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Communications Research
Evidence-based analysis of US broadband markets for operators and analysts.
- 392
- metros in the Market Explorer
- 189
- metros ranked for real broadband choice
- 82,000
- neighborhoods in the take-up model
- 22
- national rate cards read side by side
Communications
US Broadband Market Explorer
Where providers are expanding, how technology and speed positions are shifting, and which of the 392 metros require action.
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The US Fiber Build Is Shifting to Large Builders, Cable Markets and Rural Areas
Plan on fiber reaching most of your market this planning cycle: builders add about 10.5 million homes a year. Expect the next fiber from a telco or cable company you already know, a second fiber where you already have one, and BEAD to tie up rural crews from 2026 to 2030.
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Research article · 8-min read
The Fiber Money Map: Investor-Backed Builders in 128 U.S. Metros
If you operate in a smaller metro, plan for a funded fiber builder in your market: in 85 metros, builders backed by the wireless carriers’ partners, buyout firms and infrastructure funds already reach one address in five. Know who funds yours, and expect its network to change hands.
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Research article · 14-min read
AT&T’s Fiber Joint Venture: 3.3 Million Addresses in 76 Metros and the Operators Who Share Them
The venture puts a fiber operator with new capital and a mobile bundle at 3.3 million addresses that already have cable and fiber. Rank your markets by its share of the metro, budget retention for its addresses before the 2027 close, and map the 7.5 million copper-only addresses beside it.
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Research article · 13-min read
Cable vs Fiber: Nine US Broadband Market Types Across 115 Million Addresses
A national plan sets one price and one offer for nine different market types. Two in five of 189 metros can be run as a single market. In the rest, the competition that decides your share sits below the metro line.
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Research article · 14-min read
How US Broadband Operators Repriced, 2018–2026: Gigabit, Entry Tiers and Terms at 22 Brands
Between the 2022 and 2026 Urban Rate Survey releases, cable cut the list price of every fixed speed tier and fiber held. Gigabit is now a mid-tier price and 22 national rate cards are read side by side.
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Research article · 14-min read
Who Buys Broadband: Household Take-Up Across 82,000 US Neighborhoods
About three in four American households subscribe to wireline broadband. Neighborhood demographics explain most of the variation, and operator footprints differ from model expectations by several points.
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Research article · 13-min read
America's Most Competitive Broadband Markets: 189 Metros Ranked by Real Choice
Count only the providers a household could actually switch to and the picture changes: two choices at most addresses, a third in a minority of them, and that third is usually fixed wireless.
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Research article · 12-min read
Fixed Wireless Went Where Fiber Didn't: Competition, Density and the Operators Most Exposed
Fixed wireless adds a qualifying competitor at 44 percent of US serviceable locations, and is the only alternative at 18.5 million addresses with one qualifying wireline provider.
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