# NCTA cable industry infrastructure expenditures in billions # Correcting for inflation # Raw data from graph on: # https://www.ncta.com/platform/public-policy/setting-the-record-straight-on-broadband-investment/ # CPI corrections from http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl year raw_number CPI_correction corrected_value 1990 3.00 1.81 5.43 1991 2.26 1.73 3.91 1992 2.26 1.68 3.80 1993 2.94 1.64 4.82 1994 3.80 1.59 6.03 1995 5.42 1.55 8.40 1996 5.72 1.51 8.61 1997 6.90 1.46 10.06 1998 5.66 1.45 8.21 1999 10.68 1.41 15.09 2000 14.64 1.37 20.12 2001 16.08 1.34 21.61 2002 14.55 1.31 19.05 2003 10.65 1.29 13.69 2004 10.12 1.26 12.71 2005 10.68 1.21 12.91 2006 12.42 1.17 14.54 2007 14.66 1.14 16.66 2008 14.66 1.10 16.09 2009 13.34 1.10 14.68 2010 13.01 1.08 14.10 2011 12.92 1.05 13.55 2012 13.66 1.03 14.08 2013 13.81 1.01 13.99