Broadband

With over half a billion Internet connected devices roaming around America, it’s nice to know there’s enough broadband make all of them sing! Cable has made broadband accessible to 93% of American homes, making sure the average 5.7 devices per Internet connected household isn’t just an expensive (and beautifully designed) paperweight.

  By: James Assey, NCTA Executive Vice President   In a relatively short period of time, broadband Internet service in the United States has evolved from the exception to the norm.  Over two-thirds of U.S.

This graphic from Intel gives an idea of the stunning amount of information, web pages, movies, and music the Internet handles every minute of every day.

  We’ve been working really hard for the last few months to rebuild our website – to make it more usable, more helpful, and more attractive.

  Three New Products that Help You Get More Out of Your High-Speed Connection!   Over 97% of Americans have access to broadband Internet at home, and yet most who have access may only be using it to check email, read the news, or stalk an ex on Facebook.

A consistent observation about broadband costs goes something like this: ‘”Once the cable is laid, companies no longer invest in infrastructure. They just sit back and collect.” Not true!

They say you learn something new every day. Well, we at NCTA want to help keep that adage true, so we’re teaching you about  Urbanicity! A city’s urbanicity is a numeric indicator of how dense its population is both inside and outside of urban areas.

The FCC today released their annual “Measuring Broadband America” report which tests consumer broadband performance in the U.S.  The report’s findings underscore that the U.S. enjoys a healthy, growing, and competitive broadband marketplace.

Yes we know – broadband and bathtubs have very little in common. But coincidentally what they do share is a very similar access percentage, which makes for a good #broaddata.

According to a report released today by The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) the United States has “made rapid progress in broadband deployment, performance, and price as well as adoption.” The report offers a comprehensive view of both wired and wireless networks based on: Deployment (the geographic reach of broadband networks) Adoption (the number of users who subscribe) Performance (speed, latency, reliability) Price (per unit of usage and speed tier) Overall, the report paints a picture of healthy broadband competition in speed, prices, offerings, and access in the United States as compared to other nations.

Answer: A lot. This week’s #broaddata is a look at how much Americans utilize Wi-Fi as a means to download, upload, and exchange information. We use it even more than wireline connections.

This week’s #BroadData is a look at how long it took for various technological advances to make their way into American homes. It took between 1876 and 1945 to get 50% of Americans a telephone line.

As Cox Communications joins Cablevision, Comcast and Time Warner Cable in offering its customers free Wi-Fi Hotspots (Cox just announcing 769 new Hotspots in Northern Virginia), it occurs to us that cable has officially provided well over 100,000 Wi-Fi locations nationwide.

Today’s #broaddata comes from Connect2Compete. Knowing how important the Internet is to finding a job, starting a business, and getting an education, Connect2Compete and Cable are finding ways to bring access to families that wouldn’t ordinarily be able to get broadband.

The growth of business and broadband was the featured topic during the panel, “Big Broadband: What Happens when the Psychology of Abundance Confronts Both the Economics of Deployment and the Rules of Regulators” at today’s 9th Annual State of the Net Conference in Washington, DC.