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ISP Market Research

Subscriber Values

ISP-Planet has decided to recognize the death of the free ISP. Now, all subscriber numbers are billable subscribers, changing the numbers drastically. Furthermore, some new companies have been added to the list.

by ISP-Planet Staff
[July 19, 2001]
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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 derived from ISP-Planet's ISP Rankings with the exception of AOL, for which we use worldwide subscriber counts.

WSRN.com is the source for market data.

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.

Note, however, that the rate of ISP deals is declining drastically.

ISP Subscriber Value:  $1,090

Stock Symbol

ISP

Value per subscriber

Market Cap
(millions)

Number of subscribers


[AOL]

AOL

$6,068

$197,382

32,530,000

[NZRO]

NetZero

$724

$84

116,000

[ELNK]

Earthlink

$425

$1,956

4,600,000

[PRGY]

Prodigy

$219

$481

2,200,000

[LOAX]

Log On America

$100

$3

30,000

[JWEB]

Juno

$51

$47

920,000

[GEEK]

Internet America

$41

$6

147,000

AOL subscriber numbers include gateway.net, RoadRunner, and CompuServe.
Juno and NetZero now provide a mix of fee and free services and will merge into United Online.
ISP subscriber values without AOL would average $260 per subscriber.

 

Cable ISP Subscriber Value:  $514


[WGAT]

WorldGate

$875

$91

104,000

[RCNC]
RCN
$447
$412
920,713

[ATHM]

Excite@Home

$385

$886

2,300,000

[HSAC]

High Speed Access

$347

$61

176,000

RCN subscriber numbers include 447,157 dialup and DSL subscribers.

 

Mobile Wireless ISP Subscriber Value:  $733


[MCOM]

Metricom (Ricochet)

$0

$0

51,200

[GOAM]

GoAmerica

$1,285

$92

71,587

[MTNT]

Motient

$181

$41

226,000

Metricom has entered Chapter 11, and is therefore not included in the subscriber values, but posted new subscriber numbers after filing for bankruptcy.

 

 

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