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Top U.S. ISPs by Subscriber: Q2
2003
The second quarter saw slow growth in general but a few ISPs
grew at spectacular rates, while others sold off a large number of subscribers
or (in the case of AOL) deleted them as an accounting revision.
by ISP-Planet Staff
[September 8, 2003] |
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We use Jupiter Research estimates for Broadwing subscriber numbers, and, more
importantly, for the total number of subscribers in the United States: 75.3
million subscribers. This number does not include: subscribers at work, at universities,
or in government. It only includes residential consumer accounts.
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Rank
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ISP
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Subs.
(millions)
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Date
& Source
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Market
Share
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1
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America
Online
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25.3
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27.5%
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2
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MSN
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8.7
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9.4%
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3
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United
Online
[NetZero + Juno Online]
|
5.2
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5.6%
|
|
4
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EarthLink
|
5.0
|
|
5.5%
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|
5
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Comcast
|
4.4
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4.8%
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6
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SBC
|
2.8
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3.0%
|
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7
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Verizon
|
1.9
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[Aug.
12, 2003]
SEC
Filing
|
2.1%
|
|
8
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Cox
|
1.7
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[June
30, 2003]
Press Release |
1.8%
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9
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Charter
|
1.3
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1.5%
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|
10
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BellSouth
|
1.2
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|
1.3%
|
|
11
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Cablevision
|
.92
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[Aug.
14, 2003]
SEC
Filing
|
1.0%
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|
12
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Adelphia
|
.78
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[Sept.
1, 2003]
Press Report |
0.8%
|
|
13
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Qwest
|
.56
|
|
0.6%
|
|
14
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Covad
|
.50
|
[July
31, 2003]
SEC
Filing
|
0.5%
|
|
15
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RCN
|
.39
|
|
0.4%
|
|
16
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ATX
(includes former CoreComm and Voyager.net) |
.30
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[Aug.
14, 2003]
Press
Release
|
0.3%
|
|
17
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Mediacom
|
.23
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[Aug.
13, 2003]
SEC
Filing
|
0.3%
|
|
18
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Insight
BB |
.18
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[July
31, 2003]
Press
Release
|
0.2%
|
|
19
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Hughes
DIRECWAY |
.17
|
[Aug.
8, 2003]
SEC
Filing
|
0.2%
|
|
20
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LocalNet
|
.09
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[Sept.
4, 2003]
Corporate
Communications
|
0.1%
|
|
21
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Internet
America |
.07
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[Aug.
19, 2003]
Press
Release
|
0.1%
|
|
22
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Broadwing
[Jupiter Research estimate] |
.07
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[July
1, 2003]
Jupiter Research
|
0.1%
|
|
23
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US
Wireless Online |
.03
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Corporate
Website
[undated]
|
0.0%
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24
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Other
U.S. ISPs |
30.7
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32.9%
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