Cable Sees Big Broadband Growth in Q2, LRG Says

The largest cable ISPs added 1.4 million broadband subscribers in Q2 of this year, the most additions since Q1 2007 and up from the 530,000 added the same quarter a year ago, said Leichtman Research Group Thursday. The largest cable ISPs ended the quarter with 70.6 million subs, it said. Landline telecoms ended the quarter with 32.7 million subs, down 155,000 in the quarter, similar to what they lost in Q2 2019, it said. Charter Communications' 850,000 net adds were more than for any provider in any previous quarter, it said.