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Homes Connected to Fiber, September 2013 (Cumulative, North America) 10.7 11 9.7 10 Millions 9 9.0 8 7 6.4 6 5.3 5 8.0 7.5 7.1 5.8 4.4 4 2.9 3 2.1 3.8 1.5 2 1 - Mar-07 Sep-07 Mar-08 Sep-08 Mar-09 Sep-09 Mar-10 Sep-10 Mar-11 Sep-11 Mar-12 Sep-12 Mar-13 Sep-13 Source: RVA LLC The number of homes connected to fber services rose by 1.04 million in the six months ending September 2013, a new six-month record. Year over year, new connections totalled 1.7 million, also a record. FTTH Video Subscribers, September 2013 (Cumulative, North America) 7 6.5 6.2 6 5.9 5.1 5.5 Millions 5 4.6 4.0 4.8 4 3.5 3 2.9 2.3 2 1.1 1.6 1 - Sep-07 Mar-08 Sep-08 Mar-09 Sep-09 Mar-10 Sep-10 Mar-11 Sep-11 Mar-12 Sep-12 Mar-13 Sep-13 Source: RVA LLC More than 6.5 million North American FTTH customers now take video. The year-over-year rise did not match 2012's strong showing but was close. GIGAFICATION Small deployers, particularly municipalities, have been the leaders in ofering gigabit services. Although there are fewer than 150 municipal FTTH systems in the United States, 11 ofered a 1 Gbps Internet tier to residential customers as of September. At least nine competitive carriers, ranging from giant Google to small CLECs and private cable operators, also ofered a gig. However, incumbent telephone companies have been relatively slow to introduce gigabit services. Among the larger ILECs, AT&T; has future plans for such service in Austin in 2014, and CenturyLink began deploying it in parts of Omaha and Las Vegas. Among Tier 2 and Tier 3 ILECs, there are very few gigabit carriers. Incumbent NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2013 | www.broadbandcommunities.com carriers account for seven of every eight FTTH connections in the United States (Verizon alone accounts for 77 percent of all FTTH connections), so the relative lack of interest among ILECs – or ability, in the case of some rural telcos – is clearly holding back 1 Gbps adoption. Only one franchised cable company ofers residential gigabit services. | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | 35