Working Channels are reported in 4 kHz bandwidth (single-voice channel) equivalents. * Southern New England Telephone Company merged with SBC Communications October 26, 1998. Their data are included
in this table starting with 1999. ** Large increase in 2000 is due to the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE. *** The large decrease from 2001 to 2002 is due in part to a number of Verizon companies refiling in order to remove interexchange carrier, point-of-presence, and co-location circuit counts to comply with ARMIS definitions. **** In 2008, the Commission granted forebearance relief from filing this data.
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Fiber cable: Working telecommunication channels in the U.S.
The statistic depicts the number of working telecommunications channels using fiber cable in the United States between 1991 and 2007. In 2000, there were 61 million working telecommunication channels using fiber cable technology in the United States.
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Federal Communications Commission. (September 30, 2010). Number of working telecommunications channels using fiber cable in the United States from 1991 to 2007 (in 1,000) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 02, 2026, from /statistics/190215/telecommunication-channels-using-fiber-cable-in-the-us-since-1991/
Federal Communications Commission. "Number of working telecommunications channels using fiber cable in the United States from 1991 to 2007 (in 1,000)." Chart. September 30, 2010. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed August 02, 2026. /statistics/190215/telecommunication-channels-using-fiber-cable-in-the-us-since-1991/
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Number of working telecommunications channels using fiber cable in the United States from 1991 to 2007 (in 1,000) [Graph], Federal Communications Commission, September 30, 2010. [Online]. Available: /statistics/190215/telecommunication-channels-using-fiber-cable-in-the-us-since-1991/
