Internet Access Services: Status as of December 31, 2014 Industry Analysis and Technology Division Wireline Competition Bureau March 2016 This report is available for reference in the FCC’s Reference Information Center, Courtyard Level, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC. Copies may be purchased by contacting Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street, SW, Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone (800) 378-3160, or via their website at www.bcpiweb.com. The report can also be downloaded from the Internet Access Services Reports webpage at https://www.fcc.gov/general/iatd-data-statistical-reports. Table of Contents SECTION 1: OVERVIEW & HIGHLIGHTS .....................................................................1 Introduction ..............................................................................................................................1 FCC Form 477 Data.................................................................................................................1 Total Connections ....................................................................................................................4 Figure 1 Fixed and Mobile Connections by Speed 2011-2014 .....................................4 Connections by Speed ..............................................................................................................5 Figure 2(a) Distribution of Fixed Connections by Downstream Speed.............................5 Figure 2(b) Distribution of Fixed Connections by Upstream Speed .................................6 Figure 3 Fixed Connections by Speed: 2011-2014 .......................................................7 Figure 4(a) Distribution of Mobile Connections by Downstream Speed ..........................8 Figure 4(b) Distribution of Mobile Connections by Upstream Speed ...............................9 Number of Providers by Census Block ................................................................................10 Figure 5 Percentages of Developed Census Blocks in which Providers Report Deployment of Residential Fixed Broadband ...................................10 Internet Access Subscribership ............................................................................................11 Figure 6 Fixed Connections 2000-2014 ......................................................................11 Other Report Highlights........................................................................................................12 SECTION 2: SUMMARY STATISTICS - THE NATION ..............................................14 SECTION 3: SUMMARY STATISTICS - THE STATES ...............................................32 SECTION 4: SUMMARY STATISTICS - COUNTIES AND CENSUS TRACTS .......45 SECTION 5: CORRELATION RESULTS - DEMOGRAPHIC MEASURES ..............55 Technical Notes ......................................................................................................................63 Glossary ..................................................................................................................................65 SECTION 1: OVERVIEW & HIGHLIGHTS Introduction This report summarizes information about Internet access connections in the United States as of December 31, 2014, and also as of June 30, 2014, as collected by FCC Form 477. We are not releasing a separate report on status as of June 2014.1 For purposes of this report, Internet access connections are those in service, over 200 kilobits per second (kbps) in at least one direction, and reported to the FCC through Form 477.2 The report includes data on total and residential Internet access connections by downstream and upstream speed, by technology, by geography, and over time. Previous reports presented data on connections with downstream speeds of at least 3 Mbps and upload speeds of at least 768 kbps.3 We have maintained those figures in this report4 for the sake of data continuity but may discontinue them in future reports as we move to present more data on connections with speeds of at least 10 Mbps downstream and 1 Mbps upstream. Section 2 of the report presents nationwide statistics, Section 3 provides state-level data, and Section 4 includes data on the subscribership differences among counties and census tracts.5 In addition, Section 5 of the report includes an analysis of the correlations between subscribership ratios and various demographic measures.6 Maps depicting the number of fixed connections per 1,000 households by census tract and the number of fixed providers by census block are available online at https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/reports/internet-access-services-reports/internet-access-services- reports. FCC Form 477 Data Overview. The information presented in this report is based on data from FCC Form 477. Through Form 477, facilities-based broadband providers submit information to the FCC about where they offer and have subscribers to Internet access services over 200 kilobits per second (kbps) in at least one direction. Form 477 is submitted by providers in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and inhabited U.S. territories. Facilities-based providers of broadband Internet access services include telephone companies, cable system operators, terrestrial wireless service providers, satellite service providers, and other facilities- based providers of advanced telecommunications capability. 1 See p. 2 for a discussion of the June 2014 data. 2 See the FCC Form 477 Data discussion below, as well as the Technical Notes and Glossary at the end of this report, for more-detailed information about the Form 477 data collection and the meaning of terms used in this report. 3 See, e.g., High-Speed Services for Internet Access: Status as of December 31, 2013 (October 2014), Tables 2, 4, 7, and 8; and Charts 8 and 9, available at https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/reports/internet-access-services- reports/internet-access-services-reports. 4 See Figures 17-20. 5 The Commission began collecting census tract-level data for data as of December 31, 2008. See High-Speed Services for Internet Access: Status as of December 31, 2008 (February 2010) (December 2008 High-Speed Report) at 1-4, available at http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/high-speed-services-internet-access-reports. 6 Publicly-available data that are too voluminous to include in this report are available online at https://www.fcc.gov/general/fcc-form-477-additional-data. 1 Changes implemented in 2014. In June 2013, the Commission adopted several changes to Form 477.7 First, the Commission began collecting data on broadband deployment, an effort previously overseen by the National Telecommunications & Information Administration in coordination with states. Fixed broadband providers now submit through Form 477 census block-level data on where they can or do make broadband service available by technology, by maximum advertised upload and download speed, and with an indicator of whether the service is offered to residential and/or business customers. Mobile broadband providers now submit geospatial data on their broadband network coverage areas by technology, spectrum band, and minimum advertised upload and download speed.8 Second, the Commission eliminated the use of speed tiers for the collection of data on Internet access subscribership as well as deployment.9 These changes were implemented with the collection of data as of June 30, 2014, and the June 2014 and December 2014 data in this report reflects those changes. Speed tiers. Because the Commission eliminated the use of speed tiers for the collection of data on Internet access subscribership beginning with the collection of data as of June 30, 2014, filers now report the number of connections by the advertised speeds associated with each product subscribed to in the relevant geographic area, census tracts for fixed and states for mobile.10 Filers are directed to report the advertised speed of the purchased service, and it is possible that the purchased service will not operate at its advertised speed at all times. Fixed providers report connections by the maximum advertised upload and download speeds, while mobile providers report connections by minimum advertised upload and download speeds.11 Reporting entities no longer place connections into speed tiers defined by predetermined ranges of upload and download speeds. Mobile Internet access connections. As a result of the changes adopted in the June 2013 Form 477 Order, Form 477 filers began reporting mobile Internet access connections by minimum, rather than maximum, advertised speeds in 2014. Therefore, comparisons of mobile Internet access connections by speed in 2014 with previous time periods and with fixed connections are problematic, and we have not included any such comparisons in this report. June 2014 data. The first Form 477 filing that implemented the changes discussed above was the filing of data as of June 30, 2014. Form 477 filings of data as of June 30 are typically due the following September 1. However, due to technical difficulties with the redesigned Form 477 filing interface, the filing deadline for Form 477 data as of June 30, 2014 was moved to December 11, 2014.12 Because of that delay, the Commission staff were not able to perform their typical process of identifying anomalies or 7 Modernizing the FCC Form 477 Data Program, WC Docket No. 11-10, Report and Order, 28 FCC Rcd 9887 (2013) (June 2013 Form 477 Order). 8 Figure 5 of the report, as well as some of the maps, previously relied on tract-level fixed broadband subscribership data as a proxy for availability and now are based on block-level fixed broadband deployment data. 9 See the following paragraph for more information on this change. 10 The Commission has sponsored tests of actual consumer broadband speeds. See, e.g., Federal Communications Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology and Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, 2015 Measuring Broadband America Fixed Broadband Report (December 2015), available at www.fcc.gov/measuring- broadband-america. 11 While the maximum advertised speed is a reasonably reliable indicator of the speed of fixed service that subscribers receive, a wireless service provider’s targeted minimum data speed in a market typically is a primary driver of the wireless network design that determines the market coverage boundaries. See June 2013 Form 477 Order, 28 FCC Rcd at 9908-09, 9915, paras. 42 n.138, 62. 12 Form 477 Filing Interface Reopened; Filings of Data as of June 30, 2014 Due December 11, 2014, WC Docket No. 11-10, Public Notice, 29 FCC Rcd 13910 (WCB 2014). 2 errors in the data, following up with filers, and requesting updates to the data where appropriate – a process which usually generates a significant number of corrections and hence a more accurate Form 477 data set. We have presented those data in this report only in figures with time series data and will not be releasing a separate report with the June 2014 data. 3 Total Connections • As shown in Figure 1, the total number of Internet connections increased by 9% between December 2013 and December 2014 to 321 million. • Most of the growth in total Internet connections is attributable to increased mobile Internet access subscribership. The number of mobile Internet connections increased 13% year-over-year to 224 million in December 2014, while the number of fixed connections grew to 98 million – up 2% from December 2013. Figure 1 Fixed and Mobile Connections 2011-2014 Connections include both residential and business connections. previously-published data may have been revised. Figures may not sum to totals elsewhere in this report due to rounding. The Commission approved changes to the Form 477 in June 2013 that affect the data beginning in June 2014 (see pages 1-2). Some * The June 2014 data have not been subjected to the typical quality checks. Fixed Mobile 141.9 88.3 230.2 153.4 89.9 243.4 170.1 92.5 262.6 190.7 94.0 284.7 197.4 96.0 293.4 215.3 96.0 311.3 223.5 97.8 321.3 C on ne ct io ns in M ill io ns 0 100 200 300 400 Dec 2011 Jun 2012 Dec 2012 Jun 2013 Dec 2013 Jun 2014* Dec 2014 4 Connections by Speed This section of the overview presents information on fixed and mobile connections by downstream and upstream speeds. We divide fixed connections into four downstream speed groups with breakpoints at 3 Mbps, 10 Mbps, and 25 Mbps, and into three upstream speed groups with breakpoints at 1 Mbps and 3 Mbps. We divide mobile connections into four downstream speed groups with breakpoints at 3 Mbps, 6 Mbps, and 10 Mbps, and into the same three upstream speed groups with breakpoints at 1 Mbps and 3 Mbps. Fixed connections – downstream speeds. Figure 2(a) illustrates how the 98 million fixed connections reported for December 2014 were distributed across the four groups of downstream speeds defined by breakpoints at 3 Mbps, 10 Mbps, and 25 Mbps. • In December 2014, 8% of fixed connections (or 8 million connections) were slower than 3 Mbps downstream, 19% (or 19 million connections) were at least 3 Mbps downstream but slower than 10 Mbps, 28% (or 27 million connections) were at least 10 Mbps downstream but slower than 25 Mbps, and 45% (or 44 million connections) were at least 25 Mbps downstream.13 13 See Figure 8. Figure 2(a) Distribution of Fixed Connections (97.8 million) by Downstream Speed as of December 31, 2014 Downstream Speed Less than 3 Mbps (8.1 million) At least 3 Mbps & less than 10 Mbps (18.8 million) At least 10 Mbps & less than 25 Mbps (27.4 million) At least 25 Mbps (43.5 million) 8.3% 19.2% 28.0% 44.5% 5 Fixed connections – upstream speeds. Figure 2(b) illustrates how the 98 million fixed connections reported for December 2014 were distributed across the three groups of upstream speeds defined by breakpoints at 1 Mbps and 3 Mbps. • In December 2014, 21% of fixed connections (or 21 million connections) were slower than 1 Mbps upstream, 28% (or 27 million connections) were at least 1 Mbps upstream but slower than 3 Mbps, and 51% (or 49 million connections) were at least 3 Mbps upstream.14 Fixed connections by downstream speed over time. Figure 3 illustrates how the composition of total fixed Internet connections by different speed groups has changed from 2011 to 2014. 14 Ibid. Figure 2(b) Distribution of Fixed Connections (97.8 million) by Upstream Speed as of December 31, 2014 Upstream Speed Less than 1 Mbps (20.6 million) At least 1 Mbps & less than 3 Mbps (27.7 million) At least 3 Mbps (49.4 million) 21.1% 28.4% 50.6% 6 • The percentage of fixed connections with a downstream speed of at least 25 Mbps has grown from 8% (or 7 million connections) in December 2011 to 45% (or 44 million connections) in December 2014. Over the same period, the percentage of fixed connections with slower downstream speeds of less than 3 Mbps has decreased from 27% (or 24 million connections) in December 2010 to 8% (or 8 million connections) in December 2014.15 15 See Figure 26. Figure 3 Fixed Connections by Speed 2011-2014 Connections include both residential and business connections. previously-published data may have been revised. Figures may not sum to totals elsewhere in this report due to rounding. The Commission approved changes to the Form 477 in June 2013 that affect the data beginning in June 2014 (see pages 1-2). Some * The June 2014 data have not been subjected to the typical quality checks. At least 25 Mbps At least 10 Mbps and less than 25 Mbps At least 3 Mbps and less than 10 Mbps Less than 3 Mbps 23.9 23.8 33.9 6.7 88.3 21.4 25.2 34.9 8.5 89.9 19.3 22.1 39.1 12.0 92.5 17.2 22.0 32.1 22.6 94.0 10.0 21.8 33.0 31.2 96.0 9.1 20.2 29.9 36.7 96.0 8.1 18.8 27.4 43.5 97.8 C on ne ct io ns in M ill io ns 0 25 50 75 100 Dec 2011 Jun 2012 Dec 2012 Jun 2013 Dec 2013 Jun 2014* Dec 2014 7 Mobile connections – downstream speeds. Figure 4(a) illustrates how the 224 million mobile connections reported for December 2014 were distributed across the three groups of downstream speeds defined by breakpoints at 3 Mbps and 6 Mbps. • In December 2014, 19% of mobile connections (or 42.0 million connections) were slower than 3 Mbps downstream, 58% (or 129 million connections) were at least 3 Mbps downstream but slower than 6 Mbps, and 24% (or 53 million connections) were at least 6 Mbps downstream. Mobile connections – upstream speeds. Figure 4(b) illustrates how the 224 million mobile connections reported for December 2014 were distributed across the three groups of upstream speeds defined by breakpoints at 1 Mbps and 3 Mbps. Figure 4(a) Distribution of Mobile Connections (223.5 million) by Minimum* Downstream Speed as of December 31, 2014 * Form 477 collects mobile broadband subscription data by minimum advertised bandwidths. Downstream Speed Less than 3 Mbps (42.0 million) At least 3 Mbps & less than 6 Mbps (129.0 million) At least 6 Mbps (52.5 million) 18.8% 57.7% 23.5% 8 • In December 2014, about 21% of mobile connections (or 46 million connections) were slower than 1 Mbps upstream, 57% (or 126 million connections) were at least 1 Mbps upstream but slower than 3 Mbps, and 23% (or 51 million connections) were at least 3 Mbps upstream. Figure 4(b) Distribution of Mobile Connections (223.5 million) by Minimum* Upstream Speed as of December 31, 2014 * Form 477 collects mobile broadband subscription data by minimum advertised bandwidths. Upstream Speed Less than 1 Mbps (46.1 million) At least 1 Mbps & less than 3 Mbps (126.2 million) At least 3 Mbps (51.2 million) 20.6% 56.5% 22.9% 9 Number of Providers by Census Block In Figure 5, we show the percentage of “developed” census blocks – blocks that contain housing units – with zero, one, two, or three or more fixed broadband providers offering residential Internet access service at different speeds in December 2014. This information is taken from the block-level Form 477 fixed broadband deployment data that the Commission began collecting in 2014. A provider that reports offering service in a particular census block may not offer service, or service at that speed, to all locations in the census block. Accordingly, the number of providers shown in Figure 4 does not necessarily reflect the number of choices available to a particular household and does not purport to measure competition. Figure 5 Percentages of Developed Census Blocks in which Providers Reported the Deployment of Residential Fixed Broadband as of December 31, 2014 census. Column figures may not sum to 100% due to rounding. Developed census blocks are those with housing units based on the 2010 in 99.4% of developed census blocks * Satellite service providers report offering Internet access at bandwidths of at least 10 Mbps downstream and 1 Mbps upstream 0 Providers 1 Provider 2 Providers 3+ Providers 6 20 74 10 28 61 30 47 20 3 P er ce nt ag e of C en su s B lo ck s w it h H ou si ng U ni ts 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 At least 3 Mbps downstream and at least 768 kbps upstream* At least 10 Mbps downstream and at least 1 Mbps upstream* At least 25 Mbps downstream and at least 3 Mbps upstream 10 Internet Access Subscribership Figure 6 illustrates the number of total and residential fixed Internet access connections (connections over 200 kbps in at least one direction except mobile wireless connections), as well as the number of total fixed connections per 100 persons and the number of residential fixed connections per 100 households, since 2000.16 Figure 6 Fixed Connections 2000-2014 (Connections over 200 kbps in at least one direction) • Between December 2004 and December 2014, total (business and residential) fixed connections grew from 37 million connections to 98 million connections – at a compound annual growth rate of 10% per year.17 16 For data through December 2004, only those providers with at least 250 connections in a state were required to report. Historical fixed-location connection counts not included in this report may be found in June 2008 High- Speed Report at Tables 1 and 3, available in Excel format at https://www.fcc.gov/general/reports-high-speed- services-internet-access. 17 The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) is a smoothed rate of growth calculated in three steps. First, divide the ending (December 2014) value by the beginning (December 2004) value. Second, raise the result of that division to a power equal to one divided by the number of years in the period (in this case, 10 years, so the power is 1/10). Third, subtract the number one from the result of the second step. 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000 90,000 100,000 C on ne ct io ns p er 1 00 U ni ts C on ne ct io ns in T ho us an ds Residential Fixed Connections (left axis) Total Fixed Connections (left axis) Residential Fixed Connections per 100 Households (right axis) Total Fixed Connections per 100 Population (right axis) 11 • Over the same ten-year period, residential fixed connections grew from 35 million connections to 89 million connections – also at a compound annual growth rate of 10% per year. • Between June 2004 and June 2014, the number of residential fixed connections per 100 U.S. households increased from 26 to 70.18 Other Report Highlights Average speeds • The median downstream speed of all reported fixed connections was 18 Mbps and the median upstream speed was 3 Mbps. For residential fixed connections, the median downstream speed was 20 Mbps and the median upstream speed was 3 Mbps. Residential connections • Residential fixed Internet access connections increased by about 2% between December 2013 and December 2014, to 89 million. See Figure 8. • Residential (non-business) mobile wireless Internet access connections on mobile devices with data plans for full Internet access increased by 16%, to 185 million, between December 2013 and December 2014. See Figure 8. • Over 70% of residential fixed connections had a speed of at least 10 Mbps downstream and 1 Mbps upstream in December 2014, while just under half (46%) had a speed of at least 25 Mbps downstream and 3 Mbps upstream. Ten percent of all residential fixed connections had a downstream speed of at least 100 Mbps. See Figures 11 and 29. • As a national average in December 2014, there were 54 residential fixed connections with speeds of at least 10 Mbps downstream and 1 Mbps upstream per 100 households.19 See Figure 32. 18 We calculate residential fixed connections per 100 households using, in the denominator, U.S. household estimates from the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey (CPS) for July of each year and, for Puerto Rico and the other inhabited island areas, Census 2010 households for 2010 and later years and Census 2000 households for the earlier years. (The CPS also estimates U.S. households for March and November of each year.) Figure 6 also shows total (business and residential) fixed connections per 100 population, which we calculate using U.S. Census Bureau population estimates for the United States and Puerto Rico – which are as of July 1 each year – and, for the remaining inhabited island areas, Census 2010 population for 2010 and later years and Census 2000 population for the earlier years. This statistic incorporates connections to business locations into a comparison to persons. (We note that the ratio of accurately-measured residential fixed connections to population has a maximum value for any given country and point in time – the value when every household is connected – if we assume that no household would have more than one fixed connection to its premises. For the United States in June 2014, for example, the maximum value would be 39 because there were about 125 million households in the United States and inhabited insular areas and a population of about 323 million according to the sources used for Figure 6.) 19 Increases over time in the ratio of residential fixed connections to households indicate that increasing shares of households are connected at home. The ratio is somewhat different from the “take rate” of offered service (which may also be called an “adoption rate”) because some households may be located in areas where no fixed-location service is offered. These methodological differences are discussed in greater detail in Inquiry Concerning the Deployment of Advanced Telecommunications Capability to All Americans in a Reasonable and Timely Fashion, and Possible Steps to Accelerate Such Deployment Pursuant to Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, 12 Census tract and county shares of households with reportable connections • We estimate the share of households with fixed Internet access connections in individual census tracts and counties as of December 31, 2014.20 We continue to observe substantial variation among these estimates. See Figures 39 and 41. Household subscribership rates and demographics • The report includes charts that illustrate correlations between household subscribership rates and demographic measures. We update charts based on income, household density, education, age, and race. The data indicate that some demographic variables are correlated with Internet access subscribership rates. See Figures 46-52. Amended by the Broadband Data Improvement Act, GN Docket No.11-121, Eighth Broadband Progress Report, 27 FCC Rcd 10342, 10386, para. 94 (2012). 20 For both census tracts and counties, we continue to find estimates above 100% for the share of households with fixed Internet access connections. While this is likely to occur more frequently in areas where the number of housing units is substantially greater than the number of households, such as resort areas and beach communities, these results suggest that some filers are not accurately assigning customer connections to census tracts, and anecdotal evidence supports that conclusion. For example, while contacting Form 477 filers with questions about reported data, FCC staff continue to find situations in which all connections reported for a county have been assigned to a single, anomalous census tract. 13 SECTION 2 SUMMARY STATISTICS: THE NATION Table of Contents Figure 7 Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction 2010-2014 .......................... 16 Figure 8 Residential Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction 2010-2014 ................................................................................................ 16 Figure 9 Residential Fixed Connections by Speed 2010-2014 .............................................. 17 Figure 10 Distribution of Fixed Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction as of December 31, 2014 ......................................................................... 18 Figure 11 Distribution of Residential Fixed Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction as of December 31, 2014 ................................................................. 19 Figure 12 Distribution of Mobile Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction as of December 31, 2014 ......................................................................... 20 Figure 13 Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction by Technology 2010-2014 ................................................................................................................ 21 Figure 14 Connections by Technology as of December 31, 2014 ........................................... 21 Figure 15 Residential Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction by Technology 2010-2014 ................................................................................................................ 22 Figure 16 Residential Connections by Technology as of December 31, 2014 ........................ 22 Figure 17 Fixed Connections at Least 3 Mbps Downstream and 768 kbps Upstream by Technology 2010-2014 ............................................................................................ 23 Figure 18 Fixed Connections at Least 3 Mbps Downstream and 768 kbps Upstream by Technology as of December 31, 2014 ..................................................................... 23 Figure 19 Residential Fixed Connections at Least 3 Mbps Downstream and 768 kbps Upstream by Technology 2010-2014 ...................................................................... 24 Figure 20 Residential Fixed Connections at Least 3 Mbps Downstream and 768 kbps Upstream by Technology as of December 31, 2014 ................................................ 24 Figure 21 Fixed Connections at Least 10 Mbps Downstream and 1 Mbps Upstream by Technology .............................................................................................................. 25 Figure 22 Fixed Connections at Least 10 Mbps Downstream and 1 Mbps Upstream by Technology as of December 31, 2014 ..................................................................... 25 Figure 23 Residential Fixed Connections at Least 10 Mbps Downstream and 1 Mbps Upstream by Technology ......................................................................................... 26 Figure 24 Residential Fixed Connections at Least 10 Mbps Downstream and 1 Mbps Upstream by Technology as of December 31, 2014 ................................................ 26 Figure 25 Residential Fixed Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction by Technology 2010-2014 (Shares of Selected Technologies) .................................... 27 Figure 26 Residential Fixed Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction by Technology 2010-2014 (Net Adds for Selected Technologies) .............................. 27 14 Figure 27 Residential Fixed Connections by Technology as of December 31, 2014 (Shares of selected technologies for selected speeds) ............................................. 28 Figure 28 Fixed Connections by Downstream Speed Tier and Technology as of December 31, 2014 ................................................................................................. 29 Figure 29 Residential Fixed Connections by Downstream Speed Tier and Technology as of December 31, 2014 ................................................................................................. 30 Figure 30 Nationwide Number of Providers of Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction by Technology 2010-2014 ...................................................................... 31 Figure 31 Nationwide Number of Providers of Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction - Selected Technologies 2010-2014 ....................................................... 31 15 Figure 7 Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction 2010-2014 (In thousands) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Technology Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun* Dec T ot al 182, 065 206, 131 230, 201 243, 359 262, 564 284, 692 293, 397 311,284 321,305 Tot al Fixed 84, 521 86, 575 88, 317 89, 945 92, 511 93, 986 96, 032 95,998 97,810 Mobil e W irel es s 97, 544 119, 556 141, 883 153, 414 170, 053 190, 706 197, 365 215,286 223,495 Figure 8 Residential Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction 2010-2014 (In thousands) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Technology Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun* Dec T ot al 149, 441 171, 773 186, 516 196, 665 215, 817 235, 273 246, 797 264,343 273,950 Tot al Fixed 76, 918 78, 906 80, 706 82, 217 84, 392 85, 277 87, 599 87,360 89,196 Mobil e W irel es s 72, 523 92, 867 105, 810 114, 448 131, 425 149, 996 159, 197 176,983 184,754 * The Jun e 201 4 dat a h ave no t be en subj ect ed to t he t ypi c al qual i t y c heck s. The Com m i ssi on a ppr ove d c h ang es t o t he Fo rm 4 77 i n Ju ne 20 13 th at a ffec t th e dat a b egi nni n g in Ju ne 20 1 4 (s ee pa ges 1- 2). Som e pr evi o usl y - p ubl i sh ed da ta m a y have be en revi se d. Fig ur es m a y no t sum t o t otal s els e wh er e in this rep ort du e to rou ndi ng. 16 Figure 9 Residential Fixed Connections by Speed 2011-2014 p re vio us ly-p ub lis he d d ata may have b e e n re vis e d . F ig ure s may no t s um to to tals e ls e whe re in this re p o rt d ue to ro und ing . The C o m m is s io n ap p ro ve d c hang e s to the F o rm 4 7 7 in J une 2 0 1 3 that af f e c t the d ata b e g inning in J une 2 0 1 4 (s e e p ag e s 1 -2 ). S o m e * T he J une 2 0 1 4 d ata have no t b e e n s ub je c te d to the typ ic al q uality c he c ks . A t l ea s t 25 Mbp s A t l ea s t 10 Mbp s and l es s tha n 25 Mbp s A t l ea s t 3 Mbp s and l es s tha n 10 Mbp s L e s s tha n 3 Mbp s 21.3 21.0 32.1 6.3 80.7 18.9 22.3 32.9 8.1 82.2 17.0 19.2 36.9 11.3 84.4 14.9 19.1 29.8 21.5 85.3 8.4 18.7 30.5 30.0 87.6 7.6 17.5 27.1 35.2 87.4 6.7 16.3 24.5 41.6 89.2 C on ne ct io ns in M ill io ns 0 2 5 5 0 7 5 1 0 0 Dec 2 0 1 1 Ju n 2 0 1 2 Dec 2 0 1 2 Ju n 2 0 1 3 Dec 2 0 1 3 Ju n 2 0 1 4 * Dec 2 0 1 4 17 F i xed Connec t i ons over 200 kbps in at Leas t One Direc t i on (in thousands ) Downstream Speed Upstream Speed Less than 3 Mbps At least 3 Mbps and less than 10 Mbps At least 10 Mbps and less than 25 Mbps At least 25 Mbps Total Less than 1 Mbps 6, 121 11, 631 2, 877 2 20, 631 At least 1 Mbps & Less than 3 Mbps 1, 988 6, 878 17, 761 1, 109 27, 736 At least 3 Mbps 7 298 6, 748 42, 390 49, 443 Tot al 8, 116 18, 806 27, 386 43, 502 97, 810 Perc ent ages Less than 1 Mbps 6. 3 11. 9 2. 9 0. 0 21. 1 At least 1 Mbps & Less than 3 Mbps 2. 0 7. 0 18. 2 1. 1 28. 4 At least 3 Mbps 0. 0 0. 3 6. 9 43. 3 50. 6 Tot al 8. 3 19. 2 28. 0 44. 5 100.0 Note: Fi gu res m a y n ot s um to tot al s d u e to ro un di n g. Sourc e: FCC Fo rm 4 77. Figure 10 Distribution of Fixed Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction as of December 31, 2014 No te : I nne r c irc le (lig ht s had ing ) re p re s e nts up s tre am s p e e d s . D o wns tre am S p e e d < 3 Mb p s ; 8 .3 % >= 3 Mb p s & < 1 0 Mb p s ; 1 9 .2 % >= 1 0 Mb p s & < 2 5 Mb p s ; 2 8 .0 % >= 2 5 Mb p s ; 4 4 .5 % < 1 Mb p s 6 .3 % >= 1 Mb p s & < 3 Mb p s 2 .0 % < 1 Mb p s 1 1 .9 % >= 1 Mb p s & < 3 Mb p s 7 .0 % >= 3 Mb p s 0 .3 % >= 1 Mb p s & < 3 Mb p s 1 8 .2 % >= 3 Mb p s 6 .9 % < 1 Mb p s 2 .9 % >= 3 Mb p s 4 3 .3 % >= 1 Mb p s & < 3 Mb p s 1 .1 % 18 Res i dent i al Fixed Connec t i ons over 200 kbps in at Leas t One Direc ti on (in thous ands ) Downstream Speed Upstream Speed Less than 3 Mbps At least 3 Mbps and less than 10 Mbps At least 10 Mbps and less than 25 Mbps At least 25 Mbps Total Less than 1 Mbps 5, 254 9, 788 2, 654 2 17, 698 At least 1 Mbps & Less than 3 Mbps 1, 450 6, 399 16, 600 1, 048 25, 497 At least 3 Mbps 6 122 5, 279 40, 595 46, 002 Tot al 6, 710 16, 308 24, 533 41, 645 89, 196 Perc ent ages Less than 1 Mbps 5. 9 11. 0 3. 0 0. 0 19. 8 At least 1 Mbps & Less than 3 Mbps 1. 6 7. 2 18. 6 1. 2 28. 6 At least 3 Mbps 0. 0 0. 1 5. 9 45. 5 51. 6 Tot al 7. 5 18. 3 27. 5 46. 7 100.0 Note: Fi gu res m a y n ot s um to tot al s d u e to ro un di n g. Sourc e: FCC Fo rm 4 77. Figure 11 Distribution of Residential Fixed Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction as of December 31, 2014 No te : I nne r c irc le (lig ht s had ing ) re p re s e nts up s tre am s p e e d s . D o wns tre am S p e e d < 3 Mb p s ; 7 .5 % >= 3 Mb p s & < 1 0 Mb p s ; 1 8 .3 % >= 1 0 Mb p s & < 2 5 Mb p s ; 2 7 .5 % >= 2 5 Mb p s ; 4 6 .7 % < 1 Mb p s 5 .9 % >= 1 Mb p s & < 3 Mb p s 1 .6 % < 1 Mb p s 1 1 .0 % >= 1 Mb p s & < 3 Mb p s 7 .2 % >= 3 Mb p s 0 .1 % >= 1 Mb p s & < 3 Mb p s 1 8 .6 % >= 3 Mb p s 5 .9 % < 1 Mb p s 3 .0 % >= 3 Mb p s 4 5 .5 % >= 1 Mb p s & < 3 Mb p s 1 .2 % 19 Mobi l e Subsc ri bers over 200 kbps in at Leas t One Direc t i on (in thousands ) Downstream Speed Upstream Speed Less than 3 Mbps At least 3 Mbps and less than 6 Mbps At least 6 Mbps Total Less than 1 Mbps 39, 986 5, 468 688 46, 142 At least 1 Mbps & Less than 3 Mbps 2, 040 88, 446 35, 709 126,195 At least 3 Mbps 1 35, 067 16, 090 51, 158 Tot al 42, 027 128,981 52, 487 223,495 Perc ent ages Less than 1 Mbps 17. 9 2. 4 0. 3 20. 6 At least 1 Mbps & Less than 3 Mbps 0. 9 39. 6 16. 0 56. 5 At least 3 Mbps 0. 0 15. 7 7. 2 22. 9 Tot al 18. 8 57. 7 23. 5 100.0 Note: Fi gu res m a y n ot s um to tot al s d u e to ro un di n g. Sourc e: FCC Fo rm 4 77. Figure 12 Distribution of Mobile Subscribers over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction as of December 31, 2014 No te : I nne r c irc le (lig ht s had ing ) re p re s e nts up s tre am s p e e d s . D o wns tre am S p e e d < 3 Mb p s ; 1 8 .8 % >= 3 Mb p s & < 6 Mb p s ; 5 7 .7 % >= 6 Mb p s ; 2 3 .5 % < 1 Mb p s 1 7 .9 % >= 1 Mb p s & < 3 Mb p s 0 .9 % >= 1 Mb p s & < 3 Mb p s 3 9 .6 % >= 3 Mb p s 1 5 .7 % < 1 Mb p s 2 .4 % >= 1 Mb p s & < 3 Mb p s 1 6 .0 % >= 3 Mb p s 7 .2 % < 1 Mb p s 0 .3 % 20 Figure 13 Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction by Technology 2010-2014 (In thousands) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Technology Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun* Dec T ot al 182, 065 206, 131 230, 201 243, 359 262, 564 284, 692 293, 397 311,284 321,305 Tot al Fixed 84, 521 86, 575 88, 317 89, 945 92, 511 93, 986 96, 032 95,998 97,810 aDSL 31, 470 31, 611 31, 330 31, 173 30, 974 30, 657 30, 690 29,873 28,527 sDSL 167 159 148 139 132 117 108 96 85 Other W irel i ne 1 795 778 795 770 796 769 772 792 723 Cable Modem 45, 334 46, 698 48, 263 49, 664 51, 646 52, 760 54, 009 54,011 56,301 FTTP 2 4, 993 5, 477 5, 898 6, 300 6, 733 7, 250 7, 745 8,326 9,180 Sat ell i t e 1, 176 1, 204 1, 190 1, 217 1, 454 1, 623 1, 849 1,964 2,006 Fixed W irel es s 587 649 693 682 777 810 858 935 988 Mobil e W irel es s 97, 544 119, 556 141, 883 153, 414 170, 053 190, 706 197, 365 215,286 223,495 1 Po wer Lin e and Ot he r a re s um m ari ze d with Ot he r W irel i ne to m aint ai n fi rm c onfi den ti al i t y. Se e Tec hni c al No tes at the en d o f th e r ep ort fo r a de scri pti o n o f Fo rm 47 7 t ech nol o g y c at ego ri es an d ot her re po rti n g r eq ui r em ents . 2 Fib er t o t he pr em i ses. * The Ju ne 20 14 dat a hav e n ot bee n s u bj ect ed to t he t ypi c al qual i t y c heck s. The Com m i ssi o n a pp rov ed c ha ng es t o the Fo rm 4 77 i n Ju ne 20 13 th at a ffec t t he dat a b egi nni n g in Ju ne 20 14 (se e p age s 1 - 2) . Som e p revi ousl y - p ubl i s he d dat a m a y hav e b een r evi se d. Fi gur es m a y n ot s um to t otal s d ue to rou ndi ng. Re vi se d Ma y 6, 20 16. Figure 14 Connections by Technology as of December 31, 2014 aD S L 8.9% FT T P 2.9% C able M o dem 17.5% M o bi le W i reless 69.6% A ll Other 1.2% 21 Figure 15 Residential Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction by Technology 2010-2014 (In thousands) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Technology Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun* Dec T ot al 149, 441 171, 773 186, 516 196, 665 215, 817 235, 273 246, 797 264,343 273,950 Tot al Fixed 76, 918 78, 906 80, 706 82, 217 84, 392 85, 277 87, 599 87,360 89,196 aDSL 27, 467 27, 754 27, 758 27, 632 27, 391 26, 869 27, 248 26,678 25,603 sDSL 53 52 54 49 50 43 39 30 22 Other W irel i ne 1 76 45 40 14 34 22 22 57 59 Cable Modem 43, 295 44, 480 45, 832 47, 033 48, 716 49, 494 50, 709 50,389 52,467 FTTP 2 4, 704 5, 118 5, 521 5, 892 6, 270 6, 732 7, 176 7,617 8,368 Sat ell i t e 811 885 886 998 1, 242 1, 407 1, 643 1,760 1,803 Fixed W irel es s 513 572 616 600 689 710 763 829 874 Mobil e W irel es s 72, 523 92, 867 105, 810 114, 448 131, 425 149, 996 159, 197 176,983 184,754 1 Po wer Lin e and Ot he r a re s um m ari ze d with Ot he r W irel i ne to m aint ai n fi rm c onfi den ti al i t y. Se e Tec hni c al No tes at the en d o f th e r ep ort fo r a de scri pti o n o f Fo rm 47 7 t ech nol o g y c at ego ri es an d ot her re po rti n g r eq ui r em ents . 2 Fib er t o t he pr em i ses. * The Ju ne 20 14 dat a hav e n ot bee n s u bj ect ed to t he t ypi c al qual i t y c heck s. The Com m i ssi o n a pp rov ed c ha ng es t o the Fo rm 4 77 i n Ju ne 20 13 th at a ffec t t he dat a b egi nni n g in Ju ne 20 14 (se e p age s 1 - 2) . Som e p revi ousl y - p ubl i s he d dat a m a y hav e b een r evi se d. Fi gur es m a y n ot s um to t otal s d ue to rou ndi ng. Re vi se d Ma y 6, 20 16. Figure 16 Residential Connections by Technology as of December 31, 2014 aD S L 9.3% FT T P 3.1% C able M o dem 19.2% M o bi le W i reless 67.4% A ll Other 1.0% 22 Figure 17 Fixed Connections at Least 3 Mbps Downstream and 768 kbps Upstream by Technology 2010-2014 (In thousands) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Technology Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun* Dec T ot al 44, 694 48, 577 51, 097 57, 243 64, 657 68, 673 78, 175 78,981 83,872 aDSL 7, 302 8, 909 10, 351 12, 875 13, 108 14, 233 18, 540 17,246 18,557 sDSL 14 16 26 30 33 34 36 33 28 Other W irel i ne 1 211 204 228 239 276 284 308 310 308 Cable Modem 32, 338 34, 113 34, 699 37, 798 44, 133 46, 014 50, 236 51,304 53,853 FTTP 2 4, 725 5, 188 5, 606 6, 001 6, 430 6, 981 7, 486 8,111 8,974 Sat ell i t e # # # 87 394 791 1, 181 1,424 1,558 Fixed W irel es s 105 145 186 214 284 337 388 553 594 1 Po wer Lin e and Ot he r a re s um m ari ze d with Ot he r W irel i ne to m aint ai n fi rm c onfi den ti al i t y. Se e Tec hni c al No tes at the en d o f th e r ep ort fo r a de scri pti o n o f Fo rm 47 7 t ech nol o g y c at ego ri es an d ot her re po rti n g r eq ui r em ents . 2 Fib er t o t he pr em i ses. * The Ju ne 20 14 dat a hav e n ot bee n s u bj ect ed to t he t ypi c al qual i t y c heck s. # = R oun ds t o zer o. The Com m i ssi o n a pp rov ed c ha ng es t o the Fo rm 4 77 i n Ju ne 20 13 th at a ffec t the dat a b egi nni n g in Ju ne 20 14 (se e p age s 1 - 2) . Som e p revi ousl y - p ubl i s he d dat a m a y hav e b een r evi se d. Fi gur es m a y n ot s um to t otal s d ue to rou ndi ng. Re vi se d Ma y 6, 20 16. Figure 18 Fixed Connections at Least 3 Mbps Downstream and 768 kbps Upstream by Technology as of December 31, 2014 aD S L 22.1% FT T P 10.7% C able M o dem 64.2% A ll Other 3.0% 23 Figure 19 Residential Fixed Connections at Least 3 Mbps Downstream and 768 kbps Upstream by Technology 2010-2014 (In thousands) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Technology Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun* Dec T ot al 41, 769 45, 263 47, 427 53, 070 59, 914 63, 342 72, 476 73,042 77,540 aDSL 6, 421 7, 909 9, 274 11, 563 11, 669 12, 666 16, 715 15,673 16,867 sDSL 2 4 12 12 13 13 13 7 2 Other W irel i ne 1 36 15 16 7 20 21 20 45 50 Cable Modem 30, 742 32, 321 32, 693 35, 583 41, 561 43, 061 47, 258 47,924 50,308 FTTP 2 4, 482 4, 894 5, 271 5, 632 6, 012 6, 504 6, 958 7,491 8,246 Sat ell i t e 0 0 # 86 393 788 1, 177 1,419 1,552 Fixed W irel es s 86 121 161 185 245 289 335 483 516 1 Po wer Lin e and Ot he r a re s um m ari ze d with Ot he r W irel i ne to m aint ai n fi rm c onfi den ti al i t y. Se e Tec hni c al No tes at the en d o f th e r ep ort fo r a de scri pti o n o f Fo rm 47 7 t ech nol o g y c at ego ri es an d ot her re po rti n g r eq ui r em ents . 2 Fib er t o t he pr em i ses. * The Ju ne 20 14 dat a hav e n ot bee n s u bj ect ed to t he t ypi c al qual i t y c heck s. # = R oun ds t o zer o. The Com m i ssi o n a pp rov ed c ha ng es t o the Fo rm 4 77 i n Ju ne 20 13 th at a ffec t t he dat a b egi nni n g in Ju ne 20 14 (se e p age s 1 - 2) . Som e p revi ousl y - p ubl i s he d dat a m a y hav e b een r evi se d. Fi gur es m a y n ot s um to t otal s d ue to rou ndi ng. Re vi se d Ma y 6, 20 16. Figure 20 Residential Fixed Connections at Least 3 Mbps Downstream and 768 kbps Upstream by Technology as of December 31, 2014 aD S L 21.8% FT T P 10.6% C able M o dem 64.9% A ll Other 2.7% 24 Figure 21 Fixed Connections at Least 10 Mbps Downstream and 1 Mbps Upstream by Technology in 2014 (In thousands) 2014 Technology Jun* Dec T ot al 63,849 68,009 aDSL 7,573 8,310 sDSL 9 6 Other W irel i ne 1 169 183 Cable Modem 47,296 49,839 FTTP 2 7,615 8,341 Sat ell i t e 1,016 1,137 Fixed W irel es s 170 192 1 Po wer Lin e and Ot he r a re s um m ari ze d with Ot he r W irel i ne to m aint ai n fi rm c onfi den ti al i t y. Se e Tec hni c al No tes at the en d o f th e r ep ort fo r a de scri pti o n o f Fo rm 47 7 t ech nol o g y c at ego ri es an d ot her re po rti n g r eq ui r em ents . 2 Fib er t o t he pr em i ses. * The Ju ne 20 14 dat a hav e n ot bee n s u bj ect ed to t he t ypi c al qual i t y c heck s. # = R oun ds t o zer o. The Com m i ssi o n a pp rov ed c ha ng es t o the Fo rm 4 77 i n Ju ne 20 13 th at a ffec t t he dat a b egi nni n g in Ju ne 20 14 (se e p age s 1 - 2) . Figu re s m a y not sum t o to tal s du e t o r o undi ng. Figure 22 Fixed Connections at Least 10 Mbps Downstream and 1 Mbps Upstream by Technology as of December 31, 2014 aD S L 12.2% FT T P 12.3% C able M o dem 73.3% A ll Other 2.2% 25 Figure 23 Residential Fixed Connections at Least 10 Mbps Downstream and 1 Mbps Upstream by Technology in 2014 (In thousands) 2014 Technology Jun* Dec T ot al 59,751 63,522 aDSL 7,035 7,741 sDSL 3 # Other W irel i ne 1 33 36 Cable Modem 44,480 46,767 FTTP 2 7,044 7,679 Sat ell i t e 1,014 1,133 Fixed W irel es s 142 166 1 Po wer Lin e and Ot he r a re s um m ari ze d with Ot he r W irel i ne to m aint ai n fi rm c onfi den ti al i t y. Se e Tec hni c al No tes at the en d o f th e r ep ort fo r a de scri pti o n o f Fo rm 47 7 t ech nol o g y c at ego ri es an d ot her re po rti n g r eq ui r em ents . 2 Fib er t o t he pr em i ses. * The Ju ne 20 14 dat a hav e n ot bee n s u bj ect ed to t he t ypi c al qual i t y c heck s. # = R oun ds t o zer o. The Com m i ssi o n a pp rov ed c ha ng es t o the Fo rm 4 77 i n Ju ne 20 13 th at a ffec t t he dat a b egi nni n g in Ju ne 20 14 (se e p age s 1 - 2) . Figu re s m a y not sum t o to tal s du e t o ro undi ng. Figure 24 Residential Fixed Connections at Least 10 Mbps Downstream and 1 Mbps Upstream by Technology as of December 31, 2014 aD S L 12.2% FT T P 12.1% C able M o dem 73.6% A ll Other 2.1% 26 Figure 25 Residential Fixed Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction 2010-2014 (Shares of selected technologies) have b e e n re vis e d . F ig ure s may no t s um to to tals d ue to ro und ing . T he C o m m is s io n ap p ro ve d c hang e s to the F o rm 4 7 7 in J une 2 0 1 3 that af f e c t the d ata b e g inning in J une 2 0 1 4 (s e e p ag e s 1 -2 ). S o m e p re vio us ly-p ub lis he d d ata may * T he J une 2 0 1 4 d ata have no t b e e n s ub je c te d to the typ ic al q uality c he c ks . aD S L C able M o dem FT T P A ll Other Fi xed 5 6 . 3 6 . 1 3 5 . 7 5 6 . 8 6 . 8 3 4 . 4 5 7 . 7 7 . 4 3 2 . 5 5 7 . 9 2 . 8 8 . 2 3 1 . 1 5 8 . 8 3 . 1 9 . 4 2 8 . 7 5 6 . 4 6 . 5 3 5 . 2 5 7 . 2 7 . 2 3 3 . 6 5 8 . 0 7 . 9 3 1 . 5 5 7 . 7 3 . 1 8 . 7 3 0 . 5 P er ce nt ag e of R es id en tia l F ix ed C on ne ct io ns 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0 7 0 8 0 9 0 1 0 0 D e c 2 0 1 0 J un 2 0 1 1 D e c 2 0 1 1 J un 2 0 1 2 D e c 2 0 1 2 J un 2 0 1 3 D e c 2 0 1 3 J un 2 0 1 4 * D e c 2 0 1 4 C on ne ct io ns in T ho us an ds -2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 D e c 2 0 1 0 to D e c 2 0 1 1 D e c 2 0 1 1 to D e c 2 0 1 2 D e c 2 0 1 2 to D e c 2 0 1 3 D e c 2 0 1 3 to D e c 2 0 1 4 Figure 26 Residential Fixed Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction 2010-2014 (Net adds for selected technologies) aD S L C able M o dem FT T P 291 - 367 - 143 - 1645 2537 2884 1993 1759 818 748 907 1192 27 Figure 27 Residential Fixed Connections by Technology as of December 31, 2014 (Shares of selected technologies for selected speeds, connections in thousands) aD S L C able M o dem FT T P A ll Other Fi xed 2 8 . 7 5 8 . 8 9 . 4 3 . 1 2 1 . 8 6 4 . 9 1 0 . 6 2 . 7 1 2 . 2 7 3 . 6 1 2 . 1 2 . 1 8 6 . 0 1 2 . 5 E st im at ed P er ce nt ag e of H ou se ho ld s 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0 7 0 8 0 9 0 1 0 0 O ve r 2 0 0 kb p s in at le as t o ne d ire c tio n A t le as t 3 Mb p s d o wns tre am and at le as t 7 6 8 kb p s up s tre am A t le as t 1 0 Mb p s d o wns tre am and at le as t 1 Mb p s up s tre am A t le as t 2 5 Mb p s d o wns tre am and at le as t 3 Mb p s up s tre am Connec ti ons 89, 196 77, 540 63, 522 40, 595 28 Figure 28 Fixed Connections by Downstream Speed Tier and Technology as of December 31, 2014 (In thousands) Downstream Speed Technology Less than 1.5 Mbps At least 1.5 Mbps and less than 3 Mbps At least 3 Mbps and less than 10 Mbps At least 10 Mbps and less than 25 Mbps At least 25 Mbps and less than 100 Mbps At least 100 Mbps Total aDS L 2, 027 3, 211 12, 401 10, 215 665 8 28, 527 sDS L 37 20 21 5 * * 85 Other W irel i ne 1 56 354 130 58 28 98 723 Cabl e Modem 547 946 4, 775 12, 947 28, 079 9, 008 56, 301 FTTP 62 95 577 2, 860 5, 196 390 9, 180 Sat el l it e 354 60 455 1, 136 * * 2,006 Fixed W irel ess 158 189 447 165 19 9 988 Tot al 3, 240 4, 876 18, 806 27, 386 33, 988 9, 514 97, 810 Perc ent ages aDS L 2. 1 3. 3 12. 7 10. 4 0. 7 0. 0 29. 2 sDS L 0. 0 0. 0 0. 0 0. 0 * * 0.1 Other W irel i ne 1 0. 1 0. 4 0. 1 0. 1 0. 0 0. 1 0. 7 Cabl e Modem 0. 6 1. 0 4. 9 13. 2 28. 7 9. 2 57. 6 FTTP 0. 1 0. 1 0. 6 2. 9 5. 3 0. 4 9. 4 Sat el l it e 0. 4 0. 1 0. 5 1. 2 * * 2.1 Fixed W irel ess 0. 2 0. 2 0. 5 0. 2 0. 0 0. 0 1. 0 Tot al 3. 3 5. 0 19. 2 28. 0 34. 7 9. 7 100. 0 1 Po wer Lin e and Ot he r a re s um m ari ze d with Ot he r W irel i ne to m aint ai n fi rm c onfi den ti al i t y. Se e Tec hni c al No tes at the en d o f th e r ep ort fo r a de scri pti o n o f Fo rm 47 7 t ech nol og y cat eg ori e s and ot he r r epo rti ng req ui r em ent s. # = R oun ds t o Ze ro. * = Dat a with hel d t o m aint ai n firm co nfi den ti al i t y. Note: Fi gu res m a y n ot s um to tot al s d u e to ro un di n g. Revi s ed Ma y 6, 20 16 . Sourc e: FCC Fo rm 4 77. 29 Figure 29 Residential Fixed Connections by Downstream Speed Tier and Technology as of December 31, 2014 (In thousands) Downstream Speed Technology Less than 1.5 Mbps At least 1.5 Mbps and less than 3 Mbps At least 3 Mbps and less than 10 Mbps At least 10 Mbps and less than 25 Mbps At least 25 Mbps and less than 100 Mbps At least 100 Mbps Total aDS L 1, 912 2, 774 10, 762 9, 527 622 6 25, 603 sDS L 17 3 1 # * * 22 Other W irel i ne 1 2 3 18 11 8 18 59 Cabl e Modem 532 854 4, 177 11, 041 27, 010 8, 854 52, 467 FTTP 28 49 508 2, 676 4, 852 255 8, 368 Sat el l it e 187 34 450 1, 133 * * 1,803 Fixed W irel ess 141 173 392 146 17 6 874 Tot al 2, 820 3, 890 16, 308 24, 533 32, 508 9, 137 89, 196 Perc ent ages aDS L 2. 1 3. 1 12. 1 10. 7 0. 7 0. 0 28. 7 sDS L 0. 0 0. 0 0. 0 0. 0 * * 0.0 Other W irel i ne 1 0. 0 0. 0 0. 0 0. 0 0. 0 0. 0 0. 1 Cabl e Modem 0. 6 1. 0 4. 7 12. 4 30. 3 9. 9 58. 8 FTTP 0. 0 0. 1 0. 6 3. 0 5. 4 0. 3 9. 4 Sat el l it e 0. 2 0. 0 0. 5 1. 3 * * 2.0 Fixed W irel ess 0. 2 0. 2 0. 4 0. 2 0. 0 0. 0 1. 0 Tot al 3. 2 4. 4 18. 3 27. 5 36. 4 10. 2 100. 0 1 Po wer Lin e and Ot he r a re s um m ari ze d with Ot he r W irel i ne to m aint ai n fi rm c onfi den ti al i t y. Se e Tec hni c al No tes at the en d o f th e r ep ort fo r a de scri pti o n o f Fo rm 47 7 t ech nol og y cat eg ori e s and ot he r r epo rti ng req ui r em ent s. # = R oun ds t o Ze ro. * = Dat a with hel d t o m aint ai n firm co nfi den ti al i t y. Note: Fi gu res m a y n ot s um to tot al s d u e to ro un di n g. Revi s ed Ma y 6, 20 16 . Sourc e: FCC Fo rm 4 77. 30 Figure 30 Nationwide Number of Providers of Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction by Technology 2010-2014 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Technology Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun+ Dec aDS L 865 867 867 860 865 852 851 794 792 s DS L 247 252 255 251 255 246 239 195 191 Ot her W irel i ne 1 270 265 274 258 262 246 245 270 245 Cabl e Modem 357 400 405 401 404 403 407 394 402 F T T P 545 579 621 642 666 692 744 878 906 S at el l it e 4 5 6 5 6 5 5 18 16 F i xed W irel ess 646 672 713 713 765 771 825 870 916 Mobi l e W irel es s 57 64 69 67 70 79 77 91 98 P ower Line and Ot her 7 4 5 * * 0 * - - Tot al 1, 566 1, 624 1, 687 1, 673 1, 722 1, 714 1, 773 1,813 1,865 1 Fo r thi s Fi gu re, th e ca te gori es P o we r Line an d All O th er wer e com bi ne d wit h Othe r W irel i ne f rom J une 2 014 fo r wa rd. + The J un e 2 014 d ata ha ve not be en s ubj ec te d to th e t yp i cal qu al i t y che ck s. Multi pl e Fo rm 47 7 fil ers withi n a hol di n g com p an y str uct ur e co unt as on e p rovi der . * = 1 - 3 pr ovi d ers . The Com m i ssi o n a pp rov ed c ha ng es t o the Fo rm 4 77 i n Ju ne 20 13 th at a ffec t t he dat a b egi nni n g in Ju ne 20 14 (se e p age s 1 - 2) . Som e p revi ousl y - p ubl i s he d dat a m a y hav e b een r evi se d. Revi s ed Ma y 6 , 2 016 . Figure 31 Nationwide Number of Providers of Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction Selected Technologies 2010-2014 aD S L C able M o dem FT T P M o bi le W i reless N um be r of P ro vi de rs 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 D ec 2010 Jun 2011 D ec 2011 Jun 2012 D ec 2012 Jun 2013 D ec 2013 Jun 2014 D ec 2014 31 Figure 32 Residential Fixed Connections and Households by State as of December 31, 2014 (Connections and households, in thousands) At least 3 Mbps Down and 0.768 kbps Up At least 10 Mbps Down and 1 Mbps Up At least 25 Mbps Down and 3 Mbps Up State Households Connections Subscribership Ratio Connections Subscribership Ratio Connections Subscribership Ratio Al abam a 1, 842 938 0. 51 767 0. 42 393 0. 21 Alask a 252 149 0. 59 119 0. 47 6 0.02 Americ an Sam oa 10 0 0. 00 0 0.00 0 0.00 Arizona 2, 387 1, 693 0. 71 1,080 0. 45 1,008 0. 42 Ark ansas 1, 132 524 0. 46 374 0. 33 208 0. 18 Calif orni a 12, 617 9, 338 0. 74 7,793 0. 62 5,323 0. 42 Colorado 1, 998 1, 541 0. 77 1,040 0. 52 979 0. 49 Connec t ic ut 1, 356 985 0. 73 885 0. 65 587 0. 43 Dela war e 339 286 0. 84 265 0. 78 * * Dis trict of Colum bi a 267 205 0. 77 176 0. 66 * * Florida 7, 218 5, 651 0. 78 4,776 0. 66 2,681 0. 37 Georgia 3, 541 2, 188 0. 62 1,754 0. 50 1,195 0. 34 Guam 42 * * * * * * Ha waii 450 364 0. 81 289 0. 64 * * Idaho 585 331 0. 57 181 0. 31 128 0. 22 Illinois 4, 779 3, 042 0. 64 2,538 0. 53 1,773 0. 37 Indiana 2, 492 1, 376 0. 55 1,119 0. 45 635 0. 25 Iowa 1, 232 669 0. 54 426 0. 35 61 0. 05 Kans as 1, 112 659 0. 59 486 0. 44 249 0. 22 Kentuck y 1, 702 863 0. 51 643 0. 38 125 0. 07 Louis iana 1, 719 899 0. 52 725 0. 42 515 0. 30 Maine 553 370 0. 67 265 0. 48 65 0. 12 Maryland 2, 156 1, 680 0. 78 1,526 0. 71 1,255 0. 58 Mass ac hus et ts 2, 538 2, 099 0. 83 1,903 0. 75 1,717 0. 68 Mic higan 3, 828 2, 362 0. 62 2,029 0. 53 1,347 0. 35 Minnes ota 2, 115 1, 312 0. 62 961 0. 45 791 0. 37 Miss iss ippi 1, 093 415 0. 38 342 0. 31 198 0. 18 Miss ouri 2, 361 1, 320 0. 56 1,025 0. 43 522 0. 22 Mont ana 408 224 0. 55 151 0. 37 * * Nebras k a 731 460 0. 63 297 0. 41 211 0. 29 Nev ada 1, 006 686 0. 68 472 0. 47 * * Ne w Ham ps hi r e 520 412 0. 79 347 0. 67 276 0. 53 Ne w Jers ey 3, 188 2, 703 0. 85 2,523 0. 79 1,845 0. 58 Ne w Mexico 765 419 0. 55 224 0. 29 199 0. 26 Ne w York 7, 256 5, 571 0. 77 5,183 0. 71 2,823 0. 39 Nort h Carolina 3, 743 2, 192 0. 59 1,764 0. 47 605 0. 16 Nort h Dak ot a 293 204 0. 70 164 0. 56 112 0. 38 Nort hern Mariana Is l 16 * * 0 0.00 0 0.00 Ohio 4, 570 2, 577 0. 56 2,109 0. 46 464 0. 10 Oklahom a 1, 450 764 0. 53 557 0. 38 375 0. 26 Oregon 1, 523 970 0. 64 746 0. 49 691 0. 45 Penns ylv ani a 4, 958 3, 284 0. 66 2,617 0. 53 2,211 0. 45 Puert o Ric o 1, 241 248 0. 20 * * 1 0.00 Rhode Is land 410 319 0. 78 284 0. 69 * * South Carolina 1, 796 1, 035 0. 58 880 0. 49 359 0. 20 South Dak ot a 327 218 0. 67 160 0. 49 120 0. 37 Tennes see 2, 487 1, 413 0. 57 1,208 0. 49 909 0. 37 Texas 9, 014 5, 790 0. 64 4,784 0. 53 2,178 0. 24 Utah 896 660 0. 74 424 0. 47 364 0. 41 Verm ont 257 192 0. 75 135 0. 53 109 0. 42 Virgin Is lands 43 5 0. 12 * * * * Virginia 3, 042 2, 195 0. 72 1,843 0. 61 1,519 0. 50 W ashington 2, 645 1, 883 0. 71 1,501 0. 57 1,401 0. 53 W est Virginia 742 338 0. 46 296 0. 40 252 0. 34 W iscons i n 2, 293 1, 350 0. 59 1,108 0. 48 484 0. 21 W yom ing 226 130 0. 58 100 0. 44 85 0. 38 Tot al 117,564 77, 540 0. 66 63, 522 0. 54 40, 595 0. 35 # = R oun ds t o Ze ro; * = Dat a wit hh el d t o m aint ai n firm co nfi d en ti al i t y. Note: Fi gu res m a y n ot s um to tot al s d u e to ro un di n g. Sourc es: FCC Form 4 77 (Co nn ecti ons ) ; 20 10 - 2 014 ACS 5 - ye ar esti m at es; Ce nsus 20 10. 32 Figure 33 Connections by Type of End User by State as of December 31, 2014 (Connections over 200 kbps in at least one direction, in thousands) Connections Percentages State Residential Business Residential Business Total Al abam a 3, 940 508 88. 6 11. 4 4, 448 Alask a 676 99 87. 2 12. 8 775 Am eric an Sam oa * * * * * Arizona 5, 357 862 86. 1 13. 9 6, 218 Ark ansas 2, 453 333 88. 0 12. 0 2, 787 Calif orni a 34, 828 5, 966 85. 4 14. 6 40, 794 Colorado 4, 815 835 85. 2 14. 8 5, 650 Connec t ic ut 3, 309 596 84. 7 15. 3 3, 905 Dela war e 862 142 85. 8 14. 2 1, 004 Dis trict of Colum bi a 744 428 63. 5 36. 5 1, 172 Florida 16, 464 2, 866 85. 2 14. 8 19, 330 Georgia 8, 165 1, 383 85. 5 14. 5 9, 548 Guam 98 25 79. 9 20. 1 122 Ha waii 1, 310 180 87. 9 12. 1 1, 490 Idaho 1, 308 214 85. 9 14. 1 1, 522 Illinois 11, 150 2, 000 84. 8 15. 2 13, 151 Indiana 5, 397 770 87. 5 12. 5 6, 166 Iowa 2, 599 426 85. 9 14. 1 3, 024 Kans as 2, 316 438 84. 1 15. 9 2, 754 Kentuck y 3, 966 535 88. 1 11. 9 4, 501 Louis iana 4, 160 569 88. 0 12. 0 4, 729 Maine 1, 091 174 86. 3 13. 7 1, 265 Maryland 5, 329 952 84. 8 15. 2 6, 281 Mass ac hus et ts 6, 144 1, 138 84. 4 15. 6 7, 283 Mic higan 7, 855 1, 584 83. 2 16. 8 9, 438 Minnes ota 4, 573 882 83. 8 16. 2 5, 456 Miss iss ippi 2, 422 256 90. 4 9. 6 2, 678 Miss our i 5, 009 915 84. 6 15. 4 5, 924 Mont ana 850 117 87. 9 12. 1 966 Nebras k a 1, 515 308 83. 1 16. 9 1, 823 Nev ada 2, 393 357 87. 0 13. 0 2, 750 Ne w Ham ps hi r e 1, 189 189 86. 3 13. 7 1, 378 Ne w Jers ey 8, 491 1, 585 84. 3 15. 7 10, 076 Ne w Mexico 1, 600 233 87. 3 12. 7 1, 832 Ne w York 17, 388 3, 224 84. 4 15. 6 20, 613 Nort h Carolina 7, 971 1, 358 85. 4 14. 6 9, 329 Nort h Dak ot a 671 121 84. 7 15. 3 793 Nort her n Mariana Is l * * * * * Ohio 9, 730 1, 680 85. 3 14. 7 11, 410 Ok lahom a 3, 270 506 86. 6 13. 4 3, 776 Oregon 3, 396 578 85. 4 14. 6 3, 974 Penns ylv ani a 10, 842 1, 835 85. 5 14. 5 12, 676 Puert o Ric o 2, 587 193 93. 1 6. 9 2, 780 Rhode Is land 904 156 85. 3 14. 7 1, 061 South Carolina 3, 741 531 87. 6 12. 4 4, 272 South Dak ot a 700 91 88. 5 11. 5 791 Tennes see 5, 382 859 86. 2 13. 8 6, 240 Texas 21, 972 4, 210 83. 9 16. 1 26, 182 Ut ah 2, 282 426 84. 3 15. 7 2, 707 Verm ont 547 91 85. 8 14. 2 638 Virgin Is lands 89 18 83. 2 16. 8 107 Virginia 7, 112 1, 381 83. 7 16. 3 8, 493 W ashington 6, 306 1, 131 84. 8 15. 2 7, 437 W est Virginia 1, 439 179 88. 9 11. 1 1, 618 W iscons i n 4, 697 840 84. 8 15. 2 5, 537 W yom ing 500 74 87. 1 12. 9 574 Tot al 273,950 47, 355 85. 3 14. 7 321,305 # = R oun ds t o Ze ro. * = Data with hel d t o m aint ai n firm co nfi den ti al i t y. Figu re s m a y not sum t o to tal s du e t o ro undi ng. Sourc e: FCC Fo rm 4 77. 33 Figure 34 Connections by Technology by State as of December 31, 2014 (Connections over 200 kbps in at least one direction, in thousands) State ADSL SDSL Other Wireline1 Cable Modem Fiber Satellite Fixed Wireless Mobile Wireless Total A l abam a 524 4 * 682 20 * 4 3,142 4, 448 Alask a 82 1 3 * 3 * 7 543 775 Am eric an Sam oa 0 0 0 * * 0 * * * Arizona 658 # * 1,302 34 * 32 4,148 6, 218 Ark ans as 344 # * 337 13 * 6 2,034 2, 787 Cali f orni a 3, 996 10 * 6,217 914 * 53 29, 356 40, 794 Colorado 676 1 * 1,008 70 * 54 3,786 5, 650 Connec t ic ut 11 1 5 897 * * * 2,745 3, 905 Delawa re * # 3 188 * * 0 682 1,004 Dis t ric t of Colum bi a * 1 7 * 40 * * 920 1,172 Flori da 1, 908 1 * 4,226 546 * 6 12, 519 19, 330 Georgi a 1, 157 2 * 1,552 71 * 1 6,673 9, 548 Guam * 0 0 * * 0 0 77 122 Hawai i * * 1 * 15 4 * 1,081 1, 490 Idaho 204 # * 191 16 * 35 1,059 1, 522 Illi nois 1, 291 3 * 2,353 50 * 64 9,309 13, 151 Indi ana 667 1 * 1,005 81 * 40 4,308 6, 166 Iowa 358 1 * 436 96 * 32 2,069 3, 024 Kans as 282 1 * 467 84 * 34 1,859 2, 754 Kent uck y 492 5 * 610 55 * 17 3,261 4, 501 Loui s i ana 436 1 * 695 57 * 5 3,472 4, 729 Maine 134 3 * 316 7 * 4 790 1,265 Maryl and * 1 15 944 * * 2 4,372 6, 281 Mas s ac hus ett s * 1 21 1,635 * * 2 4,900 7, 283 Mic hi gan 864 5 * 1,922 13 * 43 6,475 9, 438 Minnes ot a 581 5 * 960 78 * 25 3,763 5, 456 Mis s is si ppi 310 * 3 283 5 * 1 2,022 2, 678 Mis s ouri 823 1 * 746 72 * 32 4,162 5, 924 Mont ana 116 1 * 169 14 * 20 629 966 Nebras k a 163 # * 357 33 * 21 1,236 1, 823 34 Figure 34 - Continued Connections by Technology by State as of December 31, 2014 (Connections over 200 kbps in at least one direction, in thousands) State ADSL SDSL Other Wireline1 Cable Modem Fiber Satellite Fixed Wireless Mobile Wireless Total Nevada 255 # * 575 7 * 10 1,889 2, 750 New Ham ps hi re 90 # 8 379 19 * * 878 1,378 New Jers ey 274 1 28 1,924 * * # 6,990 10, 076 New Me xi c o 292 # * 229 12 * 19 1,260 1, 832 New York 597 4 44 4,505 * * 3 14, 021 20, 613 Nort h Carol i na 987 1 * 1,804 68 * 5 6,389 9, 329 Nort h Dak ot a 66 1 1 129 52 4 6 534 793 Nort hern Mari ana Is l * 0 0 * 0 0 0 * * Ohio 1, 148 1 * 2,225 93 * 35 7,834 11, 410 Ok lahom a 390 # * 526 25 * 36 2,731 3, 776 Oregon 339 1 * 796 31 * 17 2,755 3, 974 Penns yl vani a 831 2 * 2,416 804 * 3 8,555 12, 676 Puert o Ric o * 0 6 * 2 * 4 2,124 2, 780 Rhode Is land * # 2 * * * * 699 1,061 Sout h Carol i na 470 1 * 789 60 * 2 2,902 4, 272 Sout h Dak ot a 62 * # 151 37 * 13 523 791 Tennes s ee 569 6 * 1,038 121 * 6 4,416 6, 240 Texas 2, 903 3 * 3,307 610 * 133 18, 934 26, 182 Ut ah 294 # * 391 61 * 56 1,894 2, 707 Verm ont 94 * 3 124 12 * 1 398 638 Virgi n Is lands * 0 * * * * 13 80 107 Virgi ni a 400 1 * 1,307 775 * 10 5,891 8, 493 W ashi ngt on 553 1 * 1,598 63 * 20 5,140 7, 437 W est Virgi ni a * * 1 351 8 * 2 1,093 1, 618 W iscons i n 645 9 * 1,005 47 * 35 3,744 5, 537 W yom i ng 57 * 6 99 6 * 15 382 574 Tot al 28, 527 85 723 56, 301 9, 180 2, 006 988 223, 495 321, 305 1 Po wer Lin e and Ot he r a re s um m ari ze d with Ot he r W irel i ne to m aint ai n fi rm c onfi den ti al i t y. Se e Tec hni c al No tes at the en d o f th e r ep ort fo r a de scri pti o n o f Fo rm 47 7 t ech nol og y cat eg ori e s a nd oth er rep or ti ng r equi rem e nts. # = R oun ds t o Ze ro. * = Data with hel d t o m aint ai n firm co nfi den ti al i t y. Figu re s m a y not sum t o to tal s du e t o ro undi ng. Re vi se d Ma y 6, 201 6. Sourc e: FCC Fo rm 4 77. 35 Figure 35 Percentage of Fixed Connections by Downstream Speed by State as of December 31, 2014 Over 200 kbps Upstream and State % over 200 kbps Downstream % at least 3 Mbps Downstream % at least 10 Mbps Downstream % at least 25 Mbps Downstream A l abam a 97. 9 88. 0 66. 1 34. 7 Alask a 94. 3 78. 4 54. 4 3.3 Am eric an Sam oa * * * * Arizona 99. 2 90. 1 68. 8 50. 2 Ark ans as 97. 9 85. 2 57. 2 28. 6 Calif orni a 99. 3 93. 7 72. 0 48. 4 Colorado 99. 7 91. 3 76. 0 54. 6 Connec t ic ut 99. 9 96. 9 81. 9 53. 2 Delawa re 99. 4 96. 4 87. 5 71. 7 Dis t ric t of Colum bi a 99. 3 93. 7 77. 9 70. 0 Flori da 99. 1 93. 7 79. 0 48. 9 Georgi a 98. 2 91. 1 67. 1 44. 3 Guam * * * * Hawai i 99. 9 97. 2 76. 2 18. 2 Idaho 98. 8 87. 9 58. 3 29. 6 Illinois 99. 4 93. 4 71. 4 48. 9 Indiana 98. 9 90. 8 66. 3 37. 5 Iowa 98. 7 85. 7 56. 3 16. 7 Kans as 99. 3 87. 7 59. 8 29. 5 Kent uck y 97. 5 85. 5 56. 5 11. 2 Louis i ana 98. 2 87. 2 63. 0 42. 5 Maine 97. 8 88. 0 60. 2 14. 6 Maryl and 99. 2 95. 4 85. 1 68. 5 Mas s ac hus ett s 99. 4 96. 1 85. 9 75. 4 Mic hi gan 98. 8 91. 4 73. 5 47. 7 Minnes ot a 99. 3 90. 2 71. 4 50. 1 Mis s is si ppi 97. 1 85. 7 58. 3 32. 0 Mis s ouri 98. 5 88. 6 66. 9 32. 6 Mont ana 98. 6 80. 1 55. 9 44. 6 Nebras k a 99. 4 88. 8 59. 3 37. 4 36 Figure 35 - Continued Percentage of Fixed Connections by Downstream Speed by State as of December 31, 2014 Over 200 kbps Upstream and State % over 200 kbps Downstream % at least 3 Mbps Downstream % at least 10 Mbps Downstream % at least 25 Mbps Downstream Nevada 99. 6 92. 4 69. 8 51. 4 New Ham ps hi re 98. 3 93. 6 76. 3 57. 4 New Jers ey 99. 4 96. 4 89. 2 63. 9 New Me xi c o 98. 9 85. 3 59. 4 36. 2 New York 99. 0 95. 1 85. 4 46. 1 Nort h Carol i na 98. 9 89. 1 69. 6 21. 8 Nort h Dak ot a 99. 7 93. 7 73. 6 49. 7 Nort hern Mari ana Is l * * * * Ohio 99. 3 88. 4 64. 9 13. 5 Oklahom a 98. 9 89. 7 58. 6 38. 1 Oregon 99. 2 90. 5 74. 3 59. 4 Penns yl vani a 99. 1 92. 2 72. 4 57. 1 Puert o Ric o 99. 9 64. 3 32. 7 3.2 Rhode Is land 99. 3 96. 1 83. 7 70. 6 Sout h Carol i na 98. 7 89. 5 70. 1 28. 2 Sout h Dak ot a 99. 2 92. 6 68. 0 49. 3 Tennes s ee 98. 1 91. 2 72. 7 52. 3 Texas 99. 3 92. 6 70. 9 31. 5 Utah 99. 6 92. 9 70. 5 46. 7 Verm ont 97. 1 89. 6 61. 9 47. 2 Virgi n Is lands 99. 9 48. 1 * * Virgi ni a 99. 0 92. 7 76. 7 60. 7 W ashi ngt on 99. 3 92. 4 77. 3 63. 8 W est Virgi ni a 96. 4 88. 6 59. 8 49. 5 W iscons i n 98. 2 88. 2 69. 2 28. 6 W yom i ng 98. 9 84. 1 64. 4 47. 4 Tot al 99. 0 91. 7 72. 5 44. 5 37 Figure 36 ADSL Connections by State 2010-2014 (Connections over 200 kbps in at least one direction, in thousands) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 State Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec A l abam a 523 536 538 546 546 536 527 520 524 A l ask a 78 79 77 78 79 81 82 82 82 Am eric an Sam oa * * * * * * * 0 0 A ri zona 552 557 589 597 620 623 649 660 658 A rk ans as 330 337 343 344 345 344 350 346 344 Cal i f orni a 4, 538 4, 471 4, 416 4, 370 4, 285 4, 194 4, 205 4,073 3,996 Col orado 663 * * * * * * 696 676 Connec t ic ut * * * * * * * * 11 Del awa re * * * * * * * * * Di s t ric t of Colum bi a * * * * * * * * * F l ori da 2, 070 2, 104 1, 998 1, 955 1, 977 1, 918 1, 928 1,884 1,908 Georgi a 1, 413 1, 435 1, 282 1, 291 1, 300 1, 273 1, 223 1,193 1,157 Guam * * * * * * * * * Hawai i * * * * * * * * * I daho 181 185 190 200 208 214 219 221 204 I l l i nois 1, 577 1, 576 1, 549 1, 519 1, 504 1, 477 1, 470 1,388 1,291 I ndi ana 754 763 765 760 754 742 747 721 667 I owa 376 381 388 392 394 387 386 368 358 K ans as 271 273 275 275 278 279 286 280 282 K ent uck y 473 481 501 502 507 503 508 508 492 Loui s i ana 396 407 437 444 446 443 433 435 436 Mai ne 125 134 136 139 140 143 140 142 134 Maryl and 350 * * * * * * * * Mas s ac hus ett s * * * * * * * * * Mi c hi gan 902 922 906 909 907 906 904 902 864 Mi nnes ot a 618 629 622 626 631 637 631 636 581 Mi s s is si ppi 263 267 299 306 313 308 300 304 310 Mi s s ouri 846 862 870 864 863 852 850 835 823 Mont ana 119 123 122 122 121 121 119 119 116 Nebras k a 169 173 175 175 175 174 181 177 163 38 Figure 36 - Continued ADSL Connections by State 2010-2014 (Connections over 200 kbps in at least one direction, in thousands) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 State Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun+ Dec Nevada 242 245 250 255 255 255 257 260 255 New Ham ps hi re 85 87 88 89 91 94 93 94 90 New Jers ey 486 449 415 387 346 335 310 294 274 New Me xi c o 266 271 277 283 289 291 293 296 292 New York 957 928 875 841 777 761 723 671 597 Nort h Carol i na 995 1, 026 1, 050 1, 059 1, 063 1, 076 1, 071 1,061 987 Nort h Dak ot a 69 71 71 71 73 72 70 65 66 Nort hern Mari ana Is l * * * * * * * 0 * Ohi o 1, 177 1, 190 1, 184 1, 175 1, 178 1, 184 1, 205 1,191 1,148 Ok l ahom a 379 384 387 391 393 386 397 391 390 Oregon 359 360 363 373 370 364 364 360 339 P enns yl vani a 1, 159 1, 131 1, 098 1, 063 1, 017 994 943 887 831 P uert o Ric o * * * * * * * * * Rhode Is land * * * * * * * * * S out h Carol i na 434 452 471 477 477 471 473 475 470 S out h Dak ot a 58 60 63 64 65 64 63 61 62 T ennes s ee 557 576 593 603 607 597 593 577 569 T exas 2, 898 2, 943 2, 952 2, 967 2, 983 2, 962 3, 139 2,926 2,903 Ut ah 311 309 309 313 315 314 314 306 294 V erm ont 85 87 94 97 98 100 99 100 94 V i rgi n Is lands * * * * * * * * * V i rgi ni a 507 498 486 471 453 439 421 410 400 W ashi ngt on 582 583 590 597 589 592 595 593 553 W est Virgi ni a * * * * * * * * * W iscons i n 646 658 657 651 651 648 663 662 645 W yom i ng 59 59 61 62 62 62 62 56 57 T ot al 31, 470 31, 611 31, 330 31, 173 30, 974 30, 657 30, 690 29,873 28,527 + The J un e 2 014 d ata ha ve not be en s ubj ec te d to th e t yp i cal qu al i t y che ck s. * = Data with hel d t o m aint ai n co nfi d enti al i t y. # = R oun ds t o zer o. The Com m i ssi o n a pp rov ed c ha ng es t o the Fo rm 4 77 i n Ju ne 20 13 th at a ffec t t he dat a b egi nni n g in Ju ne 20 14 (se e p age s 1 - 2) . Som e p revi ousl y - p ubl i s he d dat a m a y hav e bee n revi s ed. Figu re s m a y not sum t o to tal s du e t o ro undi ng. 39 Figure 37 Cable Modem Connections by State 2010-2014 (Connections over 200 kbps in at least one direction, in thousands) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 State Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec A l abam a 539 556 576 592 615 630 648 655 682 A l ask a * * * * * * * * * Am eric an Sam oa * * * * * * * * * A ri zona 1, 161 1, 104 1, 169 1, 156 1, 210 1, 188 1, 253 1,224 1,302 A rk ans as 278 288 301 308 313 320 324 335 337 Cal i f orni a 4, 639 4, 853 5, 034 5, 222 5, 413 5, 578 5, 735 5,996 6,217 Col orado 787 817 848 870 899 925 952 967 1,008 Connec t ic ut 673 713 723 744 761 774 783 798 897 Del awa re 156 164 * * 174 182 181 189 188 Di s t ric t of Colum bi a * * * * * * * * * F l ori da 3, 292 3, 313 3, 549 3, 557 3, 803 3, 830 4, 060 4,029 4,226 Georgi a 1, 114 1, 151 1, 190 1, 245 1, 291 1, 358 1, 420 1,499 1,552 Guam * * * * * * * * * Hawai i * * * * * * * * * I daho 145 150 158 160 161 163 168 172 191 I l l i nois 1, 696 1, 768 1, 857 1, 936 2, 020 2, 100 2, 145 2,210 2,353 I ndi ana 728 766 801 835 868 897 910 929 1,005 I owa 389 395 397 403 407 415 413 423 436 K ans as 441 447 456 455 468 467 469 456 467 K ent uck y 530 565 597 614 637 647 637 598 610 Loui s i ana 586 593 612 625 644 655 675 682 695 Mai ne 269 286 282 300 297 313 315 310 316 Maryl and 773 797 826 842 873 888 912 929 944 Mas s ac hus ett s 1, 343 1, 401 1, 415 1, 454 1, 503 1, 566 1, 568 1,608 1,635 Mi c hi gan 1, 537 1, 603 1, 643 1, 687 1, 756 1, 807 1, 835 1,858 1,922 Mi nnes ot a 776 800 820 846 874 894 914 930 960 Mi s s is si ppi 246 258 263 271 273 277 280 268 283 Mi s s ouri 604 617 623 653 688 706 726 727 746 Mont ana 119 127 * * 150 154 161 160 169 Nebras k a 309 316 324 331 338 345 345 344 357 40 Figure 37 - Continued Cable Modem Connections by State 2010-2014 (Connections over 200 kbps in at least one direction, in thousands) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 State Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Nevada * * * * * * * * 575 New Ham ps hi re 325 340 342 354 358 370 373 375 379 New Jers ey 1, 702 1, 759 1, 775 1, 830 1, 847 1, 886 1, 890 1,806 1,924 New Me xi c o 176 190 193 198 203 211 216 221 229 New York 4, 013 4, 091 4, 116 4, 253 4, 457 4, 509 4, 525 4,420 4,505 Nort h Carol i na 1, 554 1, 566 1, 653 1, 729 1, 851 1, 905 1, 886 1,647 1,804 Nort h Dak ot a 101 96 108 111 116 118 123 122 129 Nort hern Mari ana Is l * * * * * * * * * Ohi o 1, 895 1, 943 2, 025 2, 057 2, 171 2, 103 2, 279 2,134 2,225 Ok l ahom a 468 474 487 490 502 508 519 517 526 Oregon 608 640 662 683 711 731 747 761 796 P enns yl vani a 1, 983 2, 057 2, 135 2, 200 2, 286 2, 362 2, 390 2,342 2,416 P uert o Ric o * * * * * * * * * Rhode Is land * * * * * * * * * S out h Carol i na 660 664 691 730 780 816 841 747 789 S out h Dak ot a 134 124 138 141 143 144 145 146 151 T ennes s ee 795 824 853 881 911 938 959 976 1,038 T exas 2, 459 2, 577 2, 686 2, 804 2, 888 2, 962 3, 037 3,193 3,307 Ut ah 283 303 316 325 339 352 365 401 391 V erm ont 97 104 106 109 113 115 118 120 124 V i rgi n Is lands 0 0 * * * * * * * V i rgi ni a 1, 124 1, 141 1, 154 1, 187 1, 238 1, 242 1, 268 1,275 1,307 W ashi ngt on 1, 239 1, 296 1, 329 1, 362 1, 400 1, 461 1, 492 1,527 1,598 W est Virgi ni a 255 274 285 297 306 308 312 309 351 W iscons i n 846 870 897 914 948 958 968 963 1,005 W yom i ng 80 82 85 89 92 94 95 93 99 T ot al 45, 334 46, 698 48, 263 49, 664 51, 646 52, 760 54, 009 54,011 56,301 + The J un e 2 014 d ata ha ve not be en s ubj ec te d to th e t yp i cal qu al i t y che ck s. * = Data with hel d t o m aint ai n co nfi d enti al i t y. # = R oun ds t o zer o. The Com m i ssi o n a pp rov ed c ha ng es t o the Fo rm 4 77 i n Ju ne 20 13 th at a ffec t t he dat a b egi nni n g in Ju ne 20 14 (se e p age s 1 - 2) . Som e p revi ousl y - p ubl i s he d dat a m a y hav e bee n revi s ed. Figu re s m a y not sum t o to tal s du e t o ro undi ng. 41 Figure 38 Providers of Connections by Technology by State as of December 31, 2014 (Connections over 200 kbps in at least one direction, in thousands) State ADSL SDSL Other Wireline1 Cable Modem Fiber Satellite Fixed Wireless Mobile Wireless Total A l abam a 24 9 * 24 35 * 19 6 87 Alask a 15 5 9 * 6 * 9 8 31 Am eric an Sam oa 0 0 0 * * 0 * * * Arizona 27 7 * 15 31 * 40 6 98 Ark ans as 23 7 * 20 24 * 18 4 73 Cali f orni a 37 15 * 28 45 * 71 6 158 Colorado 37 9 * 14 39 * 54 9 122 Connec t ic ut 9 7 17 11 * * * 4 42 Delawa re * 5 12 4 * * 0 4 28 Dis t ric t of Colum bi a * 9 19 * 19 * * 4 38 Flori da 28 11 * 24 44 * 27 5 105 Georgi a 28 10 * 33 63 * 22 4 120 Guam * 0 0 * * 0 0 4 4 Hawai i * * 8 * 8 4 * 6 21 Idaho 25 6 * 15 28 * 26 9 67 Illi nois 60 15 * 20 64 * 71 9 173 Indi ana 38 12 * 15 48 * 53 5 111 Iowa 112 23 * 44 116 * 88 29 226 Kans as 31 12 * 26 48 * 44 9 105 Kent uck y 24 7 * 29 40 * 27 7 101 Loui s i ana 17 7 * 16 26 * 12 4 66 Maine 14 10 * 7 15 * 9 5 40 Maryl and * 11 30 17 * * 15 6 75 Mas s ac hus ett s * 11 26 11 * * 12 4 64 Mic hi gan 38 15 * 21 46 * 37 6 111 Minnes ot a 52 16 * 21 69 * 50 6 130 Mis s is si ppi 16 * 17 15 18 * 13 5 60 Mis s ouri 36 13 * 19 43 * 61 8 134 Mont ana 24 4 * 10 23 * 25 5 59 Nebras k a 33 7 * 20 39 * 35 8 91 42 Figure 38 - Continued Providers of Connections by Technology by State as of December 31, 2014 (Connections over 200 kbps in at least one direction, in thousands) State ADSL SDSL Other Wireline1 Cable Modem Fiber Satellite Fixed Wireless Mobile Wireless Total Nevada 17 10 * 8 20 * 16 7 65 New Ham ps hi re 13 10 20 6 20 * * 5 43 New Jers ey 21 9 30 8 * * 9 4 62 New Me xi c o 24 8 * 10 19 * 24 9 65 New York 40 12 35 22 * * 23 4 104 Nort h Carol i na 24 10 * 24 41 * 28 7 101 Nort h Dak ot a 30 12 14 6 26 4 19 7 57 Nort hern Mari ana Is l * 0 0 * 0 0 0 * * Ohio 42 12 * 30 48 * 43 5 133 Ok lahom a 37 11 * 12 36 * 37 11 97 Oregon 41 12 * 15 44 * 33 6 96 Penns yl vani a 35 12 * 29 40 * 19 8 109 Puert o Ric o * 0 4 * 6 * 6 5 18 Rhode Is land * 7 10 * * * * 4 30 Sout h Carol i na 17 6 * 16 23 * 7 6 53 Sout h Dak ot a 27 * 13 6 29 * 27 8 71 Tennes s ee 25 12 * 22 36 * 20 7 90 Texas 65 21 * 34 70 * 107 10 215 Ut ah 23 9 * 10 22 * 25 6 69 Verm ont 11 * 11 6 16 * 4 5 34 Virgi n Is lands * 0 * * * * 4 4 9 Virgi ni a 27 14 * 22 39 * 30 7 104 W ashi ngt on 32 11 * 25 41 * 48 6 115 W est Virgi ni a * * 15 16 13 * 7 7 52 W iscons i n 44 15 * 20 56 * 41 10 117 W yom i ng 16 * 13 5 14 * 22 7 49 Tot al 792 191 245 402 906 16 916 98 1,865 1 Po wer Lin e and Ot he r a re s um m ari ze d with Ot he r W irel i ne. See Tec hni c al Notes at th e e nd of t he re po rt f or a des cri pti on of Fo rm 47 7 t ech nol og y cat eg o ri es an d ot he r r ep orti ng re qui rem en ts. # = R oun ds t o Ze ro. * = Data with hel d t o m aint ai n firm co nfi den ti al i t y. Figu re s m a y not sum t o to tal s du e t o ro undi ng. Re vi se d Ma y 6, 201 6. Sourc e: FCC Fo rm 4 77. 43 Figure 39 Distribution of Counties by Ratio of Residential Fixed Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction to County Households as of December 31, 2014 S o urc e s : F C C F o rm 4 7 7 ; 2 0 1 0 -2 0 1 4 A C S 5 -ye ar e s tim ate s ; and C e ns us 2 0 1 0 . No te : R atio s o ve r 1 we re s e t to 1 . S e e T e c hnic al No te s at the e nd o f the re p o rt. 0 0 . 0 5 0 . 1 0 0 . 1 5 0 . 2 0 0 . 2 5 0 . 3 0 0 . 3 5 0 . 4 0 0 . 4 5 0 . 5 0 0 . 5 5 0 . 6 0 0 . 6 5 0 . 7 0 0 . 7 5 0 . 8 0 0 . 8 5 0 . 9 0 0 . 9 5 M a x 0 % 2 % 4 % 6 % 8 % 1 0 % 1 2 % 1 4 % 1 6 % P er ce nt ag e of C ou nt ie s Nu m b er of Cou n t ies 3 , 2 3 3 Med ian 0 . 6 3 Ratio of Residential Fixed Connections to County Households 5 1 4 4 21 23 79 120 174 245 320 386 461 441 304 219 151 136 74 65 44 Figure 40 Distribution of Counties by Ratio of Residential Fixed Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction to County Households by Technology as of December 31, 2014 Ratio of Residential Fixed Connections to County Households Technology Zero Greater than 0 and no more than 5% Greater than 5 and no more than 10% Greater than 10 and no more than 20% Greater than 20 and no more than 30% Greater than 30 and no more than 40% Greater than 40 and no more than 50% Greater than 50 and no more than 60% Greater than 60 and no more than 80% Greater than 80 and no more than 100% 100% or more a DS L 1.0 4.1 7.1 28.3 28.2 18.7 8.4 2.6 1.3 0.3 0.1 sDS L 81.9 17.7 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Other W i rel i n e 1 90.7 8.6 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Cabl e Mode m 12.7 7.9 7.9 16.1 15.6 14.7 12.2 8.2 4.1 0.3 0.2 FTTP 41.6 37.1 6.8 6.2 3.1 2.1 1.6 0.8 0.8 0.0 0.0 Satel l i t e 0.7 64.2 23.8 9.9 1.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fi x ed W irel e ss 29.3 53.6 10.0 5.4 1.2 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Total 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.4 6.2 13.0 21.9 44.0 11.7 1.5 1 Po wer Lin e and Ot he r a re s um m ari ze d with Ot he r W irel i ne. See Tec hni c al Notes at th e e nd of t he re po rt f or a des cri pti on of Fo rm 47 7 t ech nol og y cat eg o ri es an d ot he r r ep orti ng re qui rem en ts. Note: Fi gu res m a y n ot s um to tot al s d u e to ro un di n g. Revi s ed Ma y 6, 20 16 . Sourc es: FCC Form 4 77; 20 10 - 2 01 4 A CS 5- ye a r es ti m ates ; a nd Cen sus 20 10 . 45 Figure 41 Distribution of Census Tracts by Ratio of Residential Fixed Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction to Tract Households as of December 31, 2014 S o urc e s : F C C F o rm 4 7 7 ; 2 0 1 0 -2 0 1 4 A C S 5 -ye ar e s tim ate s ; and C e ns us 2 0 1 0 . No te : R atio s o ve r 2 we re s e t to 2 . S e e T e c hnic al No te s at the e nd o f the re p o rt. 0 0 . 1 0 0 . 2 0 0 . 3 0 0 . 4 0 0 . 5 0 0 . 6 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 8 0 0 . 9 0 1 . 0 0 1 . 1 0 1 . 2 0 1 . 3 0 1 . 4 0 1 . 5 0 1 . 6 0 1 . 7 0 1 . 8 0 1 . 9 0 M a x 0 2 4 6 8 1 0 1 2 P er ce nt ag e of T ra ct s Nu m b er of Tract s 7 3 , 7 6 7 Med ian 0 . 7 5 Ratio of Residential Fixed Connections to Tract Households 46 Figure 42 Distribution of Census Tracts by Ratio of Residential Fixed Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction to Tract Households by Technology as of December 31, 2014 Ratio of Residential Fixed Connections to Tract Households Technology Zero Greater than 0 and no more than 5% Greater than 5 and no more than 10% Greater than 10 and no more than 20% Greater than 20 and no more than 30% Greater than 30 and no more than 40% Greater than 40 and no more than 50% Greater than 50 and no more than 60% Greater than 60 and no more than 80% Greater than 80 and no more than 100% 100% or more a DS L 1.7 13.2 12.6 25.0 21.1 14.2 7.5 2.9 1.4 0.2 0.2 sDS L 96.5 3.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Other W i rel i n e 1 98.8 1.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Cabl e Mode m 5.2 3.2 2.3 5.9 11.3 16.6 18.5 16.0 16.5 3.4 1.2 FTTP 64.4 14.6 2.8 3.9 3.2 3.4 3.6 2.3 1.5 0.2 0.1 Satel l i t e 24.8 65.2 5.4 3.3 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fi x ed W irel e ss 77.1 18.1 2.3 1.7 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Total 0.8 0.1 0.2 0.7 1.7 3.8 7.1 10.9 33.8 33.6 7.4 1 Po wer Lin e and Ot he r a re s um m ari ze d with Ot he r W irel i ne. See Tec hni c al Notes at th e e nd of t he re po rt f or a des cri pti on of Fo rm 47 7 t ech nol og y cat eg o ri es an d ot he r r ep orti ng re qui rem en ts. Note: Fi gu res m a y n ot s um to tot al s d u e to ro un di n g. Revi s ed Ma y 6, 20 16 . Sourc es: FCC Form 4 77; 20 10 - 2 01 4 A CS 5- ye a r es ti m ates ; a nd Cen sus 20 10 . 47 Figure 43 Percentage of Developed Census Blocks with Residential Fixed Service by Technology as of December 31, 2014 (Internet Access Service over 200 kbps in at least one direction) Number of Providers Technology Zero One Two Three Four Five Six Seven or More a DS L 27.5 68.9 3.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 sDS L 98.8 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Other W i rel i n e 1 96.2 3.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Cabl e Mode m 33.9 62.3 3.6 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 FTTP 85.0 14.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Satel l i t e 0.0 1.1 58.5 40.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fi x ed W irel e ss 61.2 26.4 8.8 3.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 aDS L and/o r Cabl e Mode m and/o r FT TP 15.2 24.3 52.6 7.2 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 Any Tec hn o l o g y 0.0 0.2 4.4 15.1 33.6 29.2 12.3 5.2 1 Po wer Lin e and Ot he r a re s um m ari ze d with Ot he r W irel i ne. See Tec hni c al Notes at th e e nd of t he re po rt f or a des cri pti on of Fo rm 47 7 t ech nol og y cat eg o ri es an d ot he r r ep orti ng re qui rem en ts. Note: Fi gu res m a y n ot s um to tot al s d u e to ro un di n g. The n um be r o f p rovi de r s in a ce nsus bl ock doe s n ot nec essa ri l y refl ect th e n um be r of ch oi ces av ai l a bl e to a par ti cul ar ho use hol d, a nd do es n ot pur po rt t o m ea sur e c om peti ti on . Provi ders m a y list a c ens us block o n Form 4 77 if se rvi ce ca n b e p rovi de d to at lea st on e loc ati o n in th e bl ock . Devel o pe d cens us bl ock s ar e t hos e wit h h ou si ng u nits bas ed on t he 20 10 ce nsus . Revi se d Ma y 6, 20 16. Sourc es: FCC Form 4 77 an d Ce ns us 2 010 . 48 Figure 44 Distribution of Counties by Ratio of Residential Fixed Connections to County Households by State as of December 31, 2014 (Connections over 200 kbps in at least one direction) Ratio of Residential Fixed Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction to County Households State Counties Zero Greater than 0 and no more than 5% Greater than 5 and no more than 10% Greater than 10 and no more than 20% Greater than 20 and no more than 30% Greater than 30 and no more than 40% Greater than 40 and no more than 50% Greater than 50 and no more than 60% Greater than 60 and no more than 80% Greater than 80 and no more than 100% 100% or more A l abam a 67 0 0 0 0 1 8 19 19 16 4 0 Alask a 29 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 6 9 5 1 Am eric an Sam oa 5 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arizona 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 1 0 Ark ans as 75 0 0 0 0 1 12 30 16 15 1 0 Cali f orni a 58 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 28 23 1 Colorado 64 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 10 24 15 10 Connec t ic ut 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 Delawa re 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Dis t ric t of Colum bi a 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Flori da 67 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16 12 29 7 Georgi a 159 0 0 0 1 5 14 30 43 43 21 2 Guam 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Hawai i 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 Idaho 44 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 9 19 5 1 Illi nois 102 0 0 0 1 3 5 12 25 49 7 0 Indi ana 92 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 27 49 6 0 Iowa 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19 75 4 0 Kans as 105 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 21 62 11 0 Kent uck y 120 0 0 0 1 1 4 20 42 45 4 3 Loui s i ana 64 0 0 0 0 1 8 12 16 25 2 0 Maine 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 8 0 Maryl and 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 9 7 1 Mas s ac hus ett s 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 3 Mic hi gan 83 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 24 43 8 0 Minnes ot a 87 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 15 55 7 0 Mis s is si ppi 82 0 0 0 3 8 28 23 9 10 1 0 Mis s ouri 115 0 0 0 0 1 7 22 42 38 5 0 Mont ana 56 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 39 7 0 Nebras k a 93 0 0 0 0 0 6 16 19 45 5 2 49 Figure 44 - Continued Distribution of Counties by Ratio of Residential Fixed Connections to County Households by State as of December 31, 2014 (Connections over 200 kbps in at least one direction) Ratio of Residential Fixed Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction to County Households State Counties Zero Greater than 0 and no more than 5% Greater than 5 and no more than 10% Greater than 10 and no more than 20% Greater than 20 and no more than 30% Greater than 30 and no more than 40% Greater than 40 and no more than 50% Greater than 50 and no more than 60% Greater than 60 and no more than 80% Greater than 80 and no more than 100% 100% or more Nevada 17 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 7 2 0 New Ham ps hi re 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 New Jers ey 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 16 1 New Me xi c o 33 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 8 17 3 0 New York 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 39 12 2 Nort h Carol i na 100 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 20 53 13 2 Nort h Dak ot a 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 35 10 0 Nort hern Mari ana Is l 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 Ohio 88 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 19 58 4 0 Ok lahom a 77 0 0 0 0 2 8 18 20 27 2 0 Oregon 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 21 6 0 Penns yl vani a 67 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 11 36 12 1 Puert o Ric o 78 0 0 0 0 12 12 32 18 3 1 0 Rhode Is land 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 Sout h Carol i na 46 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 9 19 3 1 Sout h Dak ot a 66 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 10 46 5 0 Tennes s ee 95 0 0 0 0 2 8 15 36 32 1 1 Texas 254 0 0 0 0 1 19 48 78 90 17 1 Utah 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 13 8 3 Verm ont 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 Virgi n Is lands 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 Virgi ni a 133 0 0 0 1 3 14 19 21 49 23 3 W ashi ngt on 39 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 23 10 1 W est Virgi ni a 55 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 19 25 1 0 W iscons i n 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 56 6 0 W yom i ng 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16 2 1 Tot al 3, 233 4 1 1 8 44 199 421 708 1421 378 48 Note: Fig ur es m a y no t sum t o t otal s du e t o rou ndi n g. See Tech ni cal Not es at th e e nd of the r epo rt. Sources: FCC Fo rm 47 7; 20 10 - 20 14 ACS 5- ye a r es ti m ates (H ous eh ol ds for U .S . a nd Distri ct o f Col um bi a ); C ens us 2 01 0 (H ous eh ol ds fo r Pu ert o Ric o, Am eri can Sam oa , Guam , Nort he rn Ma ri a na Islan ds and U.S . Vi rgi n Isla nds ). 50 Figure 45 Distribution of Census Tracts by Ratio of Residential Fixed Connections to Tract Households by State as of December 31, 2014 (Connections over 200 kbps in at least one direction) Ratio of Residential Fixed Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction to Tract Households State Tracts Zero Greater than 0 and no more than 5% Greater than 5 and no more than 10% Greater than 10 and no more than 20% Greater than 20 and no more than 30% Greater than 30 and no more than 40% Greater than 40 and no more than 50% Greater than 50 and no more than 60% Greater than 60 and no more than 80% Greater than 80 and no more than 100% 100% or more A l abam a 1, 179 4 1 1 4 47 109 205 230 369 163 46 Alask a 167 1 0 0 2 7 7 7 9 57 67 10 Am eric an Sam oa 18 3 6 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Arizona 1, 526 26 5 11 5 20 42 79 152 384 565 237 Ark ans as 686 2 1 0 11 36 78 144 122 187 90 15 Cali f orni a 8, 036 54 4 7 12 52 95 270 537 2, 298 4, 018 689 Colorado 1, 249 14 0 0 0 4 8 28 69 383 569 174 Connec t ic ut 829 2 0 0 0 0 7 32 66 298 386 38 Delawa re 215 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 13 57 101 38 Dis t ric t of Colum bi a 179 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 21 70 52 25 Flori da 4, 199 38 1 2 13 32 57 126 236 1, 138 1, 757 799 Georgi a 1, 964 10 1 3 10 40 112 195 272 612 590 119 Guam 56 5 1 0 8 3 2 4 5 9 4 15 Hawai i 326 12 1 0 4 4 4 9 15 94 141 42 Idaho 298 1 0 1 0 5 15 21 40 134 67 14 Illi nois 3, 121 7 4 5 10 36 113 269 404 1, 181 1, 012 80 Indi ana 1, 508 5 2 0 4 25 74 168 298 607 288 37 Iowa 825 3 0 1 0 0 6 40 138 502 118 17 Kans as 770 10 0 0 6 3 19 60 140 304 196 32 Kent uck y 1, 115 9 0 4 14 19 69 139 207 412 207 35 Loui s i ana 1, 136 11 1 1 3 37 101 150 196 394 206 36 Maine 351 0 0 0 0 3 3 7 29 177 112 20 Maryl and 1, 394 8 0 0 6 9 41 84 88 340 695 123 Mas s ac hus ett s 1, 471 13 0 1 1 1 8 16 45 418 832 136 Mic hi gan 2, 767 31 0 1 19 66 169 249 323 975 870 64 Minnes ot a 1, 335 4 1 1 15 11 44 62 137 592 435 33 Mis s is si ppi 661 4 1 2 20 60 140 122 95 149 57 11 Mis s ouri 1, 393 5 0 0 10 21 103 165 231 481 333 44 Mont ana 271 2 1 1 1 1 3 12 29 134 74 13 Nebras k a 532 3 0 0 1 5 10 36 82 249 99 47 51 Figure 45 - Continued Distribution of Census Tracts by Ratio of Residential Fixed Connections to Tract Households by State as of December 31, 2014 (Connections over 200 kbps in at least one direction) Ratio of Residential Fixed Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction to Tract Households State Tracts Zero Greater than 0 and no more than 5% Greater than 5 and no more than 10% Greater than 10 and no more than 20% Greater than 20 and no more than 30% Greater than 30 and no more than 40% Greater than 40 and no more than 50% Greater than 50 and no more than 60% Greater than 60 and no more than 80% Greater than 80 and no more than 100% 100% or more Nevada 683 5 0 1 2 9 23 35 70 211 257 70 New Ham ps hi re 294 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 74 190 22 New Jers ey 2, 004 10 0 0 1 3 5 7 55 520 1, 144 259 New Me xi c o 499 4 3 2 10 8 22 53 85 190 101 21 New York 4, 900 89 0 3 18 20 53 138 301 1, 880 1, 858 540 Nort h Carol i na 2, 183 19 2 1 4 20 74 225 332 830 541 135 Nort h Dak ot a 205 0 1 0 0 1 1 10 15 107 55 15 Nort hern Mari ana Is l 22 2 0 0 1 3 5 7 1 3 0 0 Ohio 2, 946 7 0 1 21 82 140 259 388 1, 180 794 74 Ok lahom a 1, 046 2 2 3 15 46 85 147 177 325 185 59 Oregon 827 2 6 1 2 5 4 50 104 399 217 37 Penns yl vani a 3, 217 26 0 4 40 73 52 159 315 1, 296 1, 060 192 Puert o Ric o 903 24 28 35 130 143 145 109 93 80 43 73 Rhode Is land 241 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 108 116 10 Sout h Carol i na 1, 097 10 0 0 4 21 85 145 180 338 239 75 Sout h Dak ot a 222 0 1 0 0 1 4 6 22 135 46 7 Tennes s ee 1, 497 22 1 3 11 42 125 203 273 509 264 44 Texas 5, 253 39 0 7 44 136 369 638 765 1, 469 1, 373 413 Ut ah 588 4 1 3 1 1 5 8 23 177 302 63 Verm ont 184 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 86 70 19 Virgi n Is lands 29 0 0 1 3 6 5 7 4 1 1 1 Virgi ni a 1, 895 24 0 0 8 40 87 121 200 431 763 221 W ashi ngt on 1, 446 3 1 1 1 7 16 38 86 548 657 88 W est Virgi ni a 484 0 1 3 8 16 27 55 79 211 66 18 W iscons i n 1, 393 3 1 0 3 1 33 83 180 740 329 20 W yom i ng 132 1 0 0 0 1 2 5 12 65 43 3 Tot al 73, 767 591 79 113 510 1, 235 2, 806 5, 222 8, 006 24, 918 24, 819 5, 468 Note: Fig ur es m a y no t sum t o t otal s du e t o rou ndi n g. See Tech ni cal Not es at th e e nd of the r epo rt. Sources: FCC Fo rm 47 7; 20 10 - 20 14 ACS 5- ye a r es ti m ates (H ous eh ol ds for U .S . a nd Distri ct o f Col um bi a ); C ens us 2 01 0 (H ous eh ol ds fo r Pu ert o Ric o, Am eri can Sam oa , Guam , Nort he rn Ma ri a na Islan ds and U.S . Vi rgi n Isla nds ). 52 Max Q 1 Q 3 Median Min Figure 46 Subscribership Ratio Distributions by Income Deciles as of December 31, 2014 S o urc e s : F C C F o rm 4 7 7 ; 2 0 1 0 -2 0 1 4 A C S 5 -ye ar E s tim ate s ; C e ns us 2 0 1 0 . o b s e rvatio n b e lo w Q 3 +1 .5 (Q 3 -Q 1 ); and is any d ata p o int b e yo nd Q 1 -1 .5 (Q 3 -Q 1 ) o r Q3 +1 .5 (Q 3 -Q 1 ). Ratio s g re ate r than 1 we re s e t to 1 . b ut no te als o that + d e no te s the p o s itio n o f the ave rag e re s id e ntial s ub s c rib e rs hip ratio take n ac ro s s all c o untie s in the d e c ile ; is the minim um o b s e rvatio n ab o ve Q 1 -1 .5 (Q 3 -Q 1 ); T is the maxim um No te : E ac h b o x p lo t s ho ws the d is trib utio n o f re s id e ntial s ub s c rib e rs hip to c o nne c tio ns o ve r 2 0 0 kb p s in at le as t o ne d ire c tio n f o r c o untie s in the inc o m e d e c ile . S o m e o f the f e ature s are lab e le d , 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 0 0 . 1 0 . 2 0 . 3 0 . 4 0 . 5 0 . 6 0 . 7 0 . 8 0 . 9 1 . 0 S ub sc rib er sh ip R at io Lower Income Median Household Income by Decile Higher Income S u b s c ri b e rs h i p Rati o A ve ra g e 0 . 4 5 M e d i a n 0 . 4 5 0 . 5 3 0 . 5 3 0 . 5 6 0 . 5 7 0 . 5 9 0 . 5 9 0 . 6 2 0 . 6 2 0 . 6 3 0 . 6 4 0 . 6 5 0 . 6 5 0 . 6 8 0 . 6 8 0 . 7 2 0 . 7 3 0 . 8 1 0 . 8 3 53 Max Q 1 Q 3 Median Min Figure 47 Subscribership Ratio Distributions by Density Deciles as of December 31, 2014 S o urc e s : F C C F o rm 4 7 7 ; 2 0 1 0 -2 0 1 4 A C S 5 -ye ar E s tim ate s ; C e ns us 2 0 1 0 . o b s e rvatio n b e lo w Q 3 +1 .5 (Q 3 -Q 1 ); and is any d ata p o int b e yo nd Q 1 -1 .5 (Q 3 -Q 1 ) o r Q3 +1 .5 (Q 3 -Q 1 ). Ratio s g re ate r than 1 we re s e t to 1 . b ut no te als o that + d e no te s the p o s itio n o f the ave rag e re s id e ntial s ub s c rib e rs hip ratio take n ac ro s s all c o untie s in the d e c ile ; is the minim um o b s e rvatio n ab o ve Q 1 -1 .5 (Q 3 -Q 1 ); T is the maxim um No te : E ac h b o x p lo t s ho ws the d is trib utio n o f re s id e ntial s ub s c rib e rs hip to c o nne c tio ns o ve r 2 0 0 kb p s in at le as t o ne d ire c tio n f o r c o untie s in the d e ns ity d e c ile . S o m e o f the f e ature s are lab e le d , 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 0 0 . 1 0 . 2 0 . 3 0 . 4 0 . 5 0 . 6 0 . 7 0 . 8 0 . 9 1 . 0 S ub sc rib er sh ip R at io Lower Density County Household Density by Decile Higher Density S u b s c ri b e rs h i p Rati o A ve ra g e 0 . 6 3 M e d i a n 0 . 6 3 0 . 6 0 0 . 6 2 0 . 5 5 0 . 5 6 0 . 5 5 0 . 5 5 0 . 5 7 0 . 5 7 0 . 5 9 0 . 5 8 0 . 6 2 0 . 6 2 0 . 6 7 0 . 6 6 0 . 7 3 0 . 7 4 0 . 7 3 0 . 7 8 54 Max Q 1 Q 3 Median Min Figure 48 Subscribership Ratio Distributions by Share of Population with a College Degree (in Deciles) as of December 31, 2014 S o urc e s : F C C F o rm 4 7 7 ; 2 0 1 0 -2 0 1 4 A C S 5 -ye ar E s tim ate s ; C e ns us 2 0 1 0 . o b s e rvatio n b e lo w Q 3 +1 .5 (Q 3 -Q 1 ); and is a d ata p o int b e yo nd Q 1 -1 .5 (Q 3 -Q 1 ) o r Q3 +1 .5 (Q 3 -Q 1 ). Ratio s g re ate r than 1 we re s e t to 1 . b ut no te als o that + d e no te s the p o s itio n o f the ave rag e re s id e ntial s ub s c rib e rs hip ratio take n ac ro s s all c o untie s in the d e c ile ; is the minim um o b s e rvatio n ab o ve Q 1 -1 .5 (Q 3 -Q 1 ); T is the maxim um No te : E ac h b o x p lo t s ho ws the d is trib utio n o f re s id e ntial s ub s c rib e rs hip to c o nne c tio ns o ve r 2 0 0 kb p s in at le as t o ne d ire c tio n f o r c o untie s in the s hare d e c ile . S o m e o f the f e ature s are lab e le d , 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 0 0 . 1 0 . 2 0 . 3 0 . 4 0 . 5 0 . 6 0 . 7 0 . 8 0 . 9 1 . 0 S ub sc rib er sh ip R at io Lower Share County Share of College Graduates by Decile Higher Share S u b s c ri b e rs h i p Rati o A ve ra g e 0 . 4 8 M e d i a n 0 . 4 8 0 . 5 2 0 . 5 3 0 . 5 4 0 . 5 5 0 . 5 7 0 . 5 9 0 . 6 0 0 . 6 1 0 . 6 3 0 . 6 4 0 . 6 5 0 . 6 6 0 . 6 9 0 . 6 9 0 . 7 4 0 . 7 5 0 . 8 3 0 . 8 4 55 Max Q 1 Q 3 Median Min Figure 49 Subscribership Ratio Distributions by Average Age of County Population (in Deciles) as of December 31, 2014 S o urc e s : F C C F o rm 4 7 7 ; 2 0 1 0 -2 0 1 4 A C S 5 -ye ar E s tim ate s ; C e ns us 2 0 1 0 . o b s e rvatio n b e lo w Q 3 +1 .5 (Q 3 -Q 1 ); and is a d ata p o int b e yo nd Q 1 -1 .5 (Q 3 -Q 1 ) o r Q3 +1 .5 (Q 3 -Q 1 ). Ratio s g re ate r than 1 we re s e t to 1 . b ut no te als o that + d e no te s the p o s itio n o f the ave rag e re s id e ntial s ub s c rib e rs hip ratio take n ac ro s s all c o untie s in the d e c ile ; is the minim um o b s e rvatio n ab o ve Q 1 -1 .5 (Q 3 -Q 1 ); T is the maxim um No te : E ac h b o x p lo t s ho ws the d is trib utio n o f re s id e ntial s ub s c rib e rs hip to c o nne c tio ns o ve r 2 0 0 kb p s in at le as t o ne d ire c tio n f o r c o untie s in the ave rag e ag e d e c ile . S o m e o f the f e ature s are lab e le d , 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 0 0 . 1 0 . 2 0 . 3 0 . 4 0 . 5 0 . 6 0 . 7 0 . 8 0 . 9 1 . 0 S ub sc rib er sh ip R at io Lower Average Age County Average Age by Decile Higher Average Age S u b s c ri b e rs h i p Rati o A ve ra g e 0 . 6 8 M e d i a n 0 . 7 1 0 . 6 7 0 . 6 9 0 . 6 2 0 . 6 2 0 . 6 1 0 . 6 1 0 . 6 0 0 . 6 0 0 . 6 0 0 . 6 0 0 . 5 9 0 . 5 9 0 . 6 0 0 . 6 0 0 . 6 2 0 . 6 2 0 . 6 6 0 . 6 5 56 Max Q 1 Q 3 Median Min Figure 50 Subscribership Ratio Distributions by Share White Alone (in Deciles) as of December 31, 2014 S o urc e s : F C C F o rm 4 7 7 ; 2 0 1 0 -2 0 1 4 A C S 5 -ye ar E s tim ate s ; C e ns us 2 0 1 0 . is a d ata p o int b e yo nd Q 1 -1 .5 (Q 3 -Q 1 ) o r Q3 +1 .5 (Q 3 -Q 1 ). Ratio s g re ate r than 1 we re s e t to 1 . re s id e ntial s ub s c rib e rs hip ratio take n ac ro s s all c o untie s in the d e c ile ; is the minim um o b s e rvatio n ab o ve Q 1 -1 .5 (Q 3 -Q 1 ); T is the maxim um o b s e rvatio n b e lo w Q 3 +1 .5 (Q 3 -Q 1 ); and d e c ile s b as e d o n the s hare o f the c o unty p o p ulatio n that re p o rte d the ir rac e as white alo ne . S o m e o f the f e ature s are lab e le d , b ut no te als o that + d e no te s the p o s itio n o f the ave rag e No te : E ac h b o x p lo t s ho ws the d is trib utio n o f re s id e ntial s ub s c rib e rs hip to c o nne c tio ns o ve r 2 0 0 kb p s in at le as t o ne d ire c tio n f o r c o untie s in e ac h rac e d e c ile . Co untie s we re g ro up e d into 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 0 0 . 1 0 . 2 0 . 3 0 . 4 0 . 5 0 . 6 0 . 7 0 . 8 0 . 9 1 . 0 S ub sc rib er sh ip R at io Lower Share County Share White Alone by Decile Higher Share S u b s c ri b e rs h i p Rati o A ve ra g e 0 . 5 2 M e d i a n 0 . 5 0 0 . 5 9 0 . 5 8 0 . 6 5 0 . 6 5 0 . 6 6 0 . 6 6 0 . 6 7 0 . 6 6 0 . 6 6 0 . 6 6 0 . 6 5 0 . 6 6 0 . 6 3 0 . 6 3 0 . 6 2 0 . 6 2 0 . 5 9 0 . 6 0 57 Low est Densit y Highest Densit y Figure 51 Subscribership Ratios by Technology and Tract Household Density as of December 31, 2014 (Residential fixed connections over 200 kbps in at least one direction) S o urc e s : F C C F o rm 4 7 7 ; 2 0 1 0 -2 0 1 4 A C S 5 -ye ar e s tim ate s ; and C e ns us 2 0 1 0 . c o nne c tio ns to ho us e ho ld s ac ro s s trac ts in the p e rc e ntile . e s tim ate d trac t ho us e ho ld s to trac t land are a f ro m the C e ns us B ure au. F o r e ac h p e rc e ntile , the he ig ht o f the b ar re p re s e nts the ho us e ho ld -we ig hte d ave rag e ratio o f re s id e ntial f ixe d T his c hart s ho ws s ub s c rib e rs hip ratio s b y te c hno lo g y and ho us e ho ld d e ns ity. T rac ts we re g ro up e d into 1 0 0 d e ns ity p e rc e ntile s b as e d o n ho us e ho ld s p e r s q uare mile , c alc ulate d as the ratio o f aD S L C able M o dem FT T P S atelli te Fi xed W i reless P er ce nt ag e of R es id en tia l F ix ed H ig h- S pe ed C on ne ct io ns 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0 7 0 8 0 9 0 58 Richest Poor est Low est Densit y Highest Densit y 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Figure 52 Average Subscribership Ratios by Income and Household Density as of December 31, 2014 (Residential fixed connections over 200 kbps in at least one direction by Tract) S o urc e s : F C C F o rm 4 7 7 ; 2 0 1 0 -2 0 1 4 A C S 5 -ye ar e s tim ate s ; and C e ns us 2 0 1 0 . re s id e ntial f ixe d c o nne c tio ns to ho us e ho ld s ac ro s s trac ts in the d e c ile . e s tim ate d trac t ho us e ho ld s to trac t land are a, and me d ian ho us e ho ld inc o m e . F o r e ac h q uantile , the he ig ht o f the g rid re p re s e nts the ho us e ho ld -we ig hte d ave rag e ratio o f T his c hart s ho ws s ub s c rib e rs hip ratio s b y ho us e ho ld d e ns ity and inc o m e q uantile s . T rac ts we re g ro up e d into 4 0 0 d e ns ity/inc o m e q uantile s b as e d o n ho us e ho ld s p e r s q uare mile , c alc ulate d as the ratio o f 59 Max Q 1 Q 3 Median Min Figure 50 Subscribership Ratio Distributions by Share White Alone (in Deciles) as of December 31, 2014 S o urc e s : F C C F o rm 4 7 7 ; 2 0 1 0 -2 0 1 4 A C S 5 -ye ar E s tim ate s ; C e ns us 2 0 1 0 . is a d ata p o int b e yo nd Q 1 -1 .5 (Q 3 -Q 1 ) o r Q3 +1 .5 (Q 3 -Q 1 ). Ratio s g re ate r than 1 we re s e t to 1 . re s id e ntial s ub s c rib e rs hip ratio take n ac ro s s all c o untie s in the d e c ile ; is the minim um o b s e rvatio n ab o ve Q 1 -1 .5 (Q 3 -Q 1 ); T is the maxim um o b s e rvatio n b e lo w Q 3 +1 .5 (Q 3 -Q 1 ); and d e c ile s b as e d o n the s hare o f the c o unty p o p ulatio n that re p o rte d the ir rac e as white alo ne . S o m e o f the f e ature s are lab e le d , b ut no te als o that + d e no te s the p o s itio n o f the ave rag e No te : E ac h b o x p lo t s ho ws the d is trib utio n o f re s id e ntial s ub s c rib e rs hip to c o nne c tio ns o ve r 2 0 0 kb p s in at le as t o ne d ire c tio n f o r c o untie s in e ac h rac e d e c ile . Co untie s we re g ro up e d into 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 0 0 . 1 0 . 2 0 . 3 0 . 4 0 . 5 0 . 6 0 . 7 0 . 8 0 . 9 1 . 0 S ub sc rib er sh ip R at io Lower Share County Share White Alone by Decile Higher Share S u b s c ri b e rs h i p Rati o A ve ra g e 0 . 5 2 M e d i a n 0 . 5 0 0 . 5 9 0 . 5 8 0 . 6 5 0 . 6 5 0 . 6 6 0 . 6 6 0 . 6 7 0 . 6 6 0 . 6 6 0 . 6 6 0 . 6 5 0 . 6 6 0 . 6 3 0 . 6 3 0 . 6 2 0 . 6 2 0 . 5 9 0 . 6 0 60 Low est Densit y Highest Densit y Figure 51 Subscribership Ratios by Technology and Tract Household Density as of December 31, 2014 (Residential fixed connections over 200 kbps in at least one direction) S o urc e s : F C C F o rm 4 7 7 ; 2 0 1 0 -2 0 1 4 A C S 5 -ye ar e s tim ate s ; and C e ns us 2 0 1 0 . c o nne c tio ns to ho us e ho ld s ac ro s s trac ts in the p e rc e ntile . e s tim ate d trac t ho us e ho ld s to trac t land are a f ro m the C e ns us B ure au. F o r e ac h p e rc e ntile , the he ig ht o f the b ar re p re s e nts the ho us e ho ld -we ig hte d ave rag e ratio o f re s id e ntial f ixe d T his c hart s ho ws s ub s c rib e rs hip ratio s b y te c hno lo g y and ho us e ho ld d e ns ity. T rac ts we re g ro up e d into 1 0 0 d e ns ity p e rc e ntile s b as e d o n ho us e ho ld s p e r s q uare mile , c alc ulate d as the ratio o f aD S L C able M o dem FT T P S atelli te Fi xed Wireless P er ce nt ag e of R es id en tia l F ix ed H ig h- S pe ed C on ne ct io ns 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0 7 0 8 0 9 0 61 Richest Poor est Low est Densit y Highest Densit y 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Figure 52 Average Subscribership Ratios by Income and Household Density as of December 31, 2014 (Residential fixed connections over 200 kbps in at least one direction by Tract) S o urc e s : F C C F o rm 4 7 7 ; 2 0 1 0 -2 0 1 4 A C S 5 -ye ar e s tim ate s ; and C e ns us 2 0 1 0 . re s id e ntial f ixe d c o nne c tio ns to ho us e ho ld s ac ro s s trac ts in the d e c ile . e s tim ate d trac t ho us e ho ld s to trac t land are a, and me d ian ho us e ho ld inc o m e . F o r e ac h q uantile , the he ig ht o f the g rid re p re s e nts the ho us e ho ld -we ig hte d ave rag e ratio o f T his c hart s ho ws s ub s c rib e rs hip ratio s b y ho us e ho ld d e ns ity and inc o m e q uantile s . T rac ts we re g ro up e d into 4 0 0 d e ns ity/inc o m e q uantile s b as e d o n ho us e ho ld s p e r s q uare mile , c alc ulate d as the ratio o f 62 Technical Notes General Detailed information about FCC Form 477 reporting requirements is available at www.fcc.gov/form477. Wherever a number of providers is cited in this report, multiple Form 477 filers within a holding company structure count as one provider. Form 477 collects information about Internet access connections in service to end-user locations that are advertised to deliver information to and/or from the end user – that is, in at least one direction – at transfer rates (“speeds”) above 200 kilobits per second (kbps). Information is collected about the number of connections by the advertised speeds associated with each product subscribed to in the relevant geographic area, census tracts for fixed and states for mobile. Fixed providers report connections by the maximum advertised upload and download speeds, while mobile providers report connections by minimum advertised upload and download speeds. Fixed connections are further categorized by the technology employed by the part of the connection that terminates at the end-user location. “End users” are residential, business, institutional, or government entities who use services for their own purposes and who do not resell such services to other entities. Facilities-based providers report information about connections they provide directly to their own end-user customers and also connections that they provide to Internet Service Providers for resale to end users. For Form 477 purposes, the facilities-based provider of a connection is the entity that owns the portion of the physical facility that terminates at the end-user location, obtains an unbundled network element (UNE), special access line, or other leased facility that terminates at the end-user location and provisions/equips it as a connection that transfers information at rates over 200 kbps in at least one direction, or provisions/equips a wireless channel that transfers information at rates over 200 kbps in at least one direction to the end-user location over licensed spectrum or over spectrum that the provider uses on an unlicensed basis. The mutually exclusive Form 477 technology categories are: asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (“aDSL” in this report), symmetric Digital Subscriber Line (“sDSL”), other copper wireline, cable modem, optical carrier / fiber to the end user, satellite, terrestrial fixed wireless (using licensed or unlicensed spectrum), mobile wireless, electric power line, and all other (which is included to capture deployment of additional technologies over time). In the Form 477 data collection, aDSL-based services delivered over fiber-to-the-node architecture are reported in the aDSL category. The other wireline category comprises T1/DS1, T3/DS3, and other copper-based connections, not elsewhere categorized, that deliver Internet access service at the end-user location. Ethernet connections delivering Internet access service are reported in the other wireline category if the connection terminates over copper and in the FTTP category if the connection terminates over fiber. Connections deployed over hybrid fiber-coax (HFC) architecture are reported in the cable modem category. Wireless ISPs (“WISPs”) report in the fixed wireless category if providing service to dispersed, fixed end-user locations and report in the mobile wireless category if providing a commercial service that can be received at any location within a service footprint. Wireless local area networks (such as Wi-Fi hotspots) that only enable local distribution and sharing of a premises connection are not included, although the shared premises connection is included. Numbers of connections presented in this report are not adjusted for the number of persons at a single end-user location who have access to, or who use, the Internet access services delivered over the connection to that location. 63 Numbers of residential connections are estimated based on the total connections and percentage- residential connections information reported on Form 477. Census tracts Since the collection of data as of December 31, 2008, facilities-based providers of reportable fixed- location Internet access connections have been reporting connection counts at the census tract level of detail. Facilities-based mobile wireless providers report connection counts by state rather than census tract. The census tract-level data summarized in this report were collected for tracts in the 2010 decennial census. For the purposes of this report, there are 73,767 census tracts because we exclude census tracts delineated specifically to cover large bodies of water. About 110 of the census tracts have population but no households because the population resides in group living quarters. For the purpose of estimating residential subscribership rates by census tract, we assume these census tracts have no reportable residential Internet access service because persons residing in group quarters would have Internet access over a business connection provided to the operator of the group quarters. Therefore, these census tracts are included in the “zero” column. Ratios of residential fixed-location connections to households that exceed 100% We estimate the share of households with fixed-location connections in individual census tracts by taking the ratio of the reported number of fixed-location residential service connections to the estimated number of households. We continue to find “outlier” estimates at or above 100% and to find that the number of outliers is substantially reduced when estimates are made for individual counties rather than for individual census tracts. Possible explanations of ratios at or above 100% include (1) geocoding misallocations of service locations to census tracts; (2) proper allocation of connections to the county level by some filers, but improper allocation of all connections to a single tract in the county; (3) possible overestimation of residential connections in service plans for which the customer base is primarily residential; and (4) connections at seasonally or occasionally occupied housing units, such as vacation homes, while the household is counted elsewhere. The numbers of households in census tracts that were used to generate the estimated ratios are themselves estimates (from Census 2010-2014 ACS 5-year estimates), which could have an independent effect. Maps showing residential subscribership rates by census tract The two maps based on estimated Internet access connections over 200 kbps in at least one direction per 1,000 households (that is, estimated household subscribership rates) exclude all connections identified as business connections and necessarily exclude residential mobile wireless connections (which are reported for the state but not for individual census tracts). 64 Glossary Term Definition aDSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line: A digital local loop typically using copper facilities and providing greater bandwidth in one direction than the other. Cable modem service A service which offers customers access to the Internet over a cable system. Downstream speed Speed of transmission from the Internet to the end user. End users Residential, business, institutional, or government entities who use services for their own purposes and who do not resell such services to other entities. Facilities-based provider Entity that owns the portion of the physical facility that terminates at the end-user location, obtains an unbundled network element (UNE), special access line, or other leased facility that terminates at the end-user location and provisions/equips it as a connection that transfers information at rates over 200 kbps in at least one direction, or provisions/equips a wireless channel that transfers information at rates over 200 kbps in at least one direction to the end-user location over licensed spectrum or over spectrum that the provider uses on an unlicensed basis. Fixed wireless A radio communication service between specified fixed points. Fixed technologies All technologies other than terrestrial mobile wireless. FTTH or FTTP Fiber to the Home (Premises): A network access architecture in which optical fiber is deployed all the way to the customer’s home (premises). Internet access service Service that provides end users access to the Internet. ISPs Internet Service Providers: Companies or organizations that provide Internet access service (see above). Mobile wireless service A radio communication service between mobile and fixed stations, or between mobile stations. Mobile wireless provider Provider of mobile wireless service (see above). Other wireline All copper-wire based technologies other than DSL technologies; Ethernet over copper and T-1 are examples. Power line Internet access service delivered over electric power transmission lines. Satellite communications A telecommunications service provided via one or more satellite relays and their associated uplinks and downlinks. sDSL Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line: DSL technology that provides equal bandwidth for both uploads and downloads. Speed tiers Sub-groupings defined by ranges of upstream speeds and downstream speeds. Upstream speed Speed of transmission from the end user to the Internet. Wi-Fi hotspot Wireless Fidelity: Generic term referring to any type of IEEE 802.11 wireless network. A hotspot is a small geographic area in which users 65 can gain access to a Wi-Fi network which in turn connects to the Internet. Wireless service Telephone, Internet, data, and other services provided to customers through the transmission of signals over networks of radio towers. Wireless service provider Provider of wireless service (see above). WISP Wireless ISP: A company that provides end users with wireless access to the Internet, most commonly by using radio spectrum designated for unlicensed use. 66 Customer Response Publication: Internet Access Services: Status as of December 31, 2014 You can help us provide the best possible information to the public by completing this form and returning it to the Industry Analysis and Technology Division of the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau. 1. 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