Study: 360,000 new broadband subscriptions in 2Q 2015

A Leichtman Research Group (LRG) study found that in the second quarter of 2015 the country’s largest cable and telephone companies added 360,000 new high-speed Internet subscriptions. The total broadband subscriptions is now almost 88.9 million – “with top cable companies having about 53.5 million broadband subscribers, and top telephone companies having 35.4 million subscribers.”

Cable companies added about 510,000 subscribers in 2Q of 2015. Comcast added 179,000 subscriptions and Time Warner Cable added 189,000 subscriptions. The study also found that, although the “telephone companies” lost 474,000 DSL subscribers, AT&T’s U-verse and Verizon’s FiOS broadband subscriptions now account for 56% broadband services provided by telecos, an increase from 42% in 2013. AT&T lost 136,000 broadband subscribers and Verizon lost 25,000. Frontier added 29,000 subscribers.

LRG’s breakdown of the study:

About 360,000 added broadband in 2Q 2015 (Leichtman Research Group, Aug. 18, 2015)