The Fiber Broadband Association announced the completion of its 2022 Fiber Provider Survey. According to the survey report, as the industry advances its goal of narrowing the digital divide, more optical fibers will be deployed in 2022 than ever before. The research conducted by RVA LLC shows that in 2022, despite the tight supply of materials and labor, the number of new optical fiber home coverage in the United States will reach 7.9 million, a record high.

Fiber Broadband According to the survey, the current number of fiber broadband home coverage in the United States is 68 million, an increase of 13% in the past 12 months and 27% in the past 24 months. If households with repeated coverage are not included, the current number of fiber broadband households is 63 million. In the United States, optical fiber has covered nearly half of the primary homes and more than 10% of the second homes. According to the report, the construction of optical broadband in Canada has also continued to expand, with the current household coverage rate reaching about 66%.Based on the current growth, in the next five years, stimulated by various federal funding programs in the United States (such as BEAD, RDOF, ReConnect and other projects focusing on specific markets and population regions), the fiber to the home deployment in the United States is expected to reach a higher level. RVA pointed out that although the deployment expectations of various companies are changing based on many factors, many service providers announced that the network construction exceeded their optical fiber footprint built with private funds so far.
Gary Bolton, Chairman and CEO of Fiber Broadband Association, said: “High quality bandwidth is becoming more and more important for consumers. Optical broadband has surpassed all other types of broadband access technologies in every measurement of broadband quality, including speed, uptime, delay, jitter and power consumption. For consumers, this affects the real world, such as improving productivity, better access to health care and education, more entrepreneurship, and more choices for rural life. For society, this means more sustainability and ultimately digital equity. “