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Top 23 Australian ISPs by Subscriber
data provided by Paul
Bidde Communication
Major ISPs and their residential subscribers – 1998-1999
| Rank
|
ISP
|
1999
|
1998
|
1999
Growth |
|
|
1
|
Big Pond
|
500,000
|
300,000
|
66%
|
|
2
|
OzEmail/UUNet
|
410,000
|
300,000
|
37%
|
|
3
|
Optus
|
120,000
|
40,000
|
200%
|
|
4
|
TPG Internet
|
115,000
|
80,000
|
44%
|
|
5
|
eisa
|
80,000
|
20,000
|
300%
|
|
6
|
One.Net (One.Tel)
|
80,000
|
42,000
|
90%
|
|
7
|
AOL
|
50,000
|
9,000
|
455%
|
|
8
|
IINet (Perth)
|
35,000
|
20,000
|
75%
|
|
9
|
Hotkey (Primus)
|
32,000
|
12,000
|
166%
|
|
10
|
Netspace
|
30,000
|
30,000
|
0%
|
|
11
|
Pacific Internet
|
30,000
|
-
|
n/a
|
|
112
|
Chariot Internet (South Australia)
|
30,000
|
14,000
|
114%
|
|
13
|
CompuServe Pacific
|
22,000
|
30,000
|
-33%
|
|
14
|
Planet Internet
|
19,000
|
17,000
|
11%
|
|
15
|
Connect.Com (AAPT)
|
18,000
|
14,000
|
28%
|
|
16
|
SE Net
|
17,000
|
15,000
|
13%
|
|
17
|
Maxi Internet
|
15,000
|
15,000
|
0%
|
|
18
|
Zip World
|
15,000
|
13,000
|
15%
|
|
19
|
Geko Internet
|
13,000
|
11,000
|
18%
|
|
20
|
NetSpeed Internet
|
12,500
|
11,000
|
13%
|
|
21
|
Dataline.net.au
|
11,500
|
11,000
|
0%
|
|
22
|
Ocean Internet
|
11,500
|
11,000
|
10%
|
|
23
|
AT&T
|
10,000
|
8,500
|
4%
|
| |
Others approx
|
400,000
|
550,000
|
-28%
|
| |
Total subscribers approx.
|
2,100,000
|
1,500,000
|
40%
|
(Source: Paul Budde Communication, based on industry data, ABN/AMRO)
| Year |
Number
of ISPs |
|
|
1995
|
26
|
|
1996
|
300
|
|
1997
|
500
|
|
1998
|
650
|
|
1999
|
700
|
|
2000
|
800
|
Source: Paul Budde Communication)
Population data
from
the CIA (July, 1999 est.): 18,783,551
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