This statistic depicts the reporting ILECs end-user switched access lines and VoIP subscriptions for business customers in the United States between June 2005 and June 2019. The number of business customers has been decreasing over time and as of June 2018, there were 20.6 million ILECs end-user switched access lines and VoIP subscriptions for business customers in the United States
Number of end-user switched access lines and VoIP subscriptions for business customers provided by ILEC in the United States from 2005 to 2019
(in 1,000s)
Characteristic
Access lines in thousands
June 2019
20,612
Dec 2018
21,652
Jun 2018
22,862
Dec 2017
24,057
Jun 2017
24,692
Dec 2016
25,716
Jun 2016
27,171
Dec 2015
27,778
June 2015
28,983
Dec 2014
29,949
Dec 2013
32,077
June 2013
33,172
Dec 2012
34,476
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Federal Communications Commission. (May 7, 2021). Number of end-user switched access lines and VoIP subscriptions for business customers provided by ILEC in the United States from 2005 to 2019 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 21, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/186949/ilec-end-user-switched-access-lines-of-business-customers-in-the-us/
Federal Communications Commission. "Number of end-user switched access lines and VoIP subscriptions for business customers provided by ILEC in the United States from 2005 to 2019 (in 1,000s)." Chart. May 7, 2021. Statista. Accessed April 21, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/186949/ilec-end-user-switched-access-lines-of-business-customers-in-the-us/
Federal Communications Commission. (2021). Number of end-user switched access lines and VoIP subscriptions for business customers provided by ILEC in the United States from 2005 to 2019 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 21, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/186949/ilec-end-user-switched-access-lines-of-business-customers-in-the-us/
Federal Communications Commission. "Number of End-user Switched Access Lines and Voip Subscriptions for Business Customers Provided by Ilec in The United States from 2005 to 2019 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 May 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/186949/ilec-end-user-switched-access-lines-of-business-customers-in-the-us/
Federal Communications Commission, Number of end-user switched access lines and VoIP subscriptions for business customers provided by ILEC in the United States from 2005 to 2019 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/186949/ilec-end-user-switched-access-lines-of-business-customers-in-the-us/ (last visited April 21, 2025)
Number of end-user switched access lines and VoIP subscriptions for business customers provided by ILEC in the United States from 2005 to 2019 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Federal Communications Commission, May 7, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/186949/ilec-end-user-switched-access-lines-of-business-customers-in-the-us/
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