CLEC and ILEC lines grew from 189.5 million in 1999 to 195.6 mill...
CLEC and ILEC lines grew from 189.5 million in 1999 to 195.6 million in 2000 but then fell to 177.9 million in 2004, the FCC said in the 2004/2005 Statistics of Communications Common Carriers. ILEC local loops grew from…
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102.2 million in 1980 to 188.5 in 2000, and then fell to 173.1 million in 2003. ILEC access lines grew from 113.8 million in 1984 to 187.6 million in 2000, then dropped to 162.5 million in 2003. CLEC share of end-user switched access lines grew from 4.3% in Dec. 1999 to 18.5% in Dec. 2004. ILEC end-user switched access lines fell from 181.3 million in Dec. 1999 to 145 million in Dec. 2004, while CLEC lines grew from 8.2 million to 32.9 million during the same period. ILECs reported residential and small business end-user switched access lines rose slightly from 139.8 million in Dec. 1999 to 140.6 million in June 2000 and then dropped to 112.2 million in Dec. 2004. CLECs had 3.4 million residential and small business end-user switched access lines in Dec. 1999, reaching 19.8 million in Dec. 2004. ADSL high-speed lines -- with a speed over 200 kbps in at least one direction -- grew 20% from 9.5 million in Dec. 2003 to 11.4 million in June 2004, then 21% to 13.8 million in Dec. 2004. Coaxial cable high-speed lines grew 13% from 16.4 million in Dec. 2003 to 18.6 million in June 2004 and then 15% to 21.4 million by Dec. 2004. Satellite and wireless high-speed lines grew 15% from 367,000 in Dec. 2003 to 421,000 in June 2004 and then 30% to 550,000 in Dec. 2004. ADSL advanced services lines (over 200 kbps in both directions) grew 24% from 3 million in Dec. 2003 to 3.8 million in June 2004, and then 51% to 6 million in Dec. 2004. Coaxial cable advanced services lines grew 15% from 15.3 million in Dec. 2003 to 17.6 million in June 2004, then 19% to 20.9 million in Dec. 2004. Satellite and wireless advanced services lines grew 28% from 73,000 in Dec. 2003 to 94,000 in June 2004, then 14% to 106,000 in Dec. 2004. Wireless telephone subscribership grew from 92,000 in Dec. 1984 to 182 million in Dec. 2004. The 160- page report includes: (1) General information on industry structure. (2) Financial and operating data on telephone carriers. (3) Data on international communications. (4) Historical financial and operating statistics. (5) Data on industry trends -- www.fcc.gov/wcb/stats.