Q3 ISP Sub Gains Returned to Pre-Pandemic Levels: LRG

Top U.S. cable and wireline telcos added about 630,000 net additional broadband subscribers in Q3, in line with Q3 growth in 2018 and 2019 and about 41% of their Q3 2020 growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, Leichtman Research Group said Wednesday. Combined, LRG said, they have about 107.9 million subscribers, about 96% of the market. Cable has about 75.2 million, with 32.7 million at wireline telcos. Cable operators added 590,000 of the 630,000 subs; telcos had about 475,000 net adds via fiber, and about 435,000 non-fiber losses.