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ISP Market Research

Subscriber Values: Q4 2005

Competitive ISPs and CLECs did well but are in transition, altering their business models to catch up to changes in regulation.

by Alex Goldman
ISP-Planet Managing Editor
[May 5, 2006]
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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 December 31, 2005). Market capitalization data is as of market close, April 24, 2006, as reported on Yahoo! Finance.

Further notes on ISP data

ISP Subscriber Value:  $256*
(ISP subscriber values with AOL would average $1,166 per subscriber.)

Stock Symbol

ISP

Value per subscriber

Market Cap
(millions)

Number of subscribers

[TWX]

AOL*

$2,987

$76,140

25,490,000

[UNTD]

United Online*

$288

$821

2,855,000

[ELNK]

EarthLink

$224

$1,190

5,315,000

* 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.

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:  $1,437

Stock Symbol

CLEC

Value per subscriber

Market Cap
(millions)

Number of subscribers

[CLEC]

US LEC

$3,540

$135

38,225

[GNCMA]

General Communications

$1,777

$650

365,800

[DVW]

Covad

$1,226

$695

567,200

[ALSK]

The ACS Group

$1,148

$504

439,307

[MPE]

MPower

$479

$150

313,900

[TALK]

Talk.com

$455

$271

595,000

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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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