Thursday, August 15, 2019

Perhaps 4% of U.S. Households Buy Gigabit Internet Access

A new study of U.S. consumer internet access behavior might shed some light on typical speed tiers purchased by customers. The monthly weighted average data consumed by subscribers in the second quarter of 2019 was 271 gigabytes, according to OpenVault.

The median monthly weighted average usage in the second quarter of 2019 (half use more, half use less) was 144.5 GB, up nearly 32 percent from 109.6 GB in the second quarter of 2018. 

About 43 percent of customers using less than 250 GB per month use services operating between 100 Mbps and 150 Mbps, according to OpenVault. 

About 15 percent buy services running between 200 Mbps and 300 Mbps. Another 19 percent purchase services running between 50 Mbps and 75 Mbps. 

Altogether, some 77 percent of U.S. households buy internet access running between 50 Mbps and 300 Mbps. 

About four percent buy gigabit services. 


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