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ISP Market Research

Subscriber Values: Q3 2005

Most—but not all—subscriber values remained more or less the same.

by Alex Goldman
ISP-Planet Managing Editor
[December 23, 2005]
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Subscriber numbers are from ISP-Planet's list of Top U.S. ISPs and from company reports (and are as of September 30, 2005). Market capitalization data is as of market close, December 16, 2005, as reported on Yahoo! Finance.

Further notes on ISP data

ISP Subscriber Value:  $300*
(ISP subscriber values with AOL would average $1,268 per subscriber.)

Stock Symbol

ISP

Value per subscriber

Market Cap
(millions)

Number of subscribers

[TWX]

AOL*

$3,206

$84,060

26,223,000

[UNTD]

United Online*

$314

$936

2,980,000

[ELNK]

EarthLink

$285

$1,520

5,325,000

* In response to a suggestion by Tom Millitzer of New Commerce Communications, we show subscriber values without AOL in large print, and with AOL in small print.
* AOL subscriber numbers do not include RoadRunner; AOL did not declare subscriber numbers for CompuServe.
*
We count only paying subscribers for the United Online. United Online now pays a dividend.

RCN returned from bankruptcy earlier this year with a typical post-Chapter 11 balance sheet. Short term and current debt of $1.8 billion has been replaced by $490 million of long term debt.

Cable Subscriber Value:  $3,788

Stock Symbol

Cable Provider

Value per subscriber

Market Cap
(millions)

Number of subscribers

[RCNI]

RCN

$3,788

$902

238,000

Our CLEC listings require close examination. We are comparing a wide variety of companies, and we welcome your comments

Further notes on CLEC data

CLEC Subscriber Value:  $889

Stock Symbol

CLEC

Value per subscriber

Market Cap
(millions)

Number of subscribers

[CLEC]

US LEC

$1,437

$55

38,000

[GNCMA]

General Communications

$1,201

$551

458,500

[ALSK]

The ACS Group

$1,032

$447

433,060

[TALK]

Talk.com

$436

$281

645,000

[DVW]

Covad

$341

$197

578,400

—End


Acquisitions of Note:
 
[Dec. 19, 2005]
 
[Dec. 19, 2005]
 
[Dec. 14, 2005]
 
[Oct. 11, 2005]

Online resources:
  DSL Subscriber Numbers
  History of Subscriber Values
  ISP Rankings Worldwide
  Jupiter Research: Broadband
  Top U.S. ISPs by Subscriber

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