5.3 Million North American Fiber Customers

The number of North American fiber to the home (FTTH) subscribers now stands at more than 5.3 million, as deployers of end-to-end fiber networks continue to add more than 1.5 million customers a year, according to a study released last week by the FTTH Council.

Five years after their deployment began in earnest, FTTH networks now are available to 15% of homes in North America. In addition, the study found that the overall take rate — the percentage of those offered FTTH service who decide to subscribe — increased for the seventh straight six-month period, with the vast majority of providers experiencing take rates greater than 50%.

Verizon leads the charge with its FiOS service, serving roughly 3.1 million FiOS Internet and 2.5 million FiOS TV customers. The FTTH industry in North America also includes hundreds of smaller telephone companies and other network providers, municipalities, planned residential communities and cable television companies.

“The march to all-fiber networks is showing no sign of letting up in the United States and Canada,” said Joe Savage, president of the FTTH Council. “Given the growing sophistication and bandwidth requirements of online and video applications, as well as the high satisfaction that current FTTH subscribers are expressing about their fiber service, the growing consumer demand for end-to-end fiber is now a fact of life and something that our members are working hard to satisfy.”

View the release.

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