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Fiber Now Reaches More Than Half of BSLs in US: CostQuest

Fiber is available to more than half of all broadband serviceable locations (BSL) in the U.S., CostQuest Associates said in a report Thursday. Each release of the FCC's broadband coverage map sees a drop in the number of locations without…

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fiber coverage, it noted, adding that between the first version, released in June 2022, and the most recent one, 35.7% more BSLs have fiber. There was a 6.9% increase in the past six months, between Versions 5 and 6 of the map. AT&T is the single largest fiber provider in the U.S., reaching 15% of BSLs, CostQuest said.