Indicator 17.6.2 - Fixed Internet broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, by speed
Number of fixed internet broadband subscriptions with speeds equal to or above 10 mbps in at least one direction
Number of fixed internet broadband subscriptions with speeds equal to or above 10 mbps in at least one direction
Global Metadata
This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the United Nations Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata documentation on all indicators in Goal 17, unless otherwise noted, is provided by the UN Statistics Division.
| SDG Indicator Name | Fixed Internet broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, by speed |
|---|---|
| SDG Target Addressed | Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism. |
| Definition of SDG Indicator | The indicator fixed Internet broadband subscriptions, by speed, refers to the number of fixed broadband subscriptions to the public Internet, split by advertised download speed. Fixed Internet broadband subscriptions refer to subscriptions to high-speed access to the public Internet (a TCP/IP connection), at downstream speeds equal to, or greater than, 256 kbit/s. This includes cable modem, DSL, fibre-to-the-home/building, other fixed (wired)- broadband subscriptions, satellite broadband and terrestrial fixed wireless broadband. This total is measured irrespective of the method of payment. It excludes subscriptions that have access to data communications (including the Internet) via mobile-cellular networks. It should include fixed WiMAX and any other fixed wireless technologies. It includes both residential subscriptions and subscriptions for organizations. The Internet is a worldwide public computer network. It provides access to a number of communication services including the World Wide Web and carries e-mail, news, entertainment and data files. The indicator is currently broken down by the following subscription speeds: 256 kbit/s to less than 2 Mbit/s subscriptions: Refers to all fixed broadband Internet subscriptions with advertised downstream speeds equal to, or greater than, 256 kbit/s and less than 2 Mbit/s. 2 Mbit/s to less than 10 Mbit/s subscriptions: Refers to all fixed -broadband Internet subscriptions with advertised downstream speeds equal to, or greater than, 2 Mbit/s and less than 10 Mbit/s. Equal to or above 10 Mbit/s subscriptions (4213_G10). Refers to all fixed - broadband Internet subscriptions with advertised downstream speeds equal to, or greater than, 10 Mbit/s. ITU collects data for this indicator through an annual questionnaire from national regulatory authorities or Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Ministries, who collect the data from national Internet service providers. The data can be collected by asking each Internet service provider in the country to provide the number of their fixed-broadband subscriptions by the speeds indicated. The data are then added up to obtain the country totals. |
| UN Designated Tier | 1 |
| UN Custodial Agency | ITU |
U.S. Metadata
This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from U.S. statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from U.S. statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other US-specific metadata information
| Method of computation for global SDG indicator | |
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| Graph Title | Number of fixed internet broadband subscriptions with speeds equal to or above 10 mbps in at least one direction |
| Actual indicator available | Fixed Internet Broadband Subscriptions, by speed, over 200 kbps in at least one direction |
| Description of actual indicator available | Fixed Internet Broadband Subscriptions, by speed, over 200 kbps in at least one direction |
| Method of computation | Data is derived from information about Internet access connections in the United States as collected by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Form 477 and published in its Internet Access Services report. For purposes of that report, Internet broadband access connections are those in service, over 200 kilobits per second (kbps) in at least one direction, and reported to the FCC through Form 477. Form 477 collects information about fixed Internet access connections in service to end-user premises that are advertised to deliver information to and/or from the end user – that is, in at least one direction – at transfer rates (speeds) above 200 kilobits per second (kbps). Information is collected about the number of connections by the advertised speeds associated with each product subscribed to in the relevant geographic area (census tracts for fixed). Fixed providers report connections by the maximum advertised upload and download speeds. Fixed connections are further categorized by the technology employed by the part of the connection that terminates at the end-user premises. “End users” are residential, business, institutional, or government entities who use services for their own purposes and who do not resell such services to other entities. Facilities-based providers report information about connections they provide directly to their own end-user customers and also connections that they provide to Internet Service Providers for resale to end users. For Form 477 purposes, the facilities-based provider of a fixed broadband connection is the entity that owns the portion of the physical facility that terminates at the end-user premises and provisions/equips it as broadband, obtains an unbundled network element (UNE), special access line, or other leased facility that terminates at the end-user premises and provisions/equips it as broadband, or provisions/equips broadband over terrestrial wireless spectrum to the end-user premises. The mutually exclusive Form 477 fixed technology categories are: asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (aDSL), symmetric Digital Subscriber Line (sDSL), other copper wireline, cable modem, optical carrier / fiber to the end user, satellite, terrestrial fixed wireless (using licensed or unlicensed spectrum), and all other (which is included to capture deployment of additional technologies over time). In the Form 477 data collection, aDSL-based services delivered over fiber-to-the-node architecture are reported in the aDSL category. The other wireline category comprises T1/DS1, T3/DS3, and other copper-based connections, not elsewhere categorized, that deliver Internet access service at the end-user premises. Ethernet connections delivering Internet access service are reported in the other wireline category if the connection terminates over copper and in the fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) category if the connection terminates over fiber. Connections deployed over hybrid fiber-coax (HFC) architecture are reported in the cable modem category. Wireless ISPs (WISPs) and satellite network operators report in the fixed wireless category. Internet Access Services reports: https://www.fcc.gov/internet-access-services-reports |
| Comments and limitations | The FCC collects information about broadband Internet access subscriptions in service that have downstream bandwidths exceeding 200 kbps, rather than 256 kbps. Also, consistent with differences between the North American and European digital hierarchies, the first natural breakpoint in downstream bandwidth in the U.S. data is 1.5 Mbps (that is DS-1) rather than 2 Mbps. Because extensive speed and technology detail has been published, subscriptions/connections for fixed broadband by speed prior to 2012 cannot be made available without potentially revealing individual-company data. The FCC has made a commitment not to reveal individual-company broadband data. |
| Periodicity | Twice a Year |
| Time Period | Data as of December 31, 2016 is FCC trend-based estimate using recent historical data. |
| Unit of measure | Straight counts rounded to the nearest thousand |
| Disaggregation #1 (Industry or social categories) | Broadband, Internet, Telecommunications |
| Disaggregation #2 (Geographical coverage) | National |
| Date of public data release from National source | Date Released: April 2017 (data as of June 30, 2016) |
| Date of last Update of This Page | 2017-09-28 |
| Scheduled Update by National source | Not available. |
| Scheduled Update by SDG Team | |
| Data Source1 (Agency STAFF NAME) | Donna Christianson |
| Data Source2 (Staff E-MAIL) | Donna.Christianson@fcc.gov |
| Data Source3 (Agency/Survey/Dataset name) | Internet Access Services |
| Indicator web address (closest to data provided) | Web source: Figure 28, Internet Access Services: Status as of December 31, 2015 (released November 2016); Figure 28, Internet Access Services: Status as of December 30, 2014 (released March 2016). Table 10, Connections by Downstream Speed Tier and Technology as of December 31, 2013 (released October 2014); and Table 10, Connections by Downstream Speed Tier and Technology as of December 31, 2012 (released December 2013) https://www.fcc.gov/internet-access-services-reports as collected by FCC Form 477 and compiled by the FCC Wireline Competition Bureau. Speed breakout data are as originally published. |
| International and National References | International Telecommunication Union (ITU) World Telecommunica-tion/ICT Indicators data for indicators i4213_256to2, i4213_2to10, and i4213_G10 collected annually through two (one short and one long) questionnaires. http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/datacollection/default.aspx FCC: Internet Access Services reports: https://www.fcc.gov/internet-access-services-reports |