Competing in a 5-Way War — Fiber, FWA, Satellite, and the Cable Comeback Story

The U.S. residential broadband market in 2026 has become a five-way knife fight: cable (Spectrum, Comcast, Cox), fiber (AT&T Fiber, Verizon Fios, Google Fiber, frontier overbuilders), Fixed Wireless Access (T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T Internet Air), satellite (Starlink, Project Kuiper), and mobile-led carriers offering "internet replacement" plays. Spectrum has lost broadband subscribers for several quarters, but Q4 2025 showed the loss rate IMPROVING, and the convergence + network upgrade strategy is the comeback play. This module gives candidates the framework to talk about the competitive landscape without sounding naive.