https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-seeks-comment-information-guide-annual-inquiry-under-sec-706
A few interesting stats from this inquiry:
As of 1 1/2 years ago, 80% of mobile subscribers use smartphones. In 2012, it
was just 50%.
As of 1 1/2 years ago, 90% of cell phones sold are smartphones, and in 2012
that was 67%.
Mobile data usage increased from less than 1 GB/mo in 2012 to 4 GB/mo in 2016,
average.
(Which, parenthetically, is really very little, for those who stream their TV,
even if it's just SD quality. For example, assume you watch 4 hours of online
TV per day at just 1 Mb/s average. That's basically DSL quality TV. And yet, it
still adds up to just about 56 GB/mo. Some fixed broadband providers are
placing 200 GB caps, per month. Apparently, Verizon, although it has no data
caps on fixed service, does send out notices of alarm and consternation, to
those gobbling up more than 1 TB/mo. That's why "no mobile data caps" doesn't
necessarily translate to mobile broadband being a viable alternative to fixed
broadband. It's a sales gimmick, it's not an indication of network capacity.)
Many of the fixed broadband providers are now offering 1 Gb/s downstream speeds
to customers.
73% of households is subscribed to fixed broadband.
13% of Americans rely solely on smartphones for Internet access. (My bet is,
those who use only smartphones for Internet access are also those still wedded
to their legacy MVPD STB, for their regular TV fare.)
The FCC has already had a similar inquiry on broadband, not so long ago. Not
sure why they are asking all these questions again. I get the impression that
Chariman Pai thinks that the public has had a dramatic change of opinions
recently, in spite of evidence to the contrary.
Bert
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