Recent Trends in Communications Equipment Prices, Accessible Data
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Figure 1: U.S. Cellular Subscribers as Share of Population
| Year |
cell phone subscribers divided by civilian population |
| 1990 |
0.021188435 |
| 1991 |
0.029907852 |
| 1992 |
0.043063965 |
| 1993 |
0.061662368 |
| 1994 |
0.091819721 |
| 1995 |
0.127019788 |
| 1996 |
0.163660364 |
| 1997 |
0.203086271 |
| 1998 |
0.252251175 |
| 1999 |
0.308693053 |
| 2000 |
0.388374821 |
| 2001 |
0.450868198 |
| 2002 |
0.489802159 |
| 2003 |
0.54765806 |
| 2004 |
0.622548242 |
| 2005 |
0.704105135 |
| 2006 |
0.781706871 |
| 2007 |
0.848581266 |
| 2008 |
0.889703963 |
| 2009 |
0.894767414 |
| 2010 |
0.923472455 |
| 2011 |
0.955129263 |
| 2012 |
0.971862127 |
| 2013 |
0.983445685 |
| 2014 |
0.99779678 |
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Figure 2. U.S. Internet Protocol Data Traffic
| Year |
United States Internet Protocol Traffic (petabytes per month) |
| 1994 |
0.00741295 |
| 1995 |
0.075982737 |
| 1996 |
0.792879856 |
| 1997 |
2.202620241 |
| 1998 |
4.93386934 |
| 1999 |
11.23442049 |
| 2000 |
33.15277486 |
| 2001 |
77.11335432 |
| 2002 |
156.8485627 |
| 2003 |
300.0513004 |
| 2004 |
558.0954188 |
| 2005 |
905.2307692 |
| 2006 |
1471 |
| 2007 |
2419 |
| 2008 |
2578 |
| 2009 |
5115 |
| 2010 |
6998 |
| 2011 |
10343 |
| 2012 |
14439 |
| 2013 |
16607 |
| 2014 |
19628 |
| 2015 |
23552 |
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Figure 3. Official Prices for Communications Equipment
| Year |
Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index |
Bureau of Labor Statistics Import Price Index |
Bureau of Economic Analysis Investment Price Index |
| 1985 |
|
|
|
| 1986 |
|
0.061399217 |
0.003432494 |
| 1987 |
0.015952173 |
0.065683337 |
0.007411631 |
| 1988 |
0.003700769 |
0.038711073 |
0 |
| 1989 |
0.018291215 |
-0.000416406 |
0.000565931 |
| 1990 |
0.016071851 |
-0.018537805 |
-0.000565611 |
| 1991 |
0.009537102 |
-0.005517827 |
0.003961517 |
| 1992 |
0.011447005 |
0 |
-0.00789177 |
| 1993 |
0.017686938 |
0.011523688 |
-0.010795455 |
| 1994 |
0.014702327 |
0.002039381 |
-0.016082711 |
| 1995 |
0.005144496 |
0.007158397 |
-0.030939872 |
| 1996 |
0.009437441 |
-0.033447147 |
-0.018072289 |
| 1997 |
0.00630528 |
-0.042678971 |
-0.007361963 |
| 1998 |
-0.006265772 |
-0.036975676 |
-0.057478368 |
| 1999 |
-0.017463451 |
-0.021973725 |
-0.064918033 |
| 2000 |
-0.022721841 |
-0.040377389 |
-0.036465638 |
| 2001 |
-0.016149192 |
-0.036410598 |
-0.056040757 |
| 2002 |
-0.033067894 |
-0.02974492 |
-0.055512722 |
| 2003 |
-0.03157103 |
-0.029230906 |
-0.10122449 |
| 2004 |
-0.033022995 |
-0.074635087 |
-0.072661217 |
| 2005 |
-0.013379695 |
-0.018253968 |
-0.020568071 |
| 2006 |
-0.011943282 |
-0.020311237 |
-0.027 |
| 2007 |
-0.001042938 |
-0.000206292 |
-0.019527235 |
| 2008 |
0.013572346 |
0.018157433 |
-0.060796646 |
| 2009 |
0.001205154 |
-0.006687608 |
-0.050223214 |
| 2010 |
-0.002829218 |
-0.013159237 |
-0.028202115 |
| 2011 |
-0.00601496 |
-0.002894356 |
-0.019347037 |
| 2012 |
-0.007442237 |
-0.009122953 |
-0.028360049 |
| 2013 |
-0.002698039 |
-0.020820255 |
-0.024111675 |
| 2014 |
0.002705338 |
-0.017416391 |
-0.029908973 |
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Figure 4. Prices for Cellular and Data Networking Equipment
| Year |
cellular phones and network equipment |
data networking equipment |
| 1985 |
182.271 |
|
| 1986 |
134.944 |
262.11 |
| 1987 |
100 |
223.258 |
| 1988 |
94.282 |
207.377 |
| 1989 |
81.797 |
193.648 |
| 1990 |
66.156 |
175.702 |
| 1991 |
44.492 |
157.843 |
| 1992 |
41.637 |
134.706 |
| 1993 |
36.485 |
112.543 |
| 1994 |
32.116 |
100 |
| 1995 |
27.249 |
83.772 |
| 1996 |
21.731 |
77.038 |
| 1997 |
17.841 |
64.157 |
| 1998 |
14.343 |
46.274 |
| 1999 |
11.367 |
37.894 |
| 2000 |
9.539 |
33.695 |
| 2001 |
7.937 |
33.71 |
| 2002 |
6.446 |
30.456 |
| 2003 |
4.936 |
25.642 |
| 2004 |
4.036 |
22.208 |
| 2005 |
3.864 |
19.733 |
| 2006 |
3.583 |
17.993 |
| 2007 |
3.078 |
16.093 |
| 2008 |
2.13 |
14.775 |
| 2009 |
2.073 |
12.765 |
| 2010 |
1.903 |
11.028 |
| 2011 |
1.573 |
9.029 |
| 2012 |
1.102 |
8.033 |
| 2013 |
0.947 |
7.131 |
| 2014 |
0.797 |
6.142 |
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Figure 5. Comparison of Byrne-Corrado Spending Index and BEA Investment Index
| Year |
Byrne-Corrado Spending Index |
BEA Investment Index |
| 1986 |
-4% |
0% |
| 1987 |
-12% |
1% |
| 1988 |
-6% |
0% |
| 1989 |
-7% |
0% |
| 1990 |
-8% |
0% |
| 1991 |
-8% |
0% |
| 1992 |
-5% |
-1% |
| 1993 |
-6% |
-1% |
| 1994 |
-4% |
-2% |
| 1995 |
-9% |
-3% |
| 1996 |
-10% |
-2% |
| 1997 |
-12% |
-1% |
| 1998 |
-12% |
-6% |
| 1999 |
-13% |
-6% |
| 2000 |
-9% |
-4% |
| 2001 |
-11% |
-6% |
| 2002 |
-11% |
-6% |
| 2003 |
-14% |
-10% |
| 2004 |
-12% |
-7% |
| 2005 |
-5% |
-2% |
| 2006 |
-6% |
-3% |
| 2007 |
-8% |
-2% |
| 2008 |
-16% |
-6% |
| 2009 |
-7% |
-5% |
| 2010 |
-9% |
-3% |
| 2011 |
-13% |
-2% |
| 2012 |
-18% |
-3% |
| 2013 |
-11% |
-2% |
| 2014 |
-13% |
-3% |
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