Broadband in America

Broadband
in
America
­
2nd
Edition



Where
It
Is
and
Where
It
Is
Going
 (According
to
Broadband
Service
Providers)



 An
Update
of
the
2009
Report
Originally
Prepared
for

 the
Staff
of
the

 FCC’s
Omnibus
Broadband
Initiative
 
 By
 Robert
C.
Atkinson,
Ivy
E.
Schultz
 Travis
Korte,
Timothy
Krompinger
 
 May,
2011

Acknowledgements



 
 
 The
research
effort
that
went
into
this
report
was
undertaken
two
CITI
interns.
The
research
was
 started
in
June,
2010
by:
 Travis
Korte
(University
of
California,
Berkley
BA,
2010),
and
Timothy
Krompinger
(University
of
 Connecticut,
BA,
2011.
 In
addition,
other
members
of
CITI’s
staff
and
a
number
of
CITI
friends
and
affiliates
contributed
 their
experience
and
expertise
by
reviewing
and
critiquing
drafts.
 We
would
also
like
to
thank
the
many
organizations
that
responded
to
our
requests
for
 broadband
data
and
information
and
those
individuals
who
verified
their
organization’s
data
 presented
in
the
Appendix
of
this
report.

 CITI,
as
an
institution,
does
not
author
or
publish
articles
or
reports.
Therefore,
we,
as
the
 authors,
are
responsible
for
the
content
of
this
report.

 


Robert C. Atkinson 


Robert
C.
Atkinson
 Director
of
Policy
Research
 


Ivy E. Schultz 


Ivy
E.
Schultz
 Manager
of
Research
Assistants


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Table
of
Contents



 Section
1:
Listing
of
All
Publicly
Announced
Broadband
Plans ........................................... 15
 1.1
Broadband
By
Technology................................................................................................... 18
 1.2
Timeline
for
Broadband
Plans ............................................................................................. 36
 1.3
Penetration
and
Coverage
Footprint................................................................................... 36
 1.5
Expected
Broadband
Performance/Quality ........................................................................ 43
 1.6
ARPU
(Average
Revenue
per
User)...