According to the latest data from the Fiber Broadband Association (a coalition of hardware vendors and other fiber suppliers), 35 million new North American homes were passed by fiber during 2017. T
hat growth was largely thanks to increased deployment participation by smaller ISPs and municipal broadband providers, a segment that saw a 16.5% fiber deployment growth rate compared to 14.1% for larger ISPs. In the States alone, 15.4 million American households now subscribe to full fiber service, and the 4.4 million homes freshly marketed to in 2017 was the “most ever in a single year” and 15% over 2016 levels, notes the group.
Source: http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Fiber-Broadband-Sees-Record-Growth-140956