Key Stats Include:
- North America has experienced record growth in fiber to homes for the last 3 years with 2016 year over year growth totaling 16 percent. In fact, 2016 saw 4.2 million homes passed, roughly tying with the previous record set in 2008.
- During 2004–2013, large telco’s (Verizon, AT&T, CenturyLink and Frontier) accounted for about 83 percent of the FTTH build, while other providers added just 17 percent of the annual additions. But in the last three years, the large telcos only accounted for about 52 percent of the build while the “other 1000” FTTH providers added 48 percent in aggregate.
- Homes connected to fiber networks in the U.S. rose to 13.7 million. Although aggregated take rates have fallen slightly to 45 percent, this decline is common during periods of aggressive build — as backbone builds occur faster than connections.
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