First Quarter 1993 – Jiccar Data

Broadband cable subscribers increased to over 440,000 at the end of 1992, with the take up rate rising to 22.5%. Latest JICCAR data shows that the net increase in subscribers as a proportion of the new homes passed rose in 1992 to 28%, compared with 23.3% in 1991 and 22.8% in 1990.

Compared to January 1992 the number of operating franchises has increased by 8, from 50 to 58; broadband homes have increased by 45% to 1,954,829; and the all cable category has increased from 2,208,048 to 2,912.959 – a rise of 32%.