Internet Access Services: Status as of June 30, 2015 Industry Analysis and Technology Division Wireline Competition Bureau August 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 Total Connections ....................................................................................................................2 Figure 1 Fixed and Mobile Connections by Speed 2011-2014 .....................................2 Connections by Speed ..............................................................................................................3 Figure 2(a) Distribution of Fixed Connections by Downstream Speed.............................3 Figure 2(b) Distribution of Fixed Connections by Upstream Speed .................................4 Figure 3 Fixed Connections by Speed: 2011-2014 .......................................................5 Figure 4(a) Distribution of Mobile Connections by Downstream Speed ..........................6 Figure 4(b) Distribution of Mobile Connections by Upstream Speed ...............................7 Number of Providers by Census Block ..................................................................................8 Figure 5 Percentages of Developed Census Blocks in which Providers Report Deployment of Residential Fixed Broadband .....................................8 Internet Access Subscribership ..............................................................................................9 Figure 6 Fixed Connections 2000-2014 ........................................................................9 Other Report Highlights........................................................................................................10 SECTION 2: SUMMARY STATISTICS - THE NATION ..............................................12 SECTION 3: SUMMARY STATISTICS - THE STATES ...............................................31 SECTION 4: SUMMARY STATISTICS - COUNTIES AND CENSUS TRACTS .......41 SECTION 5: CORRELATION RESULTS - DEMOGRAPHIC MEASURES ..............51 Technical Notes ......................................................................................................................59 Glossary ..................................................................................................................................62 SECTION 1: OVERVIEW & HIGHLIGHTS Introduction This report summarizes information about Internet access connections in the United States as of June 30, 2015 as collected by FCC Form 477. 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 477.1 The report includes data on total and residential Internet access connections by downstream and upstream speed, by technology, by geography, and over time. 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.2 In addition, Section 5 of the report includes an analysis of the correlations between subscribership ratios and various demographic measures.3 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. 1 See 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. Note that the Form 477 data for the June 30, 2014 filing period were not subject to typical quality checks. See High-Speed Services for Internet Access: Status as of December 31, 2014 (March 2016) at 2, available at https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC- 338630A1.pdf. 2 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. 3 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 Total Connections • As shown in Figure 1, the total number of Internet connections increased by 9% between June 2014 and June 2015 to 342 million. • Most of the growth in total Internet connections is attributable to increased mobile Internet access subscribership. The number of mobile Internet connections increased 12% year-over-year to 242 million in June 2015, while the number of fixed connections grew to 100 million – up 4% from June 2014. Figure 1 Fixed and Mobile Connections 2012-2015 Connections include both residential and business connections. Some 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 Technical Notes). * The June 2014 data have not been subjected to the typical quality checks (see Technical Notes). Fixed Mobile 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 97.8 321.3 242.0 99.7 341.6 C on ne ct io ns in M ill io ns 0 100 200 300 400 Jun 2012 Dec 2012 Jun 2013 Dec 2013 Jun 2014* Dec 2014 Jun 2015 2 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 five downstream speed groups with breakpoints at 3 Mbps, 10 Mbps, 25 Mbps, and 100 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 100 million fixed connections reported for June 2015 were distributed across the five groups of downstream speeds defined by breakpoints at 3 Mbps, 10 Mbps, 25 Mbps, and 100 Mbps. • In June 2015, 7% of fixed connections (or 7 million connections) were slower than 3 Mbps downstream, 18% (or 18 million connections) were at least 3 Mbps downstream but slower than 10 Mbps, 26% (or 26 million connections) were at least 10 Mbps downstream but slower than 25 Mbps, 38% (or 37 million connections) were at least 25 Mbps downstream but slower than 100 Mbps, and 12% (or 12 million connections) were at least 100 Mbps.4 4 See Figure 8. Figure 2(a) Distribution of Fixed Connections (99.7 million) by Downstream Speed as of June 30, 2015 Downstream Speed Less than 3 Mbps (6.8 million) At least 3 Mbps & less than 10 Mbps (17.6 million) At least 10 Mbps & less than 25 Mbps (25.6 million) At least 25 Mbps & less than 100 Mbps (37.4 million) At least 100 Mbps (12.3 million) 6.8% 17.7% 25.7% 37.5% 12.4% 3 Fixed connections – upstream speeds. Figure 2(b) illustrates how the 100 million fixed connections reported for June 2015 were distributed across the four groups of upstream speeds defined by breakpoints at 1 Mbps, 3 Mbps, and 6 Mbps. • In June 2015, 19% of fixed connections (or 19 million connections) were slower than 1 Mbps upstream, 28% (or 28 million connections) were at least 1 Mbps upstream but slower than 3 Mbps, 28% (or 28 million connections) were at least 3 Mbps upstream but slower than 6 Mbps, and 25% (or 25 million connections) were at least 6 Mbps upstream.5 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 2012 to 2015. 5 Ibid. Figure 2(b) Distribution of Fixed Connections (99.7 million) by Upstream Speed as of June 30, 2015 Upstream Speed Less than 1 Mbps (19.1 million) At least 1 Mbps & less than 3 Mbps (27.5 million) At least 3 Mbps & less than 6 Mbps (27.7 million) At least 6 Mbps (25.3 million) 19.2% 27.6% 27.8% 25.4% 4 • The percentage of fixed connections with a downstream speed of at least 25 Mbps has grown from 9% (or 8 million connections) in June 2012 to 50% (or 50 million connections) in June 2015. Over the same period, the percentage of fixed connections with slower downstream speeds of less than 3 Mbps has decreased from 24% (or 21 million connections) in June 2012 to 7% (or 7 million connections) in June 2015.6 6 See Figure 26. Figure 3 Fixed Connections by Speed 2012-2015 Connections include both residential and business connections. Some 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 Technical Notes). * The June 2014 data have not been subjected to the typical quality checks (see Technical Notes). At least 100 Mbps At least 25 Mbps and less than 100 Mbps At least 10 Mbps and less than 25 Mbps At least 3 Mbps and less than 10 Mbps Less than 3 Mbps 21.4 25.2 34.9 8.4 89.9 19.3 22.1 39.1 11.8 92.5 17.2 22.0 32.1 22.3 94.0 10.0 21.8 33.0 30.4 96.0 9.1 20.2 29.9 31.9 4.8 96.0 8.1 18.8 27.4 34.0 9.5 97.8 6.8 17.6 25.6 37.4 12.3 99.7 C on ne ct io ns in M ill io ns 0 25 50 75 100 Jun 2012 Dec 2012 Jun 2013 Dec 2013 Jun 2014* Dec 2014 Jun 2015 5 Mobile connections – minimum advertised downstream speeds. Figure 4(a) illustrates how the 242 million mobile connections reported for June 2015 were distributed across the four groups of minimum advertised downstream speeds defined by breakpoints at 3 Mbps, 6 Mbps, and 10 Mbps. • In June 2015, 15% of mobile connections (or 36 million connections) had a minimum advertised downstream speed slower than 3 Mbps, 34% (or 82 million connections) were at least 3 Mbps downstream but slower than 6 Mbps, 18% (or 44 million connections) were at least 6 Mbps downstream but slower than 10 Mbps, and 33% (or 80 million connections) were at least 10 Mbps downstream. Mobile connections – minimum advertised upstream speeds. Figure 4(b) illustrates how the 242 million mobile connections reported for June 2015 were distributed across the three groups of minimum advertised upstream speeds defined by breakpoints at 1 Mbps and 3 Mbps. Figure 4(a) Distribution of Mobile Connections (242.0 million) by Minimum* Downstream Speed as of June 30, 2015 * Form 477 collects mobile broadband subscription data by minimum advertised bandwidths. Downstream Speed Less than 3 Mbps (35.8 million) At least 3 Mbps & less than 6 Mbps (81.9 million) At least 6 Mbps & less than 10 Mbps (43.8 million) At least 10 Mbps (80.4 million) 14.8% 33.9% 18.1% 33.2% 6 • In June 2015, about 17% of mobile connections (or 41 million connections) had a minimum advertised upstream speed slower than 1 Mbps, 60% (or 145 million connections) were at least 1 Mbps upstream but slower than 3 Mbps, and 23% (or 56 million connections) were at least 3 Mbps upstream. Figure 4(b) Distribution of Mobile Connections (242.0 million) by Minimum* Upstream Speed as of June 30, 2015 * Form 477 collects mobile broadband subscription data by minimum advertised bandwidths. Upstream Speed Less than 1 Mbps (40.9 million) At least 1 Mbps & less than 3 Mbps (144.9 million) At least 3 Mbps (56.3 million) 16.9% 59.9% 23.2% 7 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 June 2015. 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 June 30, 2015 census. Column figures may not sum to 100% due to rounding. Developed census blocks are those with housing units based on the 2010 in 99.1% 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 19 75 10 26 63 30 48 19 3 55 35 9 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 At least 100 Mbps downstream and at least 10 Mbps upstream 8 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 2000.7 Figure 6 Fixed Connections 2001-2015 (Connections over 200 kbps in at least one direction) • Between June 2005 and June 2015, total (business and residential) fixed connections grew from 42 million connections to 98 million connections – at a compound annual growth rate of 9% per year.8 7 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. 8 The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) is a smoothed rate of growth calculated in three steps. First, divide the ending (June 2015) value by the beginning (June 2005) 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) 9 • Over the same ten-year period, residential fixed connections grew from 39 million connections to 91 million connections – also at a compound annual growth rate of 9% per year. • Over the same ten-year period, the number of residential fixed connections per 100 U.S. households increased from 33 to 72.9 Other Report Highlights Average speeds • The median downstream speed of all reported fixed connections was 24 Mbps and the median upstream speed was 3 Mbps. For residential fixed connections, the median downstream speed was 25 Mbps and the median upstream speed was 4 Mbps. Residential connections • Residential fixed Internet access connections increased by about 4% between June 2014 and June 2015, to 91 million. See Figure 8. • Residential (non-business) mobile wireless Internet access connections on mobile devices with data plans for full Internet access increased by 13%, to 201 million, between June 2014 and June 2015. See Figure 8. • Over 74% of residential fixed connections had a speed of at least 10 Mbps downstream and 1 Mbps upstream in June 2015, while just over half (51%) had a speed of at least 25 Mbps downstream and 3 Mbps upstream. Thirteen 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 June 2015, there were 58 residential fixed connections with speeds of at least 10 Mbps downstream and 1 Mbps upstream per 100 households.10 See Figure 34. 9 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.) 10 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, 10 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 June 30, 2015.11 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). 11 For both census tracts and counties, we continue to find estimates above 100% for the share of households with fixed Internet access connections. See p. 60 for more information. 11 SECTION 2 SUMMARY STATISTICS: THE NATION Table of Contents Figure 7 Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction 2011-2015 .......................... 14 Figure 8 Residential Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction 2011-2015 ................................................................................................ 14 Figure 9 Residential Fixed Connections by Speed 2012-2015 .............................................. 15 Figure 10 Distribution of Fixed Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction as of June 30, 2015 .................................................................................. 16 Figure 11 Distribution of Residential Fixed Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction as of June 30, 2015........................................................................... 17 Figure 12 Distribution of Mobile Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction as of June 30, 2015 .................................................................................. 18 Figure 13 Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction by Technology 2011-2015 ................................................................................................................ 19 Figure 14 Connections by Technology as of June 30, 2015 .................................................... 19 Figure 15 Residential Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction by Technology 2011-2015 ................................................................................................................ 20 Figure 16 Residential Connections by Technology as of June 30, 2015 ................................. 20 Figure 17 Fixed Connections at Least 3 Mbps Downstream and 768 kbps Upstream by Technology 2011-2015 ............................................................................................ 21 Figure 18 Residential Fixed Connections at Least 3 Mbps Downstream and 768 kbps Upstream by Technology 2011-2015 ...................................................................... 21 Figure 19 Fixed Connections at Least 10 Mbps Downstream and 1 Mbps Upstream by Technology 2014-2015 ............................................................................................ 22 Figure 20 Fixed Connections at Least 10 Mbps Downstream and 1 Mbps Upstream by Technology as of June 30, 2015 .............................................................................. 22 Figure 21 Residential Fixed Connections at Least 10 Mbps Downstream and 1 Mbps Upstream by Technology ......................................................................................... 23 Figure 22 Residential Fixed Connections at Least 10 Mbps Downstream and 1 Mbps Upstream by Technology as of June 30, 2015 ......................................................... 23 Figure 23 Fixed Connections at Least 25 Mbps Downstream and 3 Mbps Upstream by Technology 2014-2015 ............................................................................................ 24 Figure 24 Fixed Connections at Least 25 Mbps Downstream and 3 Mbps Upstream by Technology as of June 30, 2015 .............................................................................. 24 Figure 25 Residential Fixed Connections at Least 25 Mbps Downstream and 3 Mbps Upstream by Technology 2014-2015 ....................................................................................... 25 Figure 26 Residential Fixed Connections at Least 25 Mbps Downstream and 3 Mbps Upstream by Technology as of June 30, 2015 ......................................................................... 25 12 Figure 27 Residential Fixed Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction by Technology 2011-2015 (Shares of Selected Technologies) .................................... 26 Figure 28 Residential Fixed Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction by Technology 2011-2015 (Net Adds for Selected Technologies) .............................. 26 Figure 29 Residential Fixed Connections by Technology as of June 30, 2015 (Shares of Selected Technologies for Selected Speeds .......................................... 27 Figure 30 Fixed Connections by Downstream Speed Tier and Technology as of June 30, 2015 .......................................................................................................... 28 Figure 31 Residential Fixed Connections by Downstream Speed Tier and Technology as of June 30, 2015 .......................................................................................................... 29 Figure 32 Nationwide Number of Providers of Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction by Technology 2011-2015 ...................................................................... 30 Figure 33 Nationwide Number of Providers of Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction - Selected Technologies 2011-2015 ....................................................... 30 13 Figure 7 Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction 2011-2015 (In thousands) 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Technology Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun* Dec Jun T ot al 206, 131 230, 201 243, 359 262, 564 284, 692 293, 397 311,284 321,305 341,648 Tot al Fixed 86, 575 88, 317 89, 945 92, 511 93, 986 96, 032 95,998 97,810 99,686 Mobil e W irel es s 119, 556 141, 883 153, 414 170, 053 190, 706 197, 365 215,286 223,495 241,962 Figure 8 Residential Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction 2011-2015 (In thousands) 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Technology Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun* Dec Jun T ot al 171, 773 186, 516 196, 665 215, 817 235, 273 246, 797 264,343 273,950 291,919 Tot al Fixed 78, 906 80, 706 82, 217 84, 392 85, 277 87, 599 87,360 89,196 91,059 Mobil e W irel es s 92, 867 105, 810 114, 448 131, 425 149, 996 159, 197 176,983 184,754 200,859 * 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 (s ee Te chni cal N ote 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 Te chni cal N ote s ). Som e pr evi o usl y - pu bl i she d data m a y h ave b een re vi se d. Figu res m a y n ot s um to tot al s else w he re in this r epo rt du e to roun di n g. 14 Figure 9 Residential Fixed Connections by Speed 2012-2015 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 T e c hnic al No te s ). 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 (s e e T e c hnic al No te s ). A t l ea s t 100 Mbp s A t l ea s t 25 Mbp s and l es s tha n 100 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 18.9 22.3 32.9 8.0 82.2 17.0 19.2 36.9 11.2 84.4 14.9 19.1 29.8 21.3 85.3 8.4 18.7 30.5 29.5 87.6 7.6 17.5 27.1 30.7 4.5 87.4 6.7 16.3 24.5 32.5 9.1 89.2 5.5 15.3 23.0 35.5 11.9 91.1 C on ne ct io ns in M ill io ns 0 2 5 5 0 7 5 1 0 0 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 Ju n 2 0 1 5 15 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 and less than 100 Mbps At least 100 Mbps Total Less than 1 Mbps 5, 044 11, 170 2, 900 2 # 19, 116 At least 1 Mbps & Less than 3 Mbps 1, 695 6, 154 18, 334 1, 351 2 27, 537 At least 3 Mbps 13 320 4, 377 36, 011 12, 313 53, 033 Tot al 6, 753 17, 644 25, 611 37, 364 12, 315 99, 686 Perc ent ages Less than 1 Mbps 5. 1 11. 2 2. 9 0. 0 0. 0 19. 2 At least 1 Mbps & Less than 3 Mbps 1. 7 6. 2 18. 4 1. 4 0. 0 27. 6 At least 3 Mbps 0. 0 0. 3 4. 4 36. 1 12. 4 53. 2 Tot al 6. 8 17. 7 25. 7 37. 5 12. 4 100.0 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 June 30, 2015 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 ; 6 .8 % >= 3 Mb p s & < 1 0 Mb p s ; 1 7 .7 % >= 1 0 Mb p s & < 2 5 Mb p s ; 2 5 .7 % >= 2 5 Mb p s & < 1 0 0 Mb p s ; 3 7 .5 >= 1 0 0 Mb p s ; 1 2 .4 % < 1 Mb p s 5 .1 % >= 1 Mb p s & < 3 Mb p s 1 .7 % < 1 Mb p s 1 1 .2 % >= 1 Mb p s & < 3 Mb p s 6 .2 % >= 3 Mb p s 0 .3 % >= 1 Mb p s & < 3 Mb p s 1 8 .4 % >= 3 Mb p s 4 .4 % < 1 Mb p s 2 .9 % >= 3 Mb p s 3 6 .1 % >= 1 Mb p s & < 3 Mb p s 1 .4 % >= 3 Mb p s 1 2 .4 % 16 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 and less than 100 Mbps At least 100 Mbps Total Less than 1 Mbps 4, 249 9, 425 2, 706 2 # 16, 382 At least 1 Mbps & Less than 3 Mbps 1, 190 5, 700 17, 068 1, 264 # 25, 222 At least 3 Mbps 12 151 3, 206 34, 232 11, 854 49, 455 Tot al 5, 451 15, 275 22, 981 35, 498 11, 854 91, 059 Perc ent ages Less than 1 Mbps 4. 7 10. 4 3. 0 0. 0 0. 0 18. 0 At least 1 Mbps & Less than 3 Mbps 1. 3 6. 3 18. 7 1. 4 0. 0 27. 7 At least 3 Mbps 0. 0 0. 2 3. 5 37. 6 13. 0 54. 3 Tot al 6. 0 16. 8 25. 2 39. 0 13. 0 100.0 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 June 30, 2015 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 ; 6 .0 % >= 3 Mb p s & < 1 0 Mb p s ; 1 6 .8 % >= 1 0 Mb p s & < 2 5 Mb p s ; 2 5 .2 % >= 2 5 Mb p s & < 1 0 0 Mb p s ; 3 9 .0 >= 1 0 0 Mb p s ; 1 3 .0 % < 1 Mb p s 4 .7 % >= 1 Mb p s & < 3 Mb p s 1 .3 % < 1 Mb p s 1 0 .4 % >= 1 Mb p s & < 3 Mb p s 6 .3 % >= 3 Mb p s 0 .2 % >= 1 Mb p s & < 3 Mb p s 1 8 .7 % >= 3 Mb p s 3 .5 % < 1 Mb p s 3 .0 % >= 3 Mb p s 3 7 .6 % >= 1 Mb p s & < 3 Mb p s 1 .4 % >= 3 Mb p s 1 3 .0 % 17 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 and less than 10 Mbps At least 10 Mbps Total Less than 1 Mbps 35, 469 3, 403 1, 907 78 40, 857 At least 1 Mbps & Less than 3 Mbps 337 78, 516 38, 932 27, 071 144,855 At least 3 Mbps 0 31 2, 993 53, 226 56, 250 Tot al 35, 805 81, 949 43, 832 80, 375 241,962 Perc ent ages Less than 1 Mbps 14. 7 1. 4 0. 8 0. 0 16. 9 At least 1 Mbps & Less than 3 Mbps 0. 1 32. 4 16. 1 11. 2 59. 9 At least 3 Mbps 0. 0 0. 0 1. 2 22. 0 23. 2 Tot al 14. 8 33. 9 18. 1 33. 2 100.0 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 June 30, 2015 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 4 .8 % >= 3 Mb p s & < 6 Mb p s ; 3 3 .9 % >= 6 Mb p s & < 1 0 Mb p s ; 1 8 .1 % >= 1 0 Mb p s ; 3 3 .2 % < 1 Mb p s 1 4 .7 % >= 1 Mb p s & < 3 Mb p s 0 .1 % >= 1 Mb p s & < 3 Mb p s 3 2 .4 % < 1 Mb p s 1 .4 % >= 1 Mb p s & < 3 Mb p s 1 6 .1 % >= 3 Mb p s 1 .2 % < 1 Mb p s 0 .8 % >= 3 Mb p s 2 2 .0 % >= 1 Mb p s & < 3 Mb p s 1 1 .2 % 18 Figure 13 Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction by Technology 2011-2015 (In thousands) 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Technology Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun* Dec Jun T ot al 206, 131 230, 201 243, 359 262, 564 284, 692 293, 397 311,284 321,305 341,648 Tot al Fixed 86, 575 88, 317 89, 945 92, 511 93, 986 96, 032 95,998 97,810 99,686 aDSL 31, 611 31, 330 31, 173 30, 974 30, 657 30, 690 29,873 28,527 28,194 sDSL 159 148 139 132 117 108 96 85 76 Other W irel i ne 1 778 795 770 796 769 772 792 723 701 Cable Modem 46, 698 48, 263 49, 664 51, 646 52, 760 54, 009 54,011 56,301 57,850 FTTP 2 5, 477 5, 898 6, 300 6, 733 7, 250 7, 745 8,326 9,180 9,768 Sat ell i t e 1, 204 1, 190 1, 217 1, 454 1, 623 1, 849 1,964 2,006 2,058 Fixed W irel es s 649 693 682 777 810 858 935 988 1,040 Mobil e W irel es s 119, 556 141, 883 153, 414 170, 053 190, 706 197, 365 215,286 223,495 241,962 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 (s e e Tech ni cal Not es) . 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 T ech ni cal N ote s ). Som e pr evi o usl y - pu b l i shed d ata 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. Figure 14 Connections by Technology as of June 30, 2015 aD S L 8.3% FT T P 2.9% C able M o dem 16.9% M o bi le W i reless 70.8% A ll Other 1.1% 19 Figure 15 Residential Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction by Technology 2011-2015 (In thousands) 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Technology Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun* Dec Jun T ot al 171, 773 186, 516 196, 665 215, 817 235, 273 246, 797 264,343 273,950 291,919 Tot al Fixed 78, 906 80, 706 82, 217 84, 392 85, 277 87, 599 87,360 89,196 91,059 aDSL 27, 754 27, 758 27, 632 27, 391 26, 869 27, 248 26,678 25,603 25,265 sDSL 52 54 49 50 43 39 30 22 17 Other W irel i ne 1 45 40 14 34 22 22 57 59 52 Cable Modem 44, 480 45, 832 47, 033 48, 716 49, 494 50, 709 50,389 52,467 54,023 FTTP 2 5, 118 5, 521 5, 892 6, 270 6, 732 7, 176 7,617 8,368 8,897 Sat ell i t e 885 886 998 1, 242 1, 407 1, 643 1,760 1,803 1,875 Fixed W irel es s 572 616 600 689 710 763 829 874 929 Mobil e W irel es s 92, 867 105, 810 114, 448 131, 425 149, 996 159, 197 176,983 184,754 200,859 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 (s e e Tech ni cal Not es) . 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 T ech ni cal N ote s ). Som e pr evi o usl y - pu b l i shed d ata 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. Figure 16 Residential Connections by Technology as of June 30, 2015 aD S L 8.7% FT T P 3.0% C able M o dem 18.5% M o bi le W i reless 68.8% A ll Other 1.0% 20 Figure 17 Fixed Connections at Least 3 Mbps Downstream and 768 kbps Upstream by Technology 2011-2015 (In thousands) 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Technology Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun* Dec Jun T ot al 48, 577 51, 097 57, 243 64, 657 68, 673 78, 175 78,981 83,872 87,556 aDSL 8, 909 10, 351 12, 875 13, 108 14, 233 18, 540 17,246 18,557 19,319 sDSL 16 26 30 33 34 36 33 28 24 Other W irel i ne 1 204 228 239 276 284 308 310 308 297 Cable Modem 34, 113 34, 699 37, 798 44, 133 46, 014 50, 236 51,304 53,853 55,978 FTTP 2 5, 188 5, 606 6, 001 6, 430 6, 981 7, 486 8,111 8,974 9,580 Sat ell i t e # # 87 394 791 1, 181 1,424 1,558 1,690 Fixed W irel es s 145 186 214 284 337 388 553 594 669 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 techn ol o g y c ate go ri es an d o th er re por ti ng re qui r em en ts. 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 (s e e Tech ni cal Not es) . # = 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 T ech ni cal N ote s). Som e pr evi o us l y - pu b l i shed dat a m a y hav e b ee n r evi se d. Fi gu res m a y no t sum t o t otal s d ue t o rou ndi ng. Figure 18 Residential Fixed Connections at Least 3 Mbps Downstream and 768 kbps Upstream by Technology 2011-2015 (In thousands) 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Technology Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun* Dec Jun T ot al 45, 263 47, 427 53, 070 59, 914 63, 342 72, 476 73,042 77,540 81,013 aDSL 7, 909 9, 274 11, 563 11, 669 12, 666 16, 715 15,673 16,867 17,536 sDSL 4 12 12 13 13 13 7 2 1 Other W irel i ne 1 15 16 7 20 21 20 45 50 45 Cable Modem 32, 321 32, 693 35, 583 41, 561 43, 061 47, 258 47,924 50,308 52,371 FTTP 2 4, 894 5, 271 5, 632 6, 012 6, 504 6, 958 7,491 8,246 8,789 Sat ell i t e 0 # 86 393 788 1, 177 1,419 1,552 1,682 Fixed W irel es s 121 161 185 245 289 335 483 516 588 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 techn ol o g y c ate go ri es an d o th er re por ti ng re qui r em en ts. 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 (s e e Tech ni cal Not es) . # = 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 T ech ni cal N ote s ). Som e pr evi o usl y - pu b l i shed dat a m a y hav e b ee n r evi se d. Fi gu res m a y no t sum t o t otal s d ue t o rou ndi ng. 21 1 Figure 19 Fixed Connections at Least 10 Mbps Downstream and 1 Mbps Upstream by Technology 2014-2015 (In thousands) 2014 2015 Technology Jun* Dec Jun Total 63,849 68,009 72,387 aDSL 7,573 8,310 9,141 sDSL 9 6 8 Other Wireline1 169 183 182 Cable Modem 47,296 49,839 52,708 FTTP2 7,615 8,341 8,830 Satellite 1,016 1,137 1,298 Fixed Wireless 170 192 219 1 Power Line and Other are summarized with Other Wireline to maintain firm confidentiality. See Technical Notes at the end of the report for a description of Form 477 technology categories and other reporting requirements. 2 Fiber to the premises. * The June 2014 data have not been subjected to the typical quality checks (see Technical Notes). # = Rounds to zero. The Commission approved changes to the Form 477 in June 2013 that affect the data beginning in June 2014 (see Technical Notes). Figures may not sum to totals due to rounding. Revised October 13, 2016. Figure 20 Fixed Connections at Least 10 Mbps Downstream and 1 Mbps Upstream by Technology as of June 30, 2015 aDSL 12.6% FTTP 12.2% Cable Modem 72.8% All Other 2.4% 22 2 Figure 21 Residential Fixed Connections at Least 10 Mbps Downstream and 1 Mbps Upstream by Technology in 2015 (In thousands) 2014 2015 Technology Jun* Dec Jun Total 59,751 63,522 67,625 aDSL 7,035 7,741 8,462 sDSL 3 # # Other Wireline1 33 36 38 Cable Modem 44,480 46,767 49,526 FTTP2 7,044 7,679 8,114 Satellite 1,014 1,133 1,293 Fixed Wireless 142 166 190 1 Power Line and Other are summarized with Other Wireline to maintain firm confidentiality. See Technical Notes at the end of the report for a description of Form 477 technology categories and other reporting requirements. 2 Fiber to the premises. * The June 2014 data have not been subjected to the typical quality checks (see Technical Notes). # = Rounds to zero. The Commission approved changes to the Form 477 in June 2013 that affect the data beginning in June 2014 (see Technical Notes). Figures may not sum to totals due to rounding. Revised October 13, 2016. Figure 22 Residential Fixed Connections at Least 10 Mbps Downstream and 1 Mbps Upstream by Technology as of June 30, 2015 aDSL 12.5% FTTP 12.0% Cable Modem 73.2% All Other 2.3% 23 Figure 23 Fixed Connections at Least 25 Mbps Downstream and 3 Mbps Upstream by Technology 2014-2015 (In thousands) 2014 2015 Technology Jun* Dec Jun T ot al 35,927 42,390 48,323 aDSL 420 598 756 sDSL 2 2 1 Other W irel i ne 1 114 125 125 Cable Modem 30,769 36,095 40,652 FTTP 2 4,603 5,542 6,742 Sat ell i t e # # # Fixed W irel es s 19 28 47 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 (s e e Tech ni cal Not es) . # = 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 T ech ni cal N ote s). Figu re s m a y not sum t o to tal s du e t o ro undi ng. Figure 24 Fixed Connections at Least 25 Mbps Downstream and 3 Mbps Upstream by Technology as of June 30, 2015 FT T P 14.0% C able M o dem 84.1% A ll Other 1.9% 24 Figure 25 Residential Fixed Connections at Least 25 Mbps Downstream and 3 Mbps Upstream by Technology in 2015 (In thousands) 2014 2015 Technology Jun* Dec Jun T ot al 34,439 40,595 46,086 aDSL 397 566 723 sDSL # # # Other W irel i ne 1 22 26 26 Cable Modem 29,806 34,914 39,089 FTTP 2 4,201 5,068 6,209 Sat ell i t e 0 0 0 Fixed W irel es s 14 22 40 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 (s e e Tech ni cal Not es) . # = 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 T ech ni cal N ote s). Figu re s m a y not sum t o to tal s du e t o ro undi ng. Figure 26 Residential Fixed Connections at Least 25 Mbps Downstream and 3 Mbps Upstream by Technology as of June 30, 2015 FT T P 13.5% C able M o dem 84.8% A ll Other 1.7% 25 Figure 27 Residential Fixed Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction 2011-2015 (Shares of selected technologies) d ata may 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 T e c hnic al No te s ). S o m e p re vio us ly-p ub lis he d * 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 (s e e T e c hnic al No te s ). aD S L C able M o dem FT T P A ll Other Fi xed 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 5 9 . 3 3 . 2 9 . 8 2 7 . 7 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 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 J un 2 0 1 5 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 4 0 0 0 J un 2 0 1 1 to J un 2 0 1 2 J un 2 0 1 2 to J un 2 0 1 3 J un 2 0 1 3 to J un 2 0 1 4 J un 2 0 1 4 to J un 2 0 1 5 Figure 28 Residential Fixed Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction 2011-2015 (Net adds for selected technologies) aD S L C able M o dem FT T P - 122 - 762 - 191 - 1413 2553 2461 895 3635 773 840 885 1280 26 Figure 29 Residential Fixed Connections by Technology as of June 30, 2015 (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 7 . 7 5 9 . 3 9 . 8 3 . 2 2 1 . 6 6 4 . 6 1 0 . 8 2 . 9 1 2 . 5 7 3 . 2 1 2 . 0 2 . 3 8 4 . 8 1 3 . 5 9 6 . 3 3 . 3 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 A t le as t 1 0 0 Mb p s d o wns tre am and at le as t 1 0 Mb p s up s tre am Connect ions 91, 059 81, 013 67, 625 46, 086 11, 272 27 Figure 30 Fixed Connections by Downstream Speed Tier and Technology as of June 30, 2015 (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, 698 2, 852 11, 932 10, 834 875 3 28, 194 sDS L 35 17 16 7 * * 76 Other W irel i ne 1 58 344 118 56 25 101 701 Cabl e Modem 196 768 4, 033 11, 009 30, 189 11, 654 57, 850 FTTP 49 88 614 2, 235 6, 249 533 9, 768 Sat el l it e 283 49 427 1, 298 * * 2,058 Fixed W irel ess 138 178 504 171 24 24 1,040 Tot al 2, 457 4, 295 17, 644 25, 611 37, 364 12, 315 99, 686 Perc ent ages aDS L 1. 7 2. 9 12. 0 10. 9 0. 9 0. 0 28. 3 sDS L 0. 0 0. 0 0. 0 0. 0 * * 0.1 Other W irel i ne 1 0. 1 0. 3 0. 1 0. 1 0. 0 0. 1 0. 7 Cabl e Modem 0. 2 0. 8 4. 0 11. 0 30. 3 11. 7 58. 0 FTTP 0. 0 0. 1 0. 6 2. 2 6. 3 0. 5 9. 8 Sat el l it e 0. 3 0. 0 0. 4 1. 3 * * 2.1 Fixed W irel ess 0. 1 0. 2 0. 5 0. 2 0. 0 0. 0 1. 0 Tot al 2. 5 4. 3 17. 7 25. 7 37. 5 12. 4 100. 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. * = Data 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. Sourc e: FCC Fo rm 4 77. 28 Figure 31 Residential Fixed Connections by Downstream Speed Tier and Technology as of June 30, 2015 (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, 585 2, 434 10, 373 10, 051 820 2 25, 265 sDS L 15 2 1 # * * 17 Other W irel i ne 1 1 3 10 12 7 19 52 Cabl e Modem 186 712 3, 486 9, 419 28, 784 11, 436 54, 023 FTTP 24 40 535 2, 056 5, 866 377 8, 897 Sat el l it e 136 24 421 1, 293 * * 1,875 Fixed W irel ess 124 165 449 149 21 21 929 Tot al 2, 071 3, 380 15, 275 22, 981 35, 498 11, 854 91, 059 Perc ent ages aDS L 1. 7 2. 7 11. 4 11. 0 0. 9 0. 0 27. 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. 2 0. 8 3. 8 10. 3 31. 6 12. 6 59. 3 FTTP 0. 0 0. 0 0. 6 2. 3 6. 4 0. 4 9. 8 Sat el l it e 0. 1 0. 0 0. 5 1. 4 * * 2.1 Fixed W irel ess 0. 1 0. 2 0. 5 0. 2 0. 0 0. 0 1. 0 Tot al 2. 3 3. 7 16. 8 25. 2 39. 0 13. 0 100. 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. Sourc e: FCC Fo rm 4 77. 29 Figure 32 Nationwide Number of Providers of Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction by Technology 2011-2015 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Technology Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun+ Dec Jun aDS L 867 867 860 865 852 851 794 792 791 s DS L 252 255 251 255 246 239 195 191 179 Ot her W irel i ne 1 265 274 258 262 246 245 270 245 241 Cabl e Modem 400 405 401 404 403 407 394 402 392 F T T P 579 621 642 666 692 744 878 906 928 S at el l it e 5 6 5 6 5 5 18 16 11 F i xed W irel ess 672 713 713 765 771 825 870 916 940 Mobi l e W irel es s 64 69 67 70 79 77 91 98 100 P ower Line and Ot her 4 5 * * 0 * - - - Tot al 1, 624 1, 687 1, 673 1, 722 1, 714 1, 773 1,813 1,865 1,870 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 (s ee Tec hni c al N otes ). 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 T ech ni cal N ote s ). Som e pr evi o usl y - pu b l i shed data m a y h ave be en revi sed . Figure 33 Nationwide Number of Providers of Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction Selected Technologies 2011-2015 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 Jun 2011 D ec 2011 Jun 2012 D ec 2012 Jun 2013 D ec 2013 Jun 2014 D ec 2014 Jun 2015 30 SECTION 3 SUMMARY STATISTICS: THE STATES Table of Contents Figur e 34 Res i denti al Fixed Connec tions and House hol ds by Sta te as of June 30, 2015 ................................ ................................................................ .. 32 Figur e 35 Connec ti ons by Type of End Use r by Stat e as of J une 30, 2015 ............................. 34 Figur e 36 Connec ti ons by Technol ogy by Sta t e as of J une 30, 2015 ................................ ...... 35 Figur e 37 Per cent age of Fixed Connect ions by Downstr ea m Speed by Sta te as of June 30, 2015 ................................................................ ................................ ........... 37 Figur e 38 Provi ders of Connect ions by Technol ogy by Sta t e as of J une 30, 2015 .................. 39 31 Figure 34 Residential Fixed Connections and Households by State as of June 30, 2015 (Connections and households, in thousands) At least 200 kbps in at least One Direction At least 10 Mbps Down and 1 Mbps Up At least 25 Mbps Down and 3 Mbps Up At least 100 Mbps Down and 10 Mbps Up State Households Connections Subscribership Ratio Connections Subscribership Ratio Connections Subscribership Ratio Connections Subscribership Ratio Al abam a 1, 842 1, 224 0. 66 819 0. 44 431 0. 23 25 0. 01 Alask a 252 200 0. 80 133 0. 53 * * * * Americ an Sam oa 10 * * 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 Arizona 2, 387 1, 909 0. 80 1,281 0. 54 1,033 0. 43 291 0. 12 Ark ansas 1, 132 709 0. 63 433 0. 38 227 0. 20 83 0. 07 Calif orni a 12, 617 10, 569 0. 84 8,222 0. 65 5,726 0. 45 1,955 0. 15 Colorado 1, 998 1, 731 0. 87 1,091 0. 55 1,028 0. 51 * * Connec t ic ut 1, 356 1, 104 0. 81 929 0. 69 743 0. 55 204 0. 15 Dela war e 339 308 0. 91 275 0. 81 * * * * Dis trict of Colum bi a 267 223 0. 84 187 0. 70 * * * * Florida 7, 218 6, 253 0. 87 4,942 0. 68 2,813 0. 39 430 0. 06 Georgia 3, 541 2, 693 0. 76 1,889 0. 53 1,281 0. 36 193 0. 05 Guam 42 * * * * * * 0 0.00 Ha waii 450 381 0. 85 371 0. 82 * * * * Idaho 585 437 0. 75 204 0. 35 148 0. 25 6 0.01 Illinois 4, 779 3, 598 0. 75 2,680 0. 56 1,869 0. 39 * * Indiana 2, 492 1, 751 0. 70 1,180 0. 47 678 0. 27 116 0. 05 Iowa 1, 232 885 0. 72 457 0. 37 82 0. 07 6 0.00 Kans as 1, 112 833 0. 75 567 0. 51 299 0. 27 85 0. 08 Kentuck y 1, 702 1, 168 0. 69 705 0. 41 206 0. 12 16 0. 01 Louis iana 1, 719 1, 176 0. 68 855 0. 50 553 0. 32 158 0. 09 Maine 553 454 0. 82 303 0. 55 90 0. 16 * * Maryland 2, 156 1, 797 0. 83 1,588 0. 74 1,377 0. 64 * * Mass ac hus et ts 2, 538 2, 222 0. 88 1,967 0. 77 1,826 0. 72 * * Mic higan 3, 828 2, 803 0. 73 2,139 0. 56 1,455 0. 38 * * Minnes ota 2, 115 1, 590 0. 75 1,009 0. 48 841 0. 40 10 0. 00 Miss iss ippi 1, 093 604 0. 55 371 0. 34 209 0. 19 31 0. 03 Miss ouri 2, 361 1, 672 0. 71 1,106 0. 47 616 0. 26 150 0. 06 Mont ana 408 307 0. 75 161 0. 39 * * * * Nebras k a 731 541 0. 74 340 0. 47 226 0. 31 29 0. 04 32 Figure 34 - Continued Residential Fixed Connections and Households by State as of June 30, 2015 (Connections and households, in thousands) At least 200 kbps in at least One Direction At least 10 Mbps Down and 1 Mbps Up At least 25 Mbps Down and 3 Mbps Up At least 100 Mbps Down and 10 Mbps Up State Households Connections Subscribership Ratio Connections Subscribership Ratio Connections Subscribership Ratio Connections Subscribership Ratio Nev ada 1, 006 818 0. 81 597 0. 59 456 0. 45 * * Ne w Ham ps hi r e 520 459 0. 88 365 0. 70 287 0. 55 * * Ne w Jers ey 3, 188 2, 840 0. 89 2,583 0. 81 2,440 0. 77 549 0. 17 Ne w Mexico 765 527 0. 69 237 0. 31 216 0. 28 64 0. 08 Ne w York 7, 256 5, 980 0. 82 5,338 0. 74 4,051 0. 56 615 0. 08 Nort h Carolina 3, 743 2, 802 0. 75 1,957 0. 52 798 0. 21 100 0. 03 Nort h Dak ot a 293 232 0. 79 178 0. 61 120 0. 41 12 0. 04 Nort hern Mariana Is l 16 * * 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 Ohio 4, 570 3, 395 0. 74 2,307 0. 50 754 0. 17 37 0. 01 Oklahom a 1, 450 973 0. 67 643 0. 44 376 0. 26 98 0. 07 Oregon 1, 523 1, 146 0. 75 786 0. 52 698 0. 46 * * Penns ylv ani a 4, 958 3, 821 0. 77 2,807 0. 57 2,470 0. 50 * * Puert o Ric o 1, 241 614 0. 49 * * 1 0.00 * * Rhode Is land 410 339 0. 83 323 0. 79 * * * * South Carolina 1, 796 1, 311 0. 73 964 0. 54 423 0. 24 16 0. 01 South Dak ot a 327 244 0. 75 187 0. 57 136 0. 42 * * Tennes see 2, 487 1, 690 0. 68 1,269 0. 51 957 0. 38 158 0. 06 Texas 9, 014 6, 743 0. 75 4,986 0. 55 2,649 0. 29 1,149 0. 13 Utah 896 760 0. 85 456 0. 51 394 0. 44 167 0. 19 Verm ont 257 217 0. 84 142 0. 55 115 0. 45 43 0. 17 Virgin Is lands 43 24 0. 54 * * * * * * Virginia 3, 042 2, 413 0. 79 1,980 0. 65 1,639 0. 54 358 0. 12 W ashington 2, 645 2, 166 0. 82 1,562 0. 59 1,461 0. 55 628 0. 24 W est Virginia 742 493 0. 66 310 0. 42 267 0. 36 * * W iscons i n 2, 293 1, 698 0. 74 1,179 0. 51 579 0. 25 4 0.00 W yom ing 226 170 0. 75 105 0. 46 * * # 0.00 Tot al 117,564 91, 059 0. 77 67, 625 0. 58 46, 086 0. 39 11, 272 0. 10 # = Round s to Zer o; * = D ata with hel d to m ai ntai n fi rm co nfi d enti al i t y. Note: Fig ur es m a y not sum t o t ot al s d ue to ro undi ng. Source s: FCC Fo rm 47 7 (C on nec ti ons ); 201 0- 20 14 ACS 5- ye a r e sti m ate s; Ce nsus 20 10 . 33 Figure 35 Connections by Type of End User by State as of June 30, 2015 (Connections over 200 kbps in at least one direction, in thousands) Connections Percentages State Residential Business Residential Business Total Al abam a 4, 182 531 88. 7 11. 3 4, 713 Alask a 727 115 86. 4 13. 6 841 Am eric an Sam oa * * * * * Arizona 5, 739 907 86. 3 13. 7 6, 647 Ark ansas 2, 529 345 88. 0 12. 0 2, 874 Calif orni a 36, 846 6, 642 84. 7 15. 3 43, 487 Colorado 5, 170 869 85. 6 14. 4 6, 038 Connec t ic ut 3, 498 614 85. 1 14. 9 4, 112 Dela war e 909 152 85. 7 14. 3 1, 061 Dis trict of Colum bi a 794 446 64. 0 36. 0 1, 240 Florida 17, 357 3, 139 84. 7 15. 3 20, 497 Georgia 8, 753 1, 450 85. 8 14. 2 10, 202 Guam 100 21 82. 6 17. 4 121 Ha waii 1, 417 185 88. 5 11. 5 1, 601 Idaho 1, 405 223 86. 3 13. 7 1, 628 Illinois 11, 878 2, 118 84. 9 15. 1 13, 996 Indiana 5, 673 807 87. 5 12. 5 6, 480 Iowa 2, 716 444 85. 9 14. 1 3, 160 Kans as 2, 480 450 84. 6 15. 4 2, 930 Kentuck y 4, 843 533 90. 1 9. 9 5, 376 Louis iana 4, 338 591 88. 0 12. 0 4, 930 Maine 1, 159 184 86. 3 13. 7 1, 343 Maryland 5, 636 972 85. 3 14. 7 6, 607 Mass ac hus et ts 6, 541 1, 193 84. 6 15. 4 7, 734 Mic higan 8, 244 1, 645 83. 4 16. 6 9, 889 Minnes ota 4, 972 913 84. 5 15. 5 5, 885 Miss iss ippi 2, 514 266 90. 4 9. 6 2, 780 Miss our i 5, 333 945 84. 9 15. 1 6, 279 Mont ana 893 121 88. 1 11. 9 1, 013 Nebras k a 1, 571 322 83. 0 17. 0 1, 894 Nev ada 2, 576 376 87. 2 12. 8 2, 952 Ne w Ham ps hi r e 1, 250 198 86. 4 13. 6 1, 448 Ne w Jers ey 9, 056 1, 665 84. 5 15. 5 10, 721 Ne w Mexico 1, 696 243 87. 5 12. 5 1, 939 Ne w York 18, 429 3, 339 84. 7 15. 3 21, 767 Nort h Carolina 8, 478 1, 431 85. 6 14. 4 9, 909 Nort h Dak ot a 701 125 84. 9 15. 1 826 Nort her n Mariana Is l * * * * * Ohio 10, 363 1, 684 86. 0 14. 0 12, 048 Ok lahom a 3, 427 526 86. 7 13. 3 3, 954 Oregon 3, 628 610 85. 6 14. 4 4, 238 Penns ylv ani a 11, 465 1, 825 86. 3 13. 7 13, 290 Puert o Ric o 2, 926 226 92. 8 7. 2 3, 152 Rhode Is land 968 160 85. 8 14. 2 1, 128 South Carolina 4, 087 564 87. 9 12. 1 4, 651 South Dak ot a 732 94 88. 6 11. 4 827 Tennes see 5, 610 890 86. 3 13. 7 6, 500 Texas 23, 772 4, 348 84. 5 15. 5 28, 120 Ut ah 2, 526 442 85. 1 14. 9 2, 968 Verm ont 571 97 85. 4 14. 6 668 Virgin Is lands 97 16 85. 8 14. 2 113 Virginia 7, 484 1, 426 84. 0 16. 0 8, 910 W ashington 6, 809 1, 158 85. 5 14. 5 7, 967 W est Virginia 1, 504 180 89. 3 10. 7 1, 685 W iscons i n 4, 939 881 84. 9 15. 1 5, 820 W yom ing 559 77 88. 0 12. 0 636 Tot al 291,919 49, 729 85. 4 14. 6 341,648 # = 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. 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Sourc e: FCC Fo rm 4 77. 34 Figure 36 Connections by Technology by State as of June 30, 2015 (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 529 3 * 702 26 * 4 3,373 4, 713 Alask a 78 1 2 * 3 * 7 602 841 Am eric an Sam oa 0 0 0 * * 0 * * * Arizona 635 # * 1,293 56 * 30 4,589 6, 647 Ark ans as 347 # * 349 14 * 5 2,101 2, 874 Cali f orni a 3, 931 13 * 6,450 915 * 58 31, 876 43, 487 Colorado 632 # * 1,038 108 * 56 4,148 6, 038 Connec t ic ut 28 * 5 915 * * * 2,911 4, 112 Delawa re * # 3 * * * 0 727 1,061 Dis t ric t of Colum bi a * * 7 * 41 * * 980 1,240 Flori da 1, 867 1 * 4,245 581 * 11 13, 664 20, 497 Georgi a 1, 150 1 * 1,632 76 * 1 7,244 10, 202 Guam * 0 * * * 0 0 82 121 Hawai i * 2 1 * 18 4 4 1,188 1, 601 Idaho 194 # * 202 29 * 37 1,150 1, 628 Illi nois 1, 281 3 * 2,452 43 * 63 10, 077 13, 996 Indi ana 666 1 * 1,040 87 * 42 4,580 6, 480 Iowa 345 1 * 444 112 * 32 2,193 3, 160 Kans as 282 # * 475 92 * 35 2,019 2, 930 Kent uck y 482 1 * 655 59 * 17 4,101 5, 376 Loui s i ana 438 # * 720 57 * 6 3,642 4, 930 Maine 135 2 * 342 7 * 4 839 1,343 Maryl and * 1 16 974 * * 2 4,653 6, 607 Mas s ac hus ett s * 1 22 1,694 * * 1 5,293 7, 734 Mic hi gan 874 4 * 1,992 14 * 43 6,844 9, 889 Minnes ot a 561 4 * 990 106 * 27 4,153 5, 885 Mis s is si ppi 317 * 2 290 6 * 2 2,107 2, 780 Mis s ouri 815 # * 787 97 * 33 4,459 6, 279 Mont ana 117 1 * 173 16 * 21 670 1, 013 Nebras k a 164 # * 360 38 * 21 1,299 1, 894 35 Figure 36 - Continued Connections by Technology by State as of June 30, 2015 (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 250 # * 608 8 * 13 2,059 2, 952 New Ham ps hi re 88 # * 394 19 * # 933 1,448 New Jers ey 266 1 29 1,949 * * # 7,584 10, 721 New Me xi c o 289 # * 238 15 * 19 1,359 1, 939 New York 584 6 39 4,506 * * 4 15, 136 21, 767 Nort h Carol i na 1, 014 # * 1,899 76 * 4 6,837 9, 909 Nort h Dak ot a 63 1 2 131 58 4 6 563 826 Nort hern Mari ana Is l * 0 0 * 0 0 0 * * Ohio 1, 144 1 * 2,316 109 * 39 8,367 12, 048 Ok lahom a 392 # * 547 27 * 35 2,885 3, 954 Oregon 317 1 * 831 52 * 18 2,983 4, 238 Penns yl vani a 798 2 24 2,488 * * 4 9,109 13, 290 Puert o Ric o * 0 * * 6 * 2 2,481 3, 152 Rhode Is land * # 2 * * * * 757 1,128 Sout h Carol i na 473 # * 837 66 * 2 3,223 4, 651 Sout h Dak ot a 58 * # 153 42 * 11 557 827 Tennes s ee 568 4 * 1,055 138 * 9 4,644 6, 500 Texas 2, 930 3 * 3,313 653 * 148 20, 785 28, 120 Ut ah 262 1 * 403 92 * 60 2,142 2, 968 Verm ont 94 # * 128 15 * 1 421 668 Virgi n Is lands * 0 * * * * * 81 113 Virgi ni a 389 1 * 1,339 793 * 14 6,262 8, 910 W ashi ngt on 530 1 * 1,645 89 * 20 5,618 7, 967 W est Virgi ni a * * 1 362 8 * 2 1,150 1, 685 W iscons i n 647 7 * 1,051 54 * 33 3,975 5, 820 W yom i ng 54 * 5 101 6 * 16 443 636 Tot al 28, 194 76 701 57, 850 9, 768 2, 058 1, 040 241, 962 341, 648 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. Sourc e: FCC Fo rm 4 77. 36 Figure 37 Percentage of Fixed Connections by Downstream Speed by State as of June 30, 2015 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 % at least 100 Mbps Downstream A l abam a 98. 5 90. 0 68. 9 37. 6 2.3 Alask a 95. 8 84. 9 63. 0 19. 9 8.1 Am eric an Sam oa * * * * * Arizona 99. 3 94. 0 79. 4 52. 0 14. 5 Ark ans as 98. 8 89. 0 63. 8 32. 4 13. 8 Calif orni a 99. 5 94. 9 75. 4 51. 5 17. 4 Colorado 99. 7 92. 3 78. 0 56. 8 24. 0 Connec t ic ut 99. 9 97. 5 83. 2 65. 6 17. 5 Delawa re 99. 7 97. 1 88. 1 75. 5 21. 7 Dis t ric t of Colum bi a 99. 6 94. 8 79. 9 72. 9 25. 6 Flori da 99. 3 94. 7 81. 5 52. 7 6.8 Georgi a 98. 6 92. 3 70. 4 46. 5 7.0 Guam * * * * * Hawai i 99. 9 98. 0 94. 9 34. 6 8.0 Idaho 99. 1 89. 6 62. 5 33. 1 1.3 Illinois 99. 5 94. 9 73. 8 50. 8 11. 7 Indiana 99. 1 92. 4 68. 4 39. 5 6.4 Iowa 99. 0 88. 0 59. 9 20. 3 0.8 Kans as 99. 5 90. 9 68. 1 34. 6 11. 3 Kent uck y 97. 9 87. 7 60. 3 17. 2 1.5 Louis i ana 98. 6 91. 6 71. 8 45. 1 12. 8 Maine 98. 2 89. 4 64. 8 18. 9 1.7 Maryl and 99. 6 96. 3 86. 3 74. 0 19. 1 Mas s ac hus ett s 99. 7 96. 7 86. 9 78. 6 25. 0 Mic hi gan 99. 0 94. 6 75. 5 50. 3 6.0 Minnes ot a 99. 5 91. 3 73. 3 52. 3 1.0 Mis s is si ppi 98. 0 87. 8 61. 6 33. 1 4.9 Mis s ouri 98. 9 90. 3 69. 8 37. 3 27. 0 Mont ana 99. 0 82. 9 57. 9 47. 1 0.7 Nebras k a 99. 2 92. 1 66. 8 39. 8 5.3 37 Figure 37 - Continued Percentage of Fixed Connections by Downstream Speed by State as of June 30, 2015 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 % at least 100 Mbps Downstream Nevada 99. 7 95. 9 81. 3 54. 3 9.0 New Ham ps hi re 98. 6 94. 1 77. 8 58. 6 23. 6 New Jers ey 99. 6 97. 0 89. 9 83. 5 18. 4 New Me xi c o 99. 2 87. 2 61. 9 38. 8 11. 4 New York 99. 3 95. 8 86. 9 65. 5 10. 1 Nort h Carol i na 99. 1 90. 8 73. 5 27. 6 3.4 Nort h Dak ot a 99. 8 94. 5 77. 6 52. 7 5.6 Nort hern Mari ana Is l * * * * * Ohio 99. 5 90. 3 68. 1 21. 5 1.2 Oklahom a 99. 3 93. 3 65. 3 36. 8 9.5 Oregon 99. 4 91. 5 76. 3 59. 3 21. 6 Penns yl vani a 99. 5 93. 3 74. 8 62. 8 18. 2 Puert o Ric o 99. 9 68. 3 30. 3 3.6 0.2 Rhode Is land 99. 5 97. 9 92. 3 76. 1 7.6 Sout h Carol i na 99. 0 91. 6 73. 5 31. 9 1.3 Sout h Dak ot a 99. 4 93. 9 78. 1 55. 9 5.9 Tennes s ee 98. 7 93. 1 75. 2 54. 4 9.2 Texas 99. 5 93. 7 73. 0 37. 8 16. 4 Utah 99. 7 93. 8 73. 3 49. 9 20. 8 Verm ont 97. 6 90. 8 63. 9 49. 0 18. 1 Virgi n Is lands 99. 9 82. 8 13. 5 * * Virgi ni a 99. 3 94. 7 81. 0 64. 6 14. 3 W ashi ngt on 99. 4 93. 3 78. 8 65. 2 27. 7 W est Virgi ni a 96. 6 89. 6 60. 7 51. 0 36. 0 W iscons i n 99. 0 89. 5 71. 8 33. 4 0.6 W yom i ng 99. 2 86. 5 67. 2 49. 3 0.4 Tot al 99. 3 93. 2 75. 5 49. 8 12. 4 38 Figure 38 Providers of Connections by Technology by State as of June 30, 2015 (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 28 10 * 21 35 * 21 6 84 Alask a 14 5 9 * 6 * 10 7 31 Am eric an Sam oa 0 0 0 * * 0 * * * Arizona 25 6 * 16 27 * 36 7 94 Ark ans as 22 4 * 18 26 * 16 4 66 Cali f orni a 39 12 * 30 48 * 76 6 162 Colorado 37 9 * 16 45 * 49 10 128 Connec t ic ut 11 * 18 11 * * * 4 43 Delawa re * 4 13 * * * 0 4 27 Dis t ric t of Colum bi a * * 19 * 20 * * 4 39 Flori da 30 11 * 26 46 * 32 5 112 Georgi a 30 10 * 33 59 * 22 4 123 Guam * 0 * * * 0 0 4 4 Hawai i * 6 7 * 9 4 4 5 22 Idaho 23 4 * 16 27 * 29 10 70 Illi nois 59 13 * 19 63 * 71 9 172 Indi ana 39 11 * 13 49 * 53 5 111 Iowa 110 19 * 44 115 * 85 31 220 Kans as 33 13 * 28 50 * 45 9 107 Kent uck y 24 8 * 28 40 * 27 7 97 Loui s i ana 18 5 * 15 26 * 16 5 65 Maine 17 10 * 7 18 * 6 5 38 Maryl and * 9 31 15 * * 17 6 76 Mas s ac hus ett s * 8 29 11 * * 13 4 65 Mic hi gan 37 13 * 23 41 * 37 6 111 Minnes ot a 52 16 * 22 66 * 47 6 126 Mis s is si ppi 16 * 15 15 18 * 18 5 61 Mis s ouri 39 12 * 21 46 * 64 8 142 Mont ana 21 6 * 9 25 * 24 5 56 Nebras k a 33 5 * 21 41 * 34 8 87 39 Figure 38 - Continued Providers of Connections by Technology by State as of June 30, 2015 (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 19 8 * 9 23 * 14 7 66 New Ham ps hi re 14 8 * 7 20 * 4 5 42 New Jers ey 19 7 33 10 * * 9 4 61 New Me xi c o 23 7 * 10 20 * 24 9 63 New York 40 10 38 22 * * 23 4 103 Nort h Carol i na 27 8 * 28 41 * 19 7 90 Nort h Dak ot a 27 10 14 6 25 4 17 7 53 Nort hern Mari ana Is l * 0 0 * 0 0 0 * * Ohio 42 10 * 32 48 * 43 5 135 Ok lahom a 36 6 * 11 35 * 34 11 95 Oregon 41 11 * 14 44 * 35 6 98 Penns yl vani a 37 10 38 30 * * 23 8 113 Puert o Ric o * 0 * * 5 * 5 5 16 Rhode Is land * 5 12 * * * * 4 25 Sout h Carol i na 17 4 * 16 25 * 8 6 49 Sout h Dak ot a 24 * 10 6 29 * 23 8 65 Tennes s ee 26 9 * 23 37 * 23 7 90 Texas 63 20 * 38 76 * 112 11 226 Ut ah 20 9 * 11 23 * 28 8 75 Verm ont 11 5 * 7 17 * 4 5 36 Virgi n Is lands * 0 * * * * * 4 9 Virgi ni a 27 11 * 20 39 * 33 7 103 W ashi ngt on 30 11 * 24 41 * 49 6 110 W est Virgi ni a * * 14 16 13 * 8 7 50 W iscons i n 46 12 * 23 57 * 44 10 122 W yom i ng 16 * 13 5 15 * 24 8 48 Tot al 791 179 241 392 928 11 940 100 1, 870 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. Sourc e: FCC Fo rm 4 77. 40 SECTION 4 SUMMARY STATISTICS: COUNTIES AND CENSUS TRACTS Table of Contents Figur e 39 Distr i buti on of Count i es by Rat i o of Resi denti al Fixed Connec ti ons over 200 kbps in at Least One Direct i on to Count y House hol ds as of June 30, 2015 .................... 42 Figur e 40 Distr i buti on of Count i es by Rat i o of Resi denti al Fixed Connec ti ons over 200 kbps in at Least One Direct i on to Count y House hol ds by Technol ogy as of June 30, 2015 ................................ ................................................................ .. 43 Figur e 41 Distr i buti on of Census Tract s by Rati o of Resi dent ial Fixed Connect i ons over 2 00 kbps in at Least One Direc ti on to Tract House hol ds as of J une 30, 2015 ............... 44 Figur e 42 Distr i buti on of Census Tract s by Rati o of Resi dent ial Fixed Connect i ons over 200 kbps in at Least One Dir ecti on to Trac t House hol ds by Technology as of June 30, 2015 ................................ ................................................................ .. 45 Figur e 43 Per cent age of Devel oped Cens us Blocks wit h Resi denti al Fixed Connecti ons by Technol ogy as of J une 30, 2015 ................................ ................................ .............. 46 Figur e 44 Distr i buti on of Count i es by Rat i o of Resi denti al Fixed Connec ti ons to Count y House hol ds by Stat e as of June 30, 2015 ................................................................ 47 Figur e 45 Distr i buti on of Census Tract s by Rati o of Resi dent ial Fixed Connect i ons to Trac t House hol ds by Stat e as of June 30, 2015 ................................................................ 49 41 Figure 39 Distribution of Counties by Ratio of Residential Fixed Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction to County Households as of June 30, 2015 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 5 Ratio of Residential Fixed Connections to County Households 5 1 2 4 9 21 54 77 151 218 290 382 434 449 366 276 172 158 84 80 42 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 June 30, 2015 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 0.9 4.5 6.7 27.4 29.2 18.3 8.3 2.9 1.5 0.2 0.1 sDS L 85.9 13.8 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 90.6 9.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Cabl e Mode m 11.5 7.8 6.8 16.1 15.6 14.8 12.4 9.3 4.9 0.5 0.2 FTTP 39.2 38.4 6.6 6.8 3.2 2.2 1.6 0.9 1.0 0.1 0.0 Satel l i t e 0.9 62.7 24.4 10.5 1.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fi x ed W irel e ss 30.4 51.7 10.4 5.6 1.2 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Total 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.9 4.1 11.4 20.8 47.2 13.6 1.6 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. 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 . 43 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 June 30, 2015 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 7 Ratio of Residential Fixed Connections to Tract Households 44 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 June 30, 2015 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 1.6 15.1 11.7 24.7 20.9 14.4 7.2 2.7 1.4 0.2 0.2 sDS L 97.7 2.3 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 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 4.9 3.1 2.0 5.2 10.2 16.0 18.8 16.8 17.9 3.9 1.2 FTTP 62.0 15.5 3.1 4.4 3.3 3.6 3.6 2.4 1.7 0.2 0.1 Satel l i t e 25.0 64.6 5.6 3.5 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fi x ed W irel e ss 76.9 18.1 2.3 1.8 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Total 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.5 1.2 3.1 6.2 10.1 33.8 36.2 7.9 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. 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 43 Percentage of Developed Census Blocks with Residential Fixed Service by Technology as of June 30, 2015 (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 28.5 68.3 2.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 sDS L 98.9 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Other W i rel i n e 1 97.1 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Cabl e Mode m 33.8 62.2 3.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 FTTP 85.2 14.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Satel l i t e 0.1 0.9 58.6 40.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fi x ed W irel e ss 62.2 24.4 9.3 3.5 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 aDS L and/o r Cabl e Mode m and/o r FT TP 15.4 24.6 52.2 6.9 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 Any Tec hn o l o g y 0.0 0.2 4.4 14.9 34.5 28.6 11.8 5.6 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 ail 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 . Sourc es: FCC Form 4 77 an d Ce ns us 2 010 . 46 Figure 44 Distribution of Counties by Ratio of Residential Fixed Connections to County Households by State as of June 30, 2015 (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 2 2 20 22 17 4 0 Alask a 29 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 3 11 6 1 Am eric an Sam oa 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arizona 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 10 2 0 Ark ans as 75 0 0 0 0 0 7 31 21 15 1 0 Cali f orni a 58 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 31 23 1 Colorado 64 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 6 25 17 11 Connec t ic ut 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 Delawa re 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 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 0 2 14 13 32 6 Georgi a 159 0 0 0 1 3 12 31 38 45 26 3 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 0 4 11 23 4 2 Illi nois 102 0 0 0 1 2 3 11 26 50 9 0 Indi ana 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 22 57 7 0 Iowa 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 77 3 1 Kans as 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 20 70 9 0 Kent uck y 120 0 0 0 0 1 4 15 39 58 3 0 Loui s i ana 64 0 0 0 0 1 7 12 13 28 3 0 Maine 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 8 0 Maryl and 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11 9 1 Mas s ac hus ett s 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 3 Mic hi gan 83 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 20 46 10 1 Minnes ot a 87 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 8 57 11 0 Mis s is si ppi 82 0 0 0 2 7 26 28 8 10 1 0 Mis s ouri 115 0 0 0 0 1 5 18 33 51 7 0 Mont ana 56 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 37 9 0 Nebras k a 93 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 27 48 2 0 47 Figure 44 - Continued Distribution of Counties by Ratio of Residential Fixed Connections to County Households by State as of June 30, 2015 (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 0 5 7 3 0 New Ham ps hi re 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 New Jers ey 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17 1 New Me xi c o 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 19 2 0 New York 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 39 16 2 Nort h Carol i na 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 21 53 15 3 Nort h Dak ot a 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 35 12 0 Nort hern Mari ana Is l 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 Ohio 88 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15 62 8 0 Ok lahom a 77 0 0 0 0 1 7 18 21 24 5 1 Oregon 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 22 7 1 Penns yl vani a 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 46 13 1 Puert o Ric o 78 0 0 0 0 7 13 29 25 4 0 0 Rhode Is land 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 Sout h Carol i na 46 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 9 19 4 1 Sout h Dak ot a 66 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15 39 8 2 Tennes s ee 95 0 0 0 0 1 4 17 39 30 4 0 Texas 254 0 0 0 0 0 6 35 76 115 21 1 Utah 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 12 3 Verm ont 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 0 Virgi n Is lands 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 Virgi ni a 133 0 0 0 1 1 10 16 24 55 23 3 W ashi ngt on 39 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 23 12 1 W est Virgi ni a 55 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 13 32 3 0 W iscons i n 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 60 7 0 W yom i ng 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 17 1 1 Tot al 3, 233 4 1 1 6 30 131 370 671 1525 441 53 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 ). 48 Figure 45 Distribution of Census Tracts by Ratio of Residential Fixed Connections to Tract Households by State as of June 30, 2015 (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 0 5 38 100 203 209 384 187 48 Alask a 167 1 0 0 2 8 6 4 7 57 70 12 Am eric an Sam oa 18 4 6 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 Arizona 1, 526 21 11 6 12 14 39 77 125 434 584 203 Ark ans as 686 2 0 1 7 27 71 144 121 202 94 17 Cali f orni a 8, 036 54 2 8 14 34 71 177 469 2, 310 4, 211 686 Colorado 1, 249 14 0 0 1 2 7 21 59 366 585 194 Connec t ic ut 829 2 0 0 0 0 7 19 56 251 438 56 Delawa re 215 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 13 53 104 41 Dis t ric t of Colum bi a 179 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 19 62 61 29 Flori da 4, 199 39 0 0 6 3 37 118 253 1, 170 1, 833 740 Georgi a 1, 964 10 2 0 9 32 97 163 263 591 634 163 Guam 56 5 1 1 5 3 1 5 7 5 7 16 Hawai i 326 12 1 0 4 3 5 7 14 90 141 49 Idaho 298 1 0 0 0 3 9 18 31 139 84 13 Illi nois 3, 121 7 2 4 11 32 89 250 373 1, 170 1, 075 108 Indi ana 1, 508 5 2 1 2 21 69 143 277 626 315 47 Iowa 825 3 0 1 0 1 6 34 123 513 130 14 Kans as 770 11 0 0 2 1 17 46 128 331 196 38 Kent uck y 1, 115 9 0 2 10 18 42 98 221 450 241 24 Loui s i ana 1, 136 11 0 2 3 23 85 143 178 423 233 35 Maine 351 0 0 0 2 3 2 3 19 160 116 46 Maryl and 1, 394 8 0 0 1 3 27 76 79 331 744 125 Mas s ac hus ett s 1, 471 13 0 1 1 2 1 11 52 364 862 164 Mic hi gan 2, 767 31 0 1 16 61 163 228 290 924 959 94 Minnes ot a 1, 335 4 0 2 11 13 36 58 120 558 491 42 Mis s is si ppi 661 4 1 2 14 50 134 134 87 161 64 10 Mis s ouri 1, 393 5 0 0 6 18 71 163 200 492 383 55 Mont ana 271 2 1 1 1 0 4 10 32 118 87 15 Nebras k a 532 3 0 0 0 0 6 35 80 258 107 43 49 Figure 45 - Continued Distribution of Census Tracts by Ratio of Residential Fixed Connections to Tract Households by State as of June 30, 2015 (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 2 1 5 19 27 64 199 281 80 New Ham ps hi re 294 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 65 183 39 New Jers ey 2, 004 10 0 0 0 2 3 7 36 465 1, 216 265 New Me xi c o 499 1 4 2 10 10 14 55 82 180 123 18 New York 4, 900 88 2 1 18 14 37 113 240 1, 754 2, 145 488 Nort h Carol i na 2, 183 19 2 2 1 9 49 175 291 859 604 172 Nort h Dak ot a 205 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 15 110 56 15 Nort hern Mari ana Is l 22 2 0 0 3 5 3 1 4 2 1 1 Ohio 2, 946 7 0 0 4 21 118 215 358 1, 249 872 102 Ok lahom a 1, 046 1 3 0 13 41 67 155 169 330 194 73 Oregon 827 2 0 0 1 3 6 41 96 386 254 38 Penns yl vani a 3, 217 25 1 3 3 8 24 106 314 1, 408 1, 152 173 Puert o Ric o 903 25 34 34 133 136 130 112 93 95 43 68 Rhode Is land 241 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 94 124 16 Sout h Carol i na 1, 097 10 0 1 2 25 62 126 180 346 251 94 Sout h Dak ot a 222 0 0 1 0 1 5 8 25 120 50 12 Tennes s ee 1, 497 22 1 2 9 29 104 172 291 502 308 57 Texas 5, 253 39 0 4 31 107 268 577 766 1, 536 1, 445 480 Ut ah 588 4 2 2 1 0 4 4 19 171 306 75 Verm ont 184 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 77 75 26 Virgi n Is lands 29 0 0 0 2 4 2 3 12 2 1 3 Virgi ni a 1, 895 24 1 0 5 25 70 113 189 448 796 224 W ashi ngt on 1, 446 4 0 0 5 4 14 30 68 524 683 114 W est Virgi ni a 484 0 1 2 6 14 20 44 87 215 77 18 W iscons i n 1, 393 3 1 0 3 2 22 74 132 744 386 26 W yom i ng 132 1 0 0 0 1 4 4 13 68 38 3 Tot al 73, 767 585 82 91 399 882 2, 251 4, 564 7, 462 24, 944 26, 700 5, 807 Note: Fig ur es m a y no t sum t o t otal s du e t o rou ndi n g. See Te chni cal N ot 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 SECTION 5 CORRELATED RESULTS: DEMOGRAPHIC MEASURES Table of Contents Figur e 46 Subscri ber shi p Rat io Dist ribut ions by Inco me De ci les as of June 30, 2015 ........... 52 Figur e 47 Subscri ber shi p Rat io Dist ribut ions by Densi t y De cil es as of June 30, 2015 ........... 53 Figur e 48 Subscri ber shi p Rat io Dist ribut ions by Share of Popul ati on wit h a Coll ege Degr ee (in Dec il es) as of June 30, 2015................................ ................................ ............... 54 Figur e 49 Subscri ber shi p Rat io Dist ribut ions by Aver age Age of Count y Populati on (in Dec il es) as of June 30, 2015................................ ................................ ............... 55 Figur e 50 Subscri b er shi p Rat io Dist ribut ions by Share of Whi te Alone (in Dec il es) as of June 30, 2015 ................................................................ ................................ ........... 56 Figur e 51 Subscri ber shi p Rat ios by Technol ogy and Tract Househol d Den sit y as of June 30, 2015 ................................................................ ................................ ........... 57 Figur e 52 Aver age Subsc ri ber shi p Rat i os by Inco me and House hol d Den sit y as of June 30, 2015 ................................................................ ................................ ........... 58 51 Max Q 1 Q 3 Median Min Figure 46 Subscribership Ratio Distributions by Income Deciles as of June 30, 2015 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 7 M e d i a n 0 . 4 7 0 . 5 5 0 . 5 5 0 . 5 9 0 . 5 9 0 . 6 1 0 . 6 1 0 . 6 4 0 . 6 4 0 . 6 6 0 . 6 6 0 . 6 8 0 . 6 7 0 . 7 0 0 . 7 1 0 . 7 5 0 . 7 4 0 . 8 3 0 . 8 5 52 Max Q 1 Q 3 Median Min Figure 47 Subscribership Ratio Distributions by Density Deciles as of June 30, 2015 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 5 M e d i a n 0 . 6 5 0 . 6 2 0 . 6 3 0 . 5 7 0 . 5 7 0 . 5 7 0 . 5 7 0 . 5 9 0 . 5 9 0 . 6 1 0 . 6 0 0 . 6 5 0 . 6 4 0 . 6 9 0 . 6 8 0 . 7 5 0 . 7 6 0 . 7 5 0 . 7 9 53 Max Q 1 Q 3 Median Min Figure 48 Subscribership Ratio Distributions by Share of Population with a College Degree (in Deciles) as of June 30, 2015 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 . 5 0 M e d i a n 0 . 5 0 0 . 5 4 0 . 5 5 0 . 5 6 0 . 5 7 0 . 5 9 0 . 6 1 0 . 6 3 0 . 6 3 0 . 6 5 0 . 6 6 0 . 6 7 0 . 6 8 0 . 7 1 0 . 7 1 0 . 7 6 0 . 7 7 0 . 8 4 0 . 8 6 54 Max Q 1 Q 3 Median Min Figure 49 Subscribership Ratio Distributions by Average Age of County Population (in Deciles) as of June 30, 2015 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 . 7 0 M e d i a n 0 . 7 2 0 . 6 9 0 . 7 1 0 . 6 4 0 . 6 4 0 . 6 2 0 . 6 3 0 . 6 2 0 . 6 2 0 . 6 2 0 . 6 3 0 . 6 1 0 . 6 1 0 . 6 2 0 . 6 2 0 . 6 4 0 . 6 4 0 . 6 8 0 . 6 7 55 Max Q 1 Q 3 Median Min Figure 50 Subscribership Ratio Distributions by Share White Alone (in Deciles) as of June 30, 2015 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 4 M e d i a n 0 . 5 3 0 . 6 1 0 . 5 9 0 . 6 6 0 . 6 8 0 . 6 9 0 . 6 9 0 . 6 9 0 . 6 8 0 . 6 8 0 . 6 7 0 . 6 7 0 . 6 8 0 . 6 5 0 . 6 5 0 . 6 4 0 . 6 4 0 . 6 1 0 . 6 0 56 Low est Densit y Highest Densit y Figure 51 Subscribership Ratios by Technology and Tract Household Density as of June 30, 2015 (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 57 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 June 30, 2015 (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 58 Technical Notes General 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. In June 2013, the Commission adopted several changes to Form 477.1 Detailed information about those changes and about the Form 477 reporting requirements in general is available at www.fcc.gov/form477. Due to technical difficulties in 2014 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. Because of that delay, the Commission staff were not able to perform their typical process of identifying anomalies or 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. 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. Wherever a number of providers is cited in this report, multiple Form 477 filers within a holding company structure count as one provider. “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, 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 1 Modernizing the FCC Form 477 Data Program , WC Docket No. 11-10, Report and Order, 28 FCC Rcd 9887 (2013). See also High-Speed Services for Internet Access: Status as of December 31, 2014 (March 2016) at 1-2, available at https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/reports/internet-access-services-reports/internet-access-services- reports. 59 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. 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 60 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). 61 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 62 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. 63 Customer Response Publication: Internet Access Services: Status as of June 30, 2015 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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