ADSL is dying
Point Topic has released its Global Broadband Subscribers report for Q4 2015, which reveals that copper-based broadband is rapidly declining.
The report shows that the decline in copper-based broadband subscriber numbers is accelerating – from 15% in Q3 2015 to nearly 19% in Q4.
Copper-based technologies (DSL, ADSL, and ADSL2+) also no longer have the dominant share worldwide.
The decline in ADSL is partly fuelled by the increase in fibre connections. “This quarter we observed an annual growth rate of over 60% for FTTH globally,” said Point Topic.
In terms of any connection with fibre in the local loop, there are now more fibre infrastructure lines in the ground than end-to-end copper.
There are also more FTTH broadband subscribers worldwide than those using cable broadband technologies.
The charts below show the breakdown of broadband subscribers globally, based on technology.
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