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Top U.S. ISPs by Subscriber: 2001 Year End
We rank U.S. Consumer ISPs by overall subscriber numbers, regardless of connectivity method. It's time to see how much the economic downturn affected the growth rate of the top-ranked service providers for the year just ended.
Managing Editor ISP-Planet [February 11, 2002] |
 |
According to the CyberAtlas there were 143 million Americans online in September 2001. Of these U.S. users, about 70 million are reported to be residential users. The study, compiled by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) , A Nation Online: How Americans Are Expanding Their Use of the Internet, estimates that 54 percent of the U.S. population has access to the Internet. This represents a 26 percent increase over August 2000 ... continued analysis
|
Rank
|
ISP
|
Subs.
(millions) |
Date
& Source
|
Market
Share |
|
1
|
America
Online (Dial-Up) |
27.7
*
|
[Jan.
22, 2002]
AOL Raises Rates For Piggybackers |
19.4%
|
|
2
|
MSN
(Dial-Up)
|
8.0
|
[Jan.
15, 2002]
Total U.S. Subscriptions Surpass 8 Million
|
5.6%
|
|
3
|
United
Online (Dial-Up) [NetZero + Juno Online] |
5.6
±
|
[Feb.
7, 2002]
United
Online
Proves Dial-Up Isn't Dead |
3.9%
|
|
4
|
EarthLink
(Dial-Up) |
4.8
|
[Jan.
18,2002]
EarthLink Chooses Akamai |
3.4%
|
|
5
|
Prodigy
(Dial-Up) [Includes SBC Narrowband] |
3.6
|
[Jan.
22, 2002]
About Prodigy |
2.5%
|
|
6
|
CompuServe
(Dial-Up) [AOL Owned] |
3.0
|
2.1%
|
|
|
7
|
Road
Runner (Cable) [AOL Owned] |
1.9
|
[Jan.
20, 2002]
AOL-TW Q4 Performance |
1.3%
|
|
8
|
AT&T
Broadband (DSL) |
1.5
|
[Jan.
30, 2002]
AT&T
Announces Fourth-Quarter Earnings
|
1.0%
|
|
9
|
AT&T WorldNet (Dial-Up) |
1.4
|
[Jan.
29, 2002]
AT&T Q4 Pro Forma Revenue Increases 2.5 Percent
|
1.0%
|
|
10
|
SBC
(DSL) [Includes Prodigy Broadband] |
1.3 |
[Jan.
24, 2002]
SBC Reports
Fourth-Quarter Earnings |
.91%
|
|
11
|
Verizon (DSL) |
1.2
|
[Jan.
31, 2002]
Verizon Loses $2 Billion |
.84%
|
|
12
|
Comcast (Cable) |
.948
|
[Feb.
6, 2002]
@Home
Migration Cuts Into Comcast Pocketbook |
.66%
|
|
13
|
Cox (Cable) |
.779
|
[Jan.
18, 2002]
Level 3 Inks Cox As Customer |
.54%
|
|
14
|
Charter (Cable) |
.645
|
[Feb.
11, 2002]
Charter 2001 Pro Forma Cable Modem Increase
|
.45%
|
|
15
|
BellSouth (DSL) |
.621
|
[Jan.
4, 2002]
Bell South's Bright Future |
.43%
|
|
16
|
Cablevision (Cable) |
.507
|
[Jan. 30, 2002] Cablevision Internet Growth Gets Little Credit |
.35%
|
|
17
|
RCN (Cable+Dial-Up) |
.481
|
[Feb.
8, 2002]
RCN Announces Q4 And Year-End 2001 Results |
.34%
|
|
18
|
PeoplePC (Dial-Up) |
.450
|
[Jan.
20, 2002]
PeoplePC: About Us |
.31%
|
|
19
|
Qwest (DSL) |
.448
|
[Jan.
29, 2002]
Qwest's Revenues Fall Flat in Q4 |
.31%
|
|
20
|
Covad (DSL) |
.351
|
[Jan.
17, 2002]
Covad Holds Steady In Q4 |
.25%
|
|
21
|
Volaris Online (Dial-Up) |
.250
|
[Nov.
1, 2001]
Durocom, Subsidiaries Now Volaris Online |
.17%
|
|
22
|
Bluelight (Dial-Up) |
.200
|
[Jan.
23, 2002]
Bluelight.com Faces Uncertain Future |
.14%
|
|
23
|
Hughes (Satellite) |
.100
|
[Jan. 9, 2002] DIRECWAY Subscribers Break 100,000 Mark |
.07%
|
|
24
|
Other U.S. ISPs |
77.5²
|
55.0%
|
|
*
|
AOL Time Warner subscriber figures reflect reported worldwide customer counts, less international subscribers totaling 5.5 M In Europe. |
|
±
|
United Online ranking based on active users per month; reported 1.46 million billable users for Q4-2001. |
|
²
|
U.S. Online population based on Feb. 6, 2002 update of Big Picture Geographics by CyberAtlas, less Top 23 U.S. Total of 65.4 million. |
— End
Related articles:
| [Nov. 2, 2001] | Top U.S. ISPs by Subscriber: Q3 2001 | ||
| [Aug. 17, 2001] | Top U.S. ISPs by Subscriber: Q2 2001 | ||
| [May 10, 2001] | Top U.S. ISPs by Subscriber: Q1 2001 |
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