NTCA reports strong broadband activity among telco members | Telecompetitor

NTCA members continue to deploy high speed broadband in their service areas and offer customers an increasingly broad range of telecommunications services, according to the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association’s “2009 Broadband/Internet Availability Survey Report“.

The expanding reach of providers’ fiber networks has translated into greater broadband penetration and customer uptake of broadband services among NTCA’s more than 500 member companies– 53% of survey respondents’ customers are now able to receive broadband service of between 3 and 6 Mbps compared to 46% last year; 39% can receive service in excess of 6 Mbps compared to 25% a year ago. The average customer take rate among respondents was 37%, according to the survey report...