The Fiber To The Home Council will soon release a new study that says more than 2.14 million American homes now have a fiber connection. According to the outfit, Verizon accounts for more than two-thirds of those connections, and also accounts for more than two-thirds of all homes that are passed with fiber. The remaining third of the FTTH market belongs to 369 other service providers, most of them tiny.

The report notes that the "take rate" (homes passed with FTTH versus homes that sign up) for Verizon is 19%, while the take rate for those other companies is around 52%. It's not clear why, though we can speculate that Verizon is busier building than they are advertising. Overall, the average take rate for the entire FTTH industry rose from 22.3% to 26.8% during the last six-month period measured.

FTTH now passes 9.55 million U.S. homes, up 56% from last year. The number of fiber-connected homes has more than doubled since this time last year. The company e-mailed us to say the study has been released, but it's a no-show so far on the company's website -- just like FTTH in my neighborhood.