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ISP Market Research


Subscriber Values, September 2000

We list public companies only, and do not list ISPs that are part of much larger companies, such as MSN. For a listing of subscriber numbers, see our ISP Rankings .

by ISP-Planet Staff
[September 1, 2000]
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ISP Subscriber Value:  $1,777

Rank

ISP

Value per subscriber

Market Cap
(millions)

Number of subscribers


1

AOL

$5,338

$123,851

23,200,000

2

PSINet (1)

$1,224

$1,710

1,398,000

3

Earthlink

$288

$1,210

4,200,000

4

Prodigy

$259

$441

1,700,000

  (1) PSINet will no longer be a residential ISP. PSINet will focus on business services, as its ISP business is being spun off to inter.net .

 

ISP Cable Subscriber Value:  $6,138


1

AtHome

$3,003

$5,405

1,800,000

2

WorldGate

$10,770

$463

43,000

3

SoftNet (1)

$4,640

$153

33,027

(1) SoftNet has at least 17,000 satellite subscribers through its Intellicom subsidiary.

 

Free ISP Subscriber Value:  $41


1

NetZero

$66

$265

4,000,000

2

Juno (1)

$16

$180

11,050,000

(1) Juno has 730,000 paying subscribers.

 

ISP Subscriber Sale Value:  $428

(based on recent sales)

Date

Buyer / Seller

Value per subscriber

Sale price
(millions)

Number of subscribers


6-00 Earthlink/OneMain.com $428 $308 (approx.) 720,000
5-00 Prodigy/FlashNet $275 $55 (approx.) 200,000
3-00 CoreComm/Voyager.net $1,405 $506.1056 (approx.) 360,000

1-00

OneMain/Radiks.net

$536

$7.5

14,000

10-99 Voyager/ComNet, TDI Internet, Choice Dot Net *
(avg.) $499 
$12.5 
25,000 
9-99 Voyager/MichWeb, Internet Connection Services *
(avg.) $41 
$1.2 
30,000 

* Composite figures: Prices and subscriber counts for individual acquisitions were not available.

ISP-Planet 's subscriber values are derived from publicly announced figures. Calculation of subscriber values is derived from the financial and subscriber information disclosures of publicly traded companies. Market data is supplied by wsrn.com . Subscriber numbers are derived from corporate filings. Subscriber Sale Values is based on reports at InternetNews.com's ISP News .

United States subscriber numbers from ISP Planet's US ISP Rankings page .

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