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Subscriber Values
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[January 3, 2001] |
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Dial-up, cable modem, or free Internet access subscriber—the value of each client continues to change—be it a residential or business connection.
We list public companies only and do not include ISPs that are part of much larger firm, like MSN, for example. Current subscriber counts are derrived from ISP-Planets ISP Rankings with the exception of AOL, for which we use worldwide subscriber counts here.
History
In response to readers' requests, we now provide historical data for the
subscriber values here
.
Transaction data
Third party subscriber value research
from MCG Capital
Corporation averages the ISPs that MCG has bought and sold in the past
year. Revenue per subscriber per month is particularly interesting data.
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ISP Subscriber Value: $1,100 |
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Rank |
ISP |
Value per subscriber |
Market Cap |
Number of subscribers |
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[AOL] |
AOL |
$2,980 |
$74,512 |
25,000,000 |
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[ELNK] |
Earthlink |
$161 |
$694 |
4,300,000 |
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[PRGY] |
Prodigy |
$157 |
$109 |
2,200,000 |
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ISP Cable Subscriber Value: $1,197 |
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[WGAT] |
WorldGate |
$1,476 |
$100 |
68,000 |
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[SOFN] |
SoftNet (1) |
$1,323 |
$46 |
35,000 |
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[ATHM] |
Excite@Home |
$791 |
$1,818 |
2,300,000 |
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(1)
SoftNet has at least 17,000 satellite subscribers through its Intellicom
subsidiary. Subscribers to SoftNet's new Aerozone subsidiary are
not counted here.
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Free ISP Subscriber Value: $17 |
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[NZRO] |
NetZero |
$24 |
$88 |
3,600,000 |
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[JWEB] |
Juno |
$9 |
$33 |
3,700,000 |
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(1)
Juno has
a
mix of fee and free services.
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ISP Subscriber Sale Value: $404 (based on subscriber per sale analysis) |
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Date |
Buyer / Seller |
Value per subscriber |
Sale price |
Number of subscribers |
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| 9-00 | Earthlink/OneMain.com | $404 | $308 (approx.) | 762,000 | 5-00 | Prodigy/FlashNet | $275 | $55 (approx.) | 200,000 | 3-00 | CoreComm/Voyager.net | $1,405 | $506.1056 (approx.) | 360,000 |
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1-00 |
OneMain/Radiks.net |
$536 |
$7.5 |
14,000 |
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| 10-99 | Voyager/ComNet, TDI Internet, Choice Dot Net * |
(avg.)
$499
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$12.5
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25,000
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| 9-99 | Voyager/MichWeb, Internet Connection Services * |
(avg.)
$41
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$1.2
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30,000
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* Composite figures: Prices and subscriber counts for individual acquisitions were not available.
Subscriber values are derived from available market capitalization figures and subscriber disclosures of publicly traded ISPs. Market data is supplied by wsrn.com . Subscriber Sale Value is based on reports at ISP News , an internet.com publication.
Market Data from MCG Capital Corporation
By Number of Subscribers
| Subscribers |
< 5,000 |
5,000 to 20,000 |
> 20,000 |
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Average |
Average |
Average | |
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Price per $ of Revenue |
$1.98 |
$1.9 |
$4.75 |
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Price per Subscriber |
$873 |
$463 |
$3,713 |
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Revenue/Sub/Month |
$52.23 |
$26.63 |
$24.22 |
Last 12 months (6/99 – 6/00)
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Average |
Median |
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Price per $ of Revenue |
$3.6 |
$2.34 |
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Price per Subscriber |
$1,199 |
$489 |
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Revenue/Sub/Month |
$35.27 |
$20.83 |
Residential ISPs (less than $30 rev. per sub.)
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Average |
Median |
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Price per $ of Revenue |
$3.06 |
$2.25 |
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Subscriber Multiple |
$563 |
$478 |
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Revenue/Sub/Month |
$20.44 |
$19.4 |
Business ISPs
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Average |
Median |
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Price per $ of Revenue |
$4.00 |
$2.35 |
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Subscriber Multiple |
$3,105 |
$667 |
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Revenue/Sub/Month |
$3,960 |
$166.67 |
Private Market Deals
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Average |
Median |
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Price per $ of Revenue |
$3.11 |
$2.27 |
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Price per Subscriber |
$719 |
$476 |
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Revenue/Sub/Month |
$34.96 |
$21 |
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