Broadband Subscribers by Technology
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GCI Says Timing of $120M Provisional BEAD Award Uncertain Amid Federal Review
The company reported 1,200 lost broadband subscribers in the quarter, for a total of 151,200 subscribers
Optimum Down 62,000 Subscribers, But Earnings Growth Returns
The network said it reached goals in fiber, mobile and video subscribers, while continuing to face debt challenges.
T-Mobile Launches AI-Powered Live Translate Built Into Calls
T-Mobile is expecting 15 million fixed wireless broadband customers by 2030. It had 558,000 net broadband additions in Q4.
Charter Broadband Losses Less Than Expected
Earnings call highlighted potential growth through Cox merger and plans to launch a new Wi-Fi product in Q1 of 2026
Verizon Subscriber Metrics Beat Expectations
The company increased its fiber expansion targets.
Comcast Down 181,000 Broadband Subs, in Line with Expectations
The cable operator updated its mobile contract with Verizon.
AT&T: On Track for 8 Million Fiber Locations This Year, 60 Million in 2030
Company adds 221,000 fixed wireless, 283,000 fiber subs in Q4 2025
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WOW! Shareholders Greenlight 1.5 Billion Dollar Take-Private Acquisition
Deal hands WOW! to investment firms DigitalBridge and Crestview amid rising fiber competition.
Cable Unlikely to Grow Subscribers This Decade: New Street
On the FWA front, MoffettNathanson estimates the service accounts for more than half the traffic on Verizon, T-Mobile networks.
Tucows Names New Ting CEO, Makes Progress on Sale
The company's broadband subscriber growth has been missing internal estimates.
Cable One Down 21,200 Broadband Subs
The company pointed to promotional roll offs and a billing system migration, plus stiff industry competition.
EchoStar Selling More Spectrum to SpaceX
SpaceX is buying unpaired AWS-3 licenses for $2.6 billion in stock.
Altice Down 58,000 Broadband Subs, Rebrands as Optimum
CEO said on quarterly earnings call that competition from fixed wireless and fiber providers was fierce.
WOW! Down 4,900 Broadband Subs
Improvement in broadband industry net ads was largely driven by fixed wireless, analysts said.
Charter Loses 109,000 Broadband Subscribers
The cable giant said competition from fixed wireless and fiber isn’t letting up.
Comcast Adds Record 414,000 Wireless Lines
New pricing helped improve broadband losses, but pushed average revenue per user down.
Verizon Fixed Wireless Adds Continue to Slow
New CEO Dan Schulman sought to dispel concerns of a potential price war in mobile.
Frontier Adds 133,000 Fiber Subs
The fiber operator's $20 billion acquisition by Verizon is awaiting final regulatory approval.
T-Mobile Adds 506,000 Fixed Wireless Subs
The company also added 54,000 fiber subscribers, in addition to 755,000 absorbed from Metronet.
AT&T Adds 270,000 Fixed Wireless, 288,000 Fiber Subs
The company said it was already deploying EchoStar spectrum through a leasing arrangement.
Quarterly Numbers By Technology Type for Breakfast Club Members
The bottom table shows each of the public broadband providers, as well as their fiber, cable, DSL and fixed wireless subscribers at the end of Q2 - by technology type.
WideOpenWest Taken Private in $1.5 Billion Deal
Shareholders will be compensated $5.20 a share, as telecommunications provider posts revenue of $144.2 million
Bell Canada: Ziply Counts 375,000 Fiber Subs
The Northwest ISP is expected to hit 2 million fiber passings by 2028.
Quarterly Numbers, and Other Charts, for Breakfast Club Members
Broadband Breakfast is tracking wireline and wireless broadband subscribers by technology.
Altice Down 35,000 Broadband Subscribers
The company was optimistic losses would stabilize.
Winfrey Buys $1 Million of Charter Shares
The cable giant's stock took a hit last week after worse than expected broadband subscriber losses.
EchoStar Launching LEO Service, FCC Talks Ongoing
The company also added 212,000 mobile subscribers in the second quarter.
Cable One Testing Mobile Service
The cable operator lost 13,500 broadband subscribers in the second quarter.
Lumen Reports Over $900M in Q2 Losses
Some investors panic even as most losses come from special items.
Comcast Down 226,000 Broadband Subs
The company posted its highest mobile gains ever with 378,000 new lines.
Charter Down 117,000 Broadband Subs
That's more losses than Wall Street had expected.
T-Mobile Up 454,000 Fixed Wireless Subs
CEO Mike Sievert said the carrier wasn't interested in a consumer MVNO deal with the cable giants.
AT&T Adds Over 200K Internet Air Customers in Q2
Fiber base also grows by 243K as company ramps up investments
Verizon’s Fixed Wireless Adds Miss Expectations
The carrier's 278,000 fixed wireless additions were its lowest since 2022.
Altice USA Down 37,000 Broadband Subs
Cable losses have contributed to a slower overall broadband market in 2025.
WOW! Down 4,500 Broadband Subs, Liberty’s GCI Down 900
WOW! added 2,900 subscribers from its expansion fiber builds.
Lumen Adds 39,000 Fiber Customers As Legacy Losses Persist
Company pivots toward hyperscaler market with Google Cloud deal.
Frontier Adds 107,000 Fiber Subs, More Than Expected
The company's fiber footprint passed 8 million locations.
Charter Loses 60,000 Internet Subs in Q1
ISP plans to add 450,000 new subsidized rural passings by the end of 2025.
T-Mobile Pushes Toward 15M Homes Passed with Fiber
Company closing in on second major fiber acquisition: Metronet.
Comcast Down 199,000 Broadband Subs
The company said it was making an effort to address consumer frustration on pricing.
AT&T Passes 29.5M Fiber Locations in Q1
Company added 261,000 fiber subs in the first quarter.
Verizon Says Buildouts Safe From Tariffs
The carrier posted its worst ever postpaid phone losses after price hikes.
Breezeline Down 5,000 Broadband Subscribers
Breezeline is the eighth largest cable operator in the U.S., with just under 1 million subscribers.
Crown Castle Selling Fiber, Small Cell Businesses for $8.5 Billion
The company will hang on to its 40,000 towers.
WOW! Reports 10,200 Lost Subs
The company received a buyout offer from private equity firms last year and is still evaluating the deal.
Cable One Loses 4,200 Subs, Liberty’s GCI Down 700
Alaska-based GCI is set to be spun off this summer as Charter proceeds with its Liberty acquisition.
Frontier Adds 97,000 Fiber Subs
The company is being acquired by Verizon.
TDS Targeting 1.8 Million FIber Passings
The company is selling off its mobile business and spectrum holdings.
Shentel Reports 5,900 Broadband Adds, Revenue Misses
The company is aiming to hit 600,000 fiber passings by 2027.
Altice USA Loses 39,000 Broadband Subscribers
The cable operator has 3 million fiber passings, and is planning to deploy fiber to another 175,000 locations in 2025.
Lumen Adds 42,000 Fiber Subs in Q4
The company didn't provide an update on efforts to sell its consumer fiber business.
Charter Reports 177,000 Broadband Sub Loss in Q4
The number missed expectations but was better than what Comcast reported Thursday.
Comcast to Lean Into Wireless Amid Broadband Losses
The company shed 139,000 broadband subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2024.
T-Mobile Plans 6 Million New Customers in 2025
T-Mobile accelerates growth with major mergers, fiber expansion, and satellite connectivity push.
AT&T to Start Copper Retirement Process at 25 Percent of Wire Centers
CEO John Stankey said the company will submit necessary FCC filings in the coming weeks.
Verizon's Fixed Wireless Plateau a 'Riddle': Analyst
The company said it's still on track to hit 8 million fixed wireless subscribers by 2028.
Chart of Mobile Subscribers
Broadband Breakfast is tracking mobile subscriptions.
Chart of Mobile Prepaid Subscribers
Broadband Breakfast is tracking mobile prepaid subscriptions.
Chart of Mobile Postpaid Subscribers
Broadband Breakfast is tracking mobile postpaid subscribers.
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Comcast Forecasting 100K Broadband Subscriber Losses in Q4
The prediction was worse than Wall Street had been expecting.
Frontier Adds 108,000 Fiber Subs in Q3
Frontier shareholders are set to vote on Verizon's bid to buy the company next week.
Consolidated Reports 18,000 New Fiber Subs in Q3
The company's deal to be acquired by Searchlight Capital is still pending.
Altice USA Loses 50,000 Broadband Subscribers in Q3
Larger cable companies had reported fewer than expected losses.
Ting Internet Makes Deep Staff Cuts
Firm trying to generate net income, positive EBITDA.
Charter Broadband Losses Better Than Expected
The company said it would have reported positive gains if not for ACP impact.
Comcast’s Broadband Subscribers Dip, While Revenue Climbs in Q3
Comcast execs prepare for fiber competition with network upgrades and expansion.
After Merger, T-Mobile Gets to Keep 800 MegaHertz Spectrum
The company's auction ended without a qualifying bid, executives said.
AT&T Open to Tenants in its Fiber Footprint, Fixed Wireless Adds Level Off
CEO John Stankey said taking the company's own infrastructure open access in the future was 'entirely possible.'
Verizon Doubles Fixed Wireless Targets, Plans More Than 35M Fiber Passings
The company should have 30 million passings by 2028, by virtue of buying Frontier and continuing Verizon expansion.
Verizon to Buy $1 Billion of UScellular Spectrum
The price is higher than analysts expected, New Street said.
Q2 Broadband Numbers: Wirelines ISPs Slipped, Fixed Wireless Access Gained
Wireline broadband experienced notable churn in Q2 as subscribers shifted to fiber and fixed wireless technologies.
TDS Telecom’s Fiber Strategy Yields 2,100 New Broadband Subs in Q2
Fiber additions were offset by the loss of customers served by cable and copper Internet technologies.
Altice USA Lost 51,000 Broadband Subs in Q2
Seasonal university disconnects and the sunset of ACP are principal causes, Altice said
T-Mobile's Fixed Wireless Internet Continues to Add Customers
‘Our customers love this product,’ says T-Mobile CEO
Charter Lost 149,000 Broadband Subs in the Second Quarter
'The cell phone companies will face challenges as a customer bandwidth demands continue to grow," Charter's CEO said.
AT&T’s Fixed Wireless Access Shows Solid Growth In Second Quarter
The company saw modest impacts from the end of the ACP.
Comcast Lost 120,000 Broadband Subs in Second Quarter
The company expects to feel most of the impact of the ACP's sunset next quarter.
Verizon Reports Drop in Prepaid Subscribers After ACP Sunset
The company also saw fewer new fiber customers, but expects the 400,000 prepaid disconnects were the worst of the impact.
WOW! Changes Stem Broadband Subscriber Defections
In Q1, 'we exceeding our expectations' and are making substantial improvements in stabilizing subscribers, said WOW! CEO Teresa Elder.
Altice USA Loses 30,000 Broadband Subs in Q1
Altice Chairman and CEO: 'The competition is fiercer than ever, but our ability to compete continues to improve every day.'
Lumen Hits Fiber High, Despite Q1 Loss of Legacy Customers
The legacy copper provider has secured 25% market share in fiber-based broadband services.
T-Mobile Announces Key Fiber and Wireless Acquisitions
T-Mobile continues to outpace Verizon and AT&T in the home broadband sector with the planned acquisition of established fiber operator, Lumos.
Comcast Forecasts Continued Customer Declines Amid Affordable Connectivity Program End
Comcast reps said Thursday they do not foresee immediate improvement in the declining trend of cable internet subscribers.
AT&T FWA Subscribers Surpass Expectations
The company also reported low mobile churn despite network outages and a data breach.
Verizon’s Fixed Wireless Growth Slows in the First Quarter
The company added 354,000 fixed wireless subscribers in the most recent quarter, leaving the company with 3.4 million such customers overall
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A Deep Dive into the BEAD Program’s Matching Funds
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Precursors to BEAD Implementation: A Deep Dive Into Prior Broadband Programs
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A Deep Dive into Allocations Under the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program
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Impacts of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022
When President Biden talks about his economic program, the CHIPS Act is the star of the show.
Revisiting the NTIA's Middle Program Ahead of Funding Announcements
The NTIA is on the cusp of announcing the award winners to the states by June 30, 2023.
Green Energy Provisions Meet Smart Grid and Broadband Infrastructure
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Content Moderation, Section 230 and the Future of Online Speech
Our comprehensive report examines the extremely timely issue of content moderation and Section 230 from multiple angles.
What to Know About Build America, Buy America Provisions in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Will providers be required to use equipment that is not readily available within the United States?
What You Need to Know About the FCC’s Maps and the Challenge Process
The Broadband Breakfast Report for January 2023 lays out the things to know about the challenge process.
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Chart of States' Planned BEAD Deployment by Technology
Broadband Breakfast is tracking planned BEAD connections by technology
