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INDUSTRY ANALYSIS FTTH Deployment in North America During Each Six-Month Period Since September 2007 (Calculated by BBC from RVA Data) 3 Millions 3 2 2 1 1 0 Sep-07 Mar-08 In six months ending: Sep-08 Mar-09 Sep-09 Mar-10 Sep-10 Mar-11 Sep-11 Mar-12 Sep-12 Mar-13 Sep-13 Passed 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 1,549,300 2,210,700 2,062,000 1,350,000 2,050,000 1,030,000 1,410,000 1,140,000 1,100,000 700,000 1,700,000 1,200,000 2,200,000 Marketed 1,353,400 2,085,665 2,286,935 940,000 1,100,000 1,100,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,200,000 500,000 2,100,000 1,400,000 2,800,000 Connected 663,403 770,500 847,500 662,000 853,000 529,800 618,200 671,800 405,200 500,000 1,000,000 660,000 1,040,000 Video Connected 442,600 587,000 609,367 599,633 679,700 518,900 569,200 207,840 301,360 338,870 399,080 372,050 293,000 The number of FTTH customers added rose sharply in the six months that ended in September 2013. The pace is now above the long-term trend and above prerecession norms. Most new builds are in rural areas with historically high take rates. Take Rates, US and North America, Through September 2013 50% US Only 45% 43.3% 42.3% All of North America 44.2% 44.8% 45.8% 41.0% 40% 37.8% 37.0% 35% 36.7% 33.4% 30.4% 30% 37.4% 38.8% 41.7% 42.2% 42.5% 41.8% 39.9% 39.5% 37.7% 33.3% 28.8% 25% 26.8% 20% 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 Last year's good showing pushed the U.S. take rate for FTTH to 45.8 percent despite a boost in homes marketed. Mexico's low take rate (FTTH is just getting started there) depressed the North American average.. Tis is despite an FCC call for at least one gigabit community in each state. Motivations for ofering gigabit speeds range from creating a tech buzz to stimulating economic development. 36 According to Render, employed FTTH users said they worked an average of 1.3 extra days per month from home, and 14 percent of FTTH users had homebased businesses that yielded more | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | www.broadbandcommunities.com than $10,000 in estimated incremental income from FTTH, compared with other types of broadband. Tat additional money stays in a community, helping the economy as a whole. | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2013