equivalent functionality; coaxial cable, including the typical hybrid fiber- coax (HFC) architecture of upgraded cable TV systems; optical fiber to the subscriber's premises (e. g., Fiber- to- the- Home, or FTTH); and satellite and (terrestrial) fixed wireless systems, which use radio spectrum to communicate with a radio transmitter at the subscriber's premises. 2/ Data for June 2000 have been revised. Residential and Small Business High- Speed Lines Table 3 Dec 1999- Dec 2000 June 2000- Dec 2000 Percent Change (Over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction) High- Speed Lines Table 1 Dec 1999- Dec 2000 June 2000- Dec 2000 Percent Change (Over 200 kbps in Both Directions) Advanced Services Lines Table 2 (Over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction) Percent Change 9 RBOC 2/ Other ILEC Non- ILEC Total ADSL 1,707,360 107,792 162,225 1,977,377 86.3 % 5.5 % 8.2 % Other Wireline 652,369 198,276 212,918 1,063,563 61.3 18.6 20.0 Coaxial Cable * * 3,540,685 3,576,378 * * 99.0 Other * * 444,671 488,911 * * 91.0 Total Lines 2,436,491 309,239 4,360,499 7,106,229 34.3 4.3 61.4 as of December 31, 2000 High- Speed Lines by Type of Provider Table 4 (Over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction) 2/ RBOC lines include all high- speed lines reported by BellSouth, Qwest, SBC, and Verizon. 1/ The mutually exclusive types of technology are, respectively: Asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) technologies, which provide speeds in one direction greater than speeds in the other direction; wireline technologies "other" than ADSL, including traditional telephone company high- speed services and symmetric DSL services that provide equivalent functionality; coaxial cable, including the typical hybrid fiber- coax (HFC) architecture of upgraded cable TV systems; optical fiber to the subscriber's premises (e. g., Fiber- to- the- Home, or FTTH); and satellite and (terrestrial) fixed wireless systems, which use radio spectrum to communicate with a radio transmitter at the subscriber's premises. Types of Technology 1/ Percent of Lines Lines * Data withheld to maintain firm confidentiality. Other ILEC Non- ILEC RBOC 10 ADSL Coaxial Cable Other 1/ Total (Unduplicated) Alabama 4 7 8 13 Alaska 0 0 4 4 Arizona 4 * 8 9 Arkansas * * * 5 California 12 10 20 28 Colorado 6 * 9 11 Connecticut 4 4 8 11 Delaware * * * 5 District of Columbia * * 10 10 Florida 7 10 13 21 Georgia 7 5 9 14 Hawaii * * * * Idaho * * * 4 Illinois 10 5 14 19 Indiana 5 4 10 13 Iowa * 6 6 10 Kansas 4 5 9 11 Kentucky 6 * 7 12 Louisiana 4 * 7 10 Maine * * * 5 Maryland * 4 10 13 Massachusetts 5 5 11 14 Michigan 7 5 10 15 Minnesota 7 7 11 19 Mississippi * * 4 6 Missouri 5 5 10 13 Montana 4 * * 5 Nebraska * * 4 6 Nevada 4 * 8 9 New Hampshire 4 * 6 7 New Jersey 5 * 12 14 New Mexico * * 6 8 New York 10 4 17 23 North Carolina 9 6 12 18 North Dakota * * 4 6 Ohio 9 5 12 17 Oklahoma * * 5 8 Oregon 5 * 10 11 Pennsylvania 11 6 15 21 Puerto Rico 0 0 * * Rhode Island * * * 4 South Carolina 5 6 8 15 South Dakota * * 4 5 Tennessee 5 4 8 13 Texas 15 7 17 28 Utah 4 * 8 9 Vermont * * * 6 Virgin Islands 0 0 * * Virginia 6 5 14 17 Washington 11 * 15 19 West Virginia * * * 6 Wisconsin 10 * 8 14 Wyoming * * * * Nationwide (Unduplicated) December 2000 66 37 86 130 Nationwide (Unduplicated) June 2000 47 36 72 118 Nationwide (Unduplicated) December 1999 28 44 65 105 Table 5 Providers of High- Speed Lines by Technology (Over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction) as of December 31, 2000 * Data withheld to maintain firm confidentiality. In this table, an asterisk also indicates 1- 3 providers reporting. 1/ Other includes wireline technologies other than asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL), optical fiber to the subscriber's premises, satellite, and (terrestrial) fixed wireless systems. 11 December 1999 June 2000 Total Total ADSL Coaxial Cable Other 1/ Total Dec 1999- Dec 2000 June 2000- Dec 2000 Alabama 19,796 32,756 12,320 36,432 14,582 63,334 220% 93% Alaska 0 * 0 0 934 934 NA NA Arizona 58,825 111,678 32,395 * * 153,500 161 37 Arkansas 8,155 15,539 * * * 28,968 255 86 California 547,179 910,006 622,894 476,544 287,187 1,386,625 153 52 Colorado 36,726 64,033 42,810 * * 104,534 185 63 Connecticut 36,488 63,772 22,348 78,234 11,210 111,792 206 75 Delaware 1,558 3,660 * * * 7,492 381 105 District of Columbia 13,288 16,926 * * 13,627 27,757 109 64 Florida 190,700 244,678 115,133 255,978 89,684 460,795 142 88 Georgia 75,870 130,292 56,588 75,474 71,793 203,855 169 56 Hawaii * * * * * * NA NA Idaho * 8,070 * * * 15,908 NA 97 Illinois 77,672 166,933 48,278 126,490 67,471 242,239 212 45 Indiana 20,059 49,702 6,442 37,052 17,000 60,494 202 22 Iowa 19,258 49,159 * 48,008 * 58,199 202 18 Kansas 26,179 42,679 14,281 48,541 5,921 68,743 163 61 Kentucky 23,570 24,237 16,327 * * 32,731 39 35 Louisiana 28,133 43,294 22,788 * * 74,950 166 73 Maine 19,878 17,864 * * * 26,266 32 47 Maryland 52,749 71,005 * 65,668 * 124,465 136 75 Massachusetts 114,116 185,365 53,700 210,019 25,728 289,447 154 56 Michigan 81,223 135,318 25,482 130,296 42,452 198,230 144 46 Minnesota 38,268 65,272 40,870 64,215 12,809 117,894 208 81 Mississippi * 6,514 * * * 12,305 NA 89 Missouri 23,347 46,903 38,759 42,255 19,389 100,403 330 114 Montana * * 1,760 * * 7,378 NA NA Nebraska 36,748 44,188 * * 4,729 54,085 47 22 Nevada 23,514 40,582 10,023 * * 59,879 155 48 New Hampshire 22,807 33,045 3,339 * * 42,364 86 28 New Jersey 101,832 144,203 59,332 * * 285,311 180 98 New Mexico * 2,929 * * 21,207 28,497 NA 873 New York 186,504 342,743 124,146 377,521 101,820 603,487 224 76 North Carolina 57,881 81,998 24,091 73,092 39,798 136,981 137 67 North Dakota * 3,467 * * 2,723 6,380 NA 84 Ohio 160,792 156,980 55,046 121,196 47,603 223,845 39 43 Oklahoma * 163,703 * * 67,511 95,138 NA -42 Oregon 27,062 44,186 31,644 * * 76,839 184 74 Pennsylvania 71,926 79,892 60,083 85,104 31,483 176,670 146 121 Puerto Rico * * 0 0 * * NA NA Rhode Island * 20,628 * * * 30,919 NA 50 South Carolina 25,229 32,824 5,168 44,812 13,934 63,914 153 95 South Dakota * 7,991 * * 10,264 11,799 NA 48 Tennessee 66,307 87,317 13,705 77,760 31,016 122,481 85 40 Texas 152,518 276,087 158,513 227,070 136,955 522,538 243 89 Utah 11,635 19,612 17,352 * * 35,970 209 83 Vermont * 1,551 * * * 7,773 NA 401 Virgin Islands 0 0 0 0 * * NA NA Virginia 51,305 72,436 26,750 78,585 34,580 139,915 173 93 Washington 71,930 118,723 79,130 * * 195,628 172 65 West Virginia * 1,835 * * 1,517 6,498 NA 254 Wisconsin 18,599 34,262 8,623 * * 76,257 310 123 Wyoming * * * * * * NA NA Nationwide Reported Total 2,756,492 4,372,939 1,977,377 3,576,378 1,552,474 7,106,229 158% 63% NA: Not available 1/ Other includes wireline technologies other than asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL), optical fiber to the subscriber's premises, satellite, and (terrestrial) fixed wireless systems. * Data withheld to maintain firm confidentiality. Table 6 High- Speed Lines by Technology December 2000 (Over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction) Percentage Change 12 as of December 31, 2000 Residential and Small Business Other 1/ Total Alabama 32,579 30,755 63,334 Alaska 546 388 934 Arizona 141,052 12,448 153,500 Arkansas 26,119 2,849 28,968 California 1,048,819 337,806 1,386,625 Colorado 89,885 14,649 104,534 Connecticut 102,303 9,489 111,792 Delaware 2,450 5,042 7,492 District of Columbia 14,518 13,239 27,757 Florida 253,912 206,883 460,795 Georgia 67,974 135,881 203,855 Hawaii * * * Idaho 13,291 2,617 15,908 Illinois 183,656 58,583 242,239 Inidana 23,217 37,277 60,494 Iowa 55,205 2,994 58,199 Kansas 64,095 4,648 68,743 Kentucky 12,443 20,288 32,731 Louisiana 40,246 34,704 74,950 Maine 25,048 1,218 26,266 Maryland 37,472 86,993 124,465 Massachusetts 255,558 33,889 289,447 Michigan 120,259 77,971 198,230 Minnesota 103,735 14,159 117,894 Mississippi 4,097 8,208 12,305 Missouri 79,429 20,974 100,403 Montana 6,513 865 7,378 Nebraska 50,910 3,176 54,085 Nevada 50,575 9,304 59,879 New Hampshire 39,490 2,874 42,364 New Jersey 240,039 45,272 285,311 New Mexico 21,274 7,223 28,497 New York 487,876 115,611 603,487 North Carolina 82,909 54,072 136,981 North Dakota 5,793 587 6,380 Ohio 174,566 49,279 223,845 Oklahoma 43,115 52,023 95,138 Oregon 66,261 10,578 76,839 Pennsylvania 106,021 70,649 176,670 Puerto Rico * * * Rhode Island 29,005 1,914 30,919 South Carolina 36,925 26,989 63,914 South Dakota 10,905 894 11,799 Tennessee 77,008 45,473 122,481 Texas 420,710 101,828 522,538 Utah 29,973 5,997 35,970 Vermont 7,059 714 7,773 Virgin Islands * * * Virginia 81,244 58,671 139,915 Washington 167,451 28,177 195,628 West Virginia 5,487 1,011 6,498 Wisconsin 58,119 18,138 76,257 Wyoming * * * Nationwide Reported Total 5,206,257 1,899,972 7,106,229 * Data witheld to maintain firm confidentiality. High- Speed Lines by Type of User Table 7 (Over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction) 1/ Other includes medium and large business, institutional, and government customers. 13 Number of Providers Zero 44.0 % 30.1 % 25.0 % One 24.5 25.8 24.5 Two 14.2 16.7 18.6 Three 8.1 9.3 10.7 Four 4.4 6.0 6.2 Five 2.6 4.2 4.1 Six 1.5 3.1 3.0 Seven 0.6 2.2 2.3 Eight 0.2 1.2 2.0 Nine 0.0 0.6 1.6 Ten or More 0.0 0.9 2.1 * Data for June 2000 have been revised. December 1999 June 2000* December 2000 Table 8 Percentage of Zip Codes with High- Speed Lines in Service 14 High- Speed Providers by Zip Code Number of Reporting Providers 7 or more 4 to 6 1 to 3 (As of December 31, 2000) 15 Alabama 29 % 62 % 5 % 4 % 0 % 0 % Alaska 78 22 0 0 0 0 Arizona 13 43 8 13 16 7 Arkansas 59 41 0 0 0 0 California 16 36 6 5 6 31 Colorado 16 58 6 6 6 8 Connecticut 4 46 18 12 13 8 Delaware 0 91 9 0 0 0 District of Columbia 7 19 4 11 7 52 Florida 2 56 14 10 6 12 Georgia 27 53 7 6 5 3 Hawaii 37 63 0 0 0 0 Idaho 35 65 0 0 0 0 Illinois 26 52 5 3 3 12 Indiana 25 65 3 1 2 5 Iowa 48 52 1 0 0 0 Kansas 41 58 1 0 0 0 Kentucky 50 50 0 0 0 0 Louisiana 36 57 6 1 0 0 Maine 20 78 3 0 0 0 Maryland 1 47 8 8 5 31 Massachusetts 1 48 13 7 5 26 Michigan 14 61 6 4 4 10 Minnesota 34 53 5 5 2 0 Mississippi 37 58 3 2 0 0 Missouri 47 43 3 5 2 1 Montana 51 49 0 0 0 0 Nebraska 49 47 4 0 0 0 Nevada 21 49 15 10 3 3 New Hampshire 4 80 8 4 3 0 New Jersey 1 26 12 13 12 37 New Mexico 34 59 3 3 1 0 New York 5 48 13 7 5 22 North Carolina 18 67 7 5 2 1 North Dakota 60 39 0 0 0 0 Ohio 11 68 10 7 4 1 Oklahoma 48 45 7 0 0 0 Oregon 22 64 6 7 1 0 Pennsylvania 17 54 8 4 3 13 Puerto Rico 0 100 0 0 0 0 Rhode Island 0 46 35 19 0 0 South Carolina 20 68 8 3 1 0 South Dakota 49 49 3 0 0 0 Tennessee 27 59 10 2 1 0 Texas 22 51 6 4 3 13 Utah 23 50 9 8 9 1 Vermont 9 91 0 0 0 0 Virginia 16 62 4 4 2 13 Washington 18 49 8 5 4 16 West Virginia 25 74 0 0 0 0 Wisconsin 22 59 10 5 3 1 Wyoming 26 74 0 0 0 0 Nationwide 25 % 54 % 6 % 4 % 3 % 8 % ` Percentage of Zip Codes with High- Speed Lines in Service (Over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction) Number of Providers Table 9 Six Seven or More as of December 31, 2000 Zero One - Three Four Five 16 Deciles (Blocks of Zip Codes Grouped by Density) Persons per Square Mile (in Each Decile of Zip Codes) December 1999 December 1999 December 2000 90- 100 More Than 3,147 96.2 % 98.2 % 99.0 % 99.9 % 80- 90 947- 3,147 93.2 96.8 98.4 99.7 70- 80 268- 947 87.2 95.4 96.2 99.3 60- 70 118- 268 77.8 91.7 91.7 98.2 50- 60 67- 118 66.3 85.8 82.9 94.8 40- 50 41- 67 53.7 76.8 72.2 88.2 30- 40 25- 41 40.2 66.4 59.1 80.4 20- 30 15- 25 27.9 54.3 48.5 71.8 10- 20 6- 15 23.9 44.5 46.6 66.2 0- 10 Fewer Than 6 18.7 37.2 36.1 58.6 Deciles (Blocks of Zip Codes Grouped by Median Household Income) Median Household Income (in Each Decile of Zip Codes) December 1999 December 2000 December 1999 December 2000 90- 100 $53,494 to $291,938 90.8 % 96.1 % 98.4 % 99.8 % 80- 90 $43,617 to $53,478 77.4 90.4 95.9 99.1 70- 80 $38,396 to $43,614 67.0 82.4 94.3 98.1 60- 70 $34,744 to $38,395 59.6 78.7 91.7 97.1 50- 60 $32,122 to $34,743 53.7 74.6 89.4 96.3 40- 50 $29,893 to $32,121 51.8 69.8 88.2 94.8 30- 40 $27,542 to $29,892 49.1 69.4 85.9 94.0 20- 30 $24,855 to $27,541 48.8 67.1 85.1 93.2 10- 20 $21,645 to $24,855 45.3 62.6 82.5 91.2 0- 10 $0 to $21,644 41.7 56.0 84.1 91.7 Table 11 December 2000 Percent of Zip Codes in Decile with at Least One High- Speed Subscriber Table 10 Percent of Population in Decile that Resides in Zip Codes with High- Speed Service High- Speed Subscribership (Over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction) Ranked by Population Density Percent of Zip Codes in Decile with at Least One High- Speed Subscriber Percent of Population in Decile that Resides in Zip Codes with High- Speed Service High- Speed Subscribership Ranked by Household Income (Over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction) 17 Customer Response Publication: High- Speed Services for Internet Access: Status as of December 31, 2000 You can help us provide the best possible information to the public by completing this form and returning it to the Industry Analysis Division of the FCC's Common Carrier Bureau. 1. 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