On April 4, USTelecom released a report titled US vs. EU Broadband Trends: 2012-2020. The new report highlights several different metrics by which the broadband Internet services market in America is outperforming the market in European Union nations.
Among its contents, USTelecom's report includes these key findings:
- Deployment: US leads by 11 percentage points ≥30 Mbps; +25 pp ≥100 Mbps
- Adoption: US leads by 10 pp ≥25 Mbps; +21 pp ≥100 Mbps
- Competition: US benefits from nearly twice the fixed facilities-based competition of the EU overall; when comparing rural areas, the US lead extends to 7x.
The US beats the EU by a particularly wide margin when it comes to high-speed fixed broadband in rural areas. USTelecom found that 91% of rural areas in America were covered with fixed broadband compared to 60% in the EU – a staggering 31% difference. Indeed, fixed broadband coverage in the US even exceeded fixed broadband coverage for all areas in the EU, 91% to 87%.
A critical reason for America's broadband advantage over the EU is the heavy investment in broadband infrastructure in the US, as seen in the following charts excerpted from the report:
For more on US versus EU comparisons on broadband, see USTelecom's report.
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