Broadband Performance
"This paper analyzes residential consumer usage of broadband and the performance of fixed1 broadband connections in the U.S. The data and analyses in this paper were used to create
the National Broadband Availability Target described in the National Broadband Plan (NBP), and therefore represent key inputs into the calculation of the broadband availability gap. The paper also explains how networks have evolved and could evolve over time and what drives network usage and performance demands.

This paper is organized into three sections. The first section examines how residential consumers use their broadband service and classifies consumers into four distinct broadband use profiles. The second discusses the performance of U.S. broadband connections that consumers have purchased—today, in the past and projected for the near future. Finally, the paper explains how the data in the first two sections led to the National Broadband Plan’s National Broadband Availability Target..."