Cable's high-speed broadband platform delivers an enormous array of Internet content, applications, and services that consumers and businesses want and enjoy. Since 1996, the cable industry has invested well over $100 billion to develop the infrastructure that provides the backbone for high-speed access to the Internet. Consumers now have a rich array of high-speed Internet access in addition to video and voice services.

In the mid 1990’s, cable was the first industry to offer an affordable, residential high-speed Internet service that spurred the growth of the Internet, stimulated the development of a highly competitive broadband marketplace, and provided a stable and growing platform for Internet entrepreneurs.

In a little over a decade, broadband speeds have greatly increased, providing for new Internet applications, nearly ubiquitous deployment, and exponential growth in broadband adoption rates.

• Cable is the leading provider of broadband services in the U.S., making service available to 92% of all U.S. households – or 122 million homes – and serving 42 million customers with cable broadband connections.
• Cable broadband speeds are steadily increasing. Deployment of cable “wideband” service is bringing broadband speeds of 50 megabits per second to more than 100 megabits per second to more than 50 million American homes and businesses.
• Higher cable broadband speeds are enabling a wider range of broadband activities for broadband users, including interactive video gaming, streaming video and audio, downloading and uploading of video and music files, and other business and professional services such as e-medicine, workforce management, and global networking.