Boston, MA - September 20, 2007 - Comcast continues to lead the North American market in terms of overall broadband access subscriptions, boasting a total of 12. 4 million at the end of the second quarter of 2007, according to a new report released by Strategy Analytics, "Broadband Service Provider Performance Benchmarking: North America."

Whereas AT&T and Comcast were on roughly the same footing 12 months ago, each with roughly 9 million subscriptions, Comcast now leads the pack, boasting a 3 million net new subscription increase compared to Q2 `06. This translates into a 32 percent year-over-year growth rate. Collectively, the top 3 North American operators maintain a 45 percent market share.

"As expected, sequential quarterly growth decelerated for the top North American Broadband Service Providers in Q2 `07," says Ben Piper, Director of the Strategy Analytics Broadband Network Strategies Service. "The slowdown for AT&T and Verizon can be attributed to their respective fiber rollouts-we anticipate increased momentum in the coming quarters as these deployments go live."

"Cable continues to lead the US broadband access market, commanding 54 percent of total subscriptions," notes David Mercer, Vice-President of the Strategy Analytics Digital Consumer Practice.

This interactive database summarizes quarterly subscriber growth trends for the 26 leading broadband service providers operating in the United States and Canada.

High Speed Broadband Subscriptions (`000)