Top U.S. ISPs added the fewest number of net new...
Top U.S. ISPs added the fewest number of net new broadband subscribers ever recorded in Q2, Leichtman Research Group said in a report Tuesday. The top 17 ISPs, which represent 93 percent of the nation’s broadband market, added a net…
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260,000 new broadband subscribers during the quarter -- the fewest since Leichtman began to track the industry 11 years ago, the research group said. Much of those gains came from cable ISPs, which added 330,000 net subscribers during the quarter; top telephone ISPs lost a net 70,000 subscribers over the same period, Leichtman said. The research firm said top cable ISPs now have a 57 percent share of the U.S. broadband market, with almost 11 million more subscribers than telephone ISPs -- up from a 9-million subscriber lead at the same time last year (http://xrl.us/bnkpwa).