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Is Broadband's ‘Price War’ Real? Not Everyone Agrees.

Industry filings to the FCC offer competing views on whether consumers are benefiting from broadband competition.

Georgina Mackie

Georgina Mackie

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Is Broadband's ‘Price War’ Real? Not Everyone Agrees.
Photo of workers installing fiber optic cable from Brookings Institute.

WASHINGTON, May 22, 2026 – Wireline operators say broadband is in a price war. Broadband policy advocates say prices are rising. Both filed comments with the FCC this week.

Dozens of comments filed Thursday will inform the FCC's 2026 Communications Marketplace Report, a congressionally mandated assessment of competition across broadband, wireless, video, satellite, and audio markets.

ACA Connects, which represents smaller cable operators, said multiple members described today's broadband market as being “in the middle of a price war” driven by competition from fiber, cable, fixed wireless, and low-earth orbit satellite providers.

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