Source: http://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-releases-new-data-internet-access-services-3
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Between June 2000 and June 2010, total (business and residential) reportable fixed-location connections grew from 4 million connections to 82 million connections at a compound annual growth rate of 35% per year. Between June 2000 and June 2010, residential fixed-location connections grew from 3 million connections to 75 million connections at a compound annual growth rate of 37% per year. Between June 2000 and June 2010, household adoption which we track in Figure 4 by comparing the number of residential fixed-location connections to the number of households increased from 3 connections per 100 households to 63 connections per 100 households.11,12 10 Reportable connections for December 1999 through June 2005 are summarized in our report High-Speed Services for Internet Access: Status as of June 30, 2008 (July 2009), Tables 1 and 2, available in Excel format at http://www.fcc.gov/wcb/iatd/comp.html. The more recent data are discussed later in this report. 11 We also show total (including business as well as residential) fixed-location connections per 100 population in Figure 4, which is a statistic routinely reported by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). This ratio incorporates connections to business locations into a comparison to persons. A more accurately U.S. Federal Communications Commission Internet Access Services: Status as of June 30, 2010 9 Other report highlights. Residential subscribership Residential fixed-location Internet access connections over 200 kbps in at least one direction increased by 2% during the first half of 2010, to 75 million. See Table 3. Reported residential mobile wireless service subscribers with mobile devices and data plans for full Internet access increased by 27%, to 55 million, during the first half of 2010. See Table 3. The reported data show a substantial increase between December 2009 and June 2010 in the number of residential fixed-location connections that are at least 6 mbps downstream and 1.5 mbps upstream (from 11 million to 22 million) and also a substantial increase in the number of connections that are at least 10 mbps downstream and 1.5 mbps upstream (from 10 million to 22 million). See Chart 12. However, the increases appear to be anomalies caused by inconsistent reporting by at least one filer, and revisions of the 2009 data are pending.13 Household adoption by speed tier As a national average in June 2010, there were 33 residential fixed-location connections per 100 households for connections with speeds that were reported to be at least 3 mbps downstream and 768 kbps upstream. That was about half as large as the ratio for residential fixed-location connections of any reportable speed.14 See Tables 15 and 16. measured indicator of this type would include only connections to residential locations, but OECD does not have comprehensive, consistent information about residential connections in the member countries. (We note that the ratio of accurately measured residential fixed-location connections to population has a maximum value for any given country and point in time the value when every household is connected if we assume that no household would have more than one fixed connection to its premises. For the United States in June 2010, for example, the maximum value would be 38 because there were about 119.7 million households in the United States and inhabited insular areas and a population of about 313.2 million.) 12 For consistency of presentation, we include only mid-year ratios in Figure 4. We calculated total fixed connections per 100 population using U.S. Census Bureau population estimates for the United States and Puerto Rico which are as of July 1 each year and Census 2000 population for the remaining inhabited insular areas. We calculated residential fixed connections per 100 households using U.S. household estimates from the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey (CPS) for July of each year and Census 2000 households for the inhabited insular areas. (The CPS also estimates U.S. households for March and November of each year.) 13 Relevant charts and tables in earlier Internet Access Services reports will be updated when revised 2009 data are received, and the revised data will supersede the 2009 data presented here. Reports for 2009 data are available at http://www.fcc.gov/wcb/iatd/comp.html. 14 Increases over time in the ratio of residential fixed-location connections to households indicate that increasing shares of households are connected at home. The ratio is somewhat different from the "take rate" of offered service because, as discussed in connection with Figure 3(a), some households are located in areas where apparently no fixed-location service is offered (as none is purchased). U.S. Federal Communications Commission Internet Access Services: Status as of June 30, 2010 10 Census tract and county shares of households with reportable connections We estimate the share of households with fixed-location Internet access connections over 200 kbps in at least one direction in individual census tracts and counties as of June 30, 2010. Our estimates continue to indicate that there are substantial areas of relatively low and relatively high household adoption around the national average. See Charts 15 and 16. For both census tracts and counties, we continue to find estimates above 100% for the share of households with reportable fixed-location Internet access connections. These results suggest that some filers are not accurately assigning customer connections to census tracts, and anecdotal evidence supports that conclusion.15 Household adoption rates and subscribership demographics The report includes charts that illustrate correlations between household subscribership, or adoption, rates and demographic measures. We update charts based on income, household density, education, age, and race. The data indicate that some demographic variables are correlated with the adoption of Internet access service. See Charts 17-29. Maps of providers by census tract Maps depict the number of providers of reportable connections by census tract. These maps are similar to previously published maps of providers by ZIP Code, but differ in important respects. In particular, instead of a single map combining providers of connections over all technologies and to both residential and business end users, now separate maps depict: (1) providers of total (combined residential and business) reportable fixed-location connections, (2) providers of residential reportable fixed-location connections, (3) providers of residential fixed-location connections at least 3 mbps downstream and 768 kbps upstream, and (4) providers making reportable mobile wireless service available.16 Remainder of the report. The remainder of the report consists of tables, charts, and maps that highlight different aspects of Internet access service subscriptions. This information is organized into four sections, as described below. As always, publicly accessible data that are too voluminous to include in this report are available online at http://www.fcc.gov/wcb/iatd/comp.html. Detailed Summary Statistics: The Nation. Tables 1-14 and Charts 1-14 focus in order on: number of connections, speed of connections, technology of connections, and number of providers. Detailed Summary Statistics: The States. Tables 15-24 present comparable information for the individual states and our estimates of the shares of households that are connected at different speeds. 15 For example, while contacting Form 477 filers with questions about reported data, FCC staff continue to find situations in which all connections reported for a county have been assigned to a single, anomalous census tract. 16 As discussed in the Technical Notes, a mobile wireless provider should only report service availability in census tracts where the provider operates a network capable of sending or receiving data at speeds above 200 kbps. U.S. Federal Communications Commission Internet Access Services: Status as of June 30, 2010 11 Detailed Summary Statistics: Counties and Census Tracts. Charts 15-16 and Tables 25-29 present information about differences among counties and census tracts. This section concludes with two maps that illustrate differences among census tracts in the estimated share of connected households and the four maps (discussed above) that illustrate providers by census tract. Detailed Correlation Results: Demographic Measures. Charts 17-29 present details of the correlations observed between the estimated share of connected households and demographic measures. * * * * We invite users of this information to suggest improvements in the data analysis by using the attached customer response form or e-mailing comments to IATDreports@fcc.gov for subject: June 2010 Internet services data, and to participate in proceedings the Commission undertakes to improve the data collection. U.S. Federal Communications Commission Internet Access Services: Status as of June 30, 2010 12 Detailed Summary Statistics: The Nation Contents of this section Number of connections Table 1 Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction 2006-2010....................................15 Table 2 Connections at Least 3 mbps Downstream and 768 kbps Upstream 2008-2010 ..............15 Table 3 Residential Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction 2006-2010.................15 Table 4 Residential Connections at Least 3 mbps Downstream and 768 kbps Upstream 2008-2010 .........................................................................................................15 Speed of connections Chart 1 Distribution of Connections over 200 kbps in at Least One Direction as of June 30, 2010.....................................................................................................................16 Chart 2 Distribution of Fixed Connection