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Top 10 U.K. ISPs by Subscriber
data complied by John
Lewell
| Rank |
ISP
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Subscribers
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1
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Freeserve
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2 million active
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2
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World Online
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1.4 million
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3
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AOL multiple brands
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1.2 million (est.)
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4
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LineOne
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1.1 million
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5
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Virgin Net
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500,000
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6
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Genie
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450,000
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7
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BT Click
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440,000
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8
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BT Internet
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425,000
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|
9
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Claranet
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350,000
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10
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Thus |
246,000
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Notes
- Freeserve figures
from Freeserve press office, indicating active accounts at June 2000.
- World Online figures
from World Online published data, May 2000.
- AOL Europe does
not disclose a breakdown of its figures by country, but says 4 million
users for all of Europe, with U.K. and Germany the largest. AOL multiple
brands in the U.K are: AOL UK, CompuServe, and Netscape Online.
- LineOne figures
from Citigate Dewe Rogerson, LineOne's PR agency.
- Virgin Net figures
from NTL, which owns 49 percent and announced at end July 2000 it is
buying the rest of Virgin Net's ISP business.
- Genie figures
from BT press office.
- BT Click figures
from BT press office.
- BT Internet figures
from BT press office.
- Claranet figures
from published data, August 2000.
- Thus figures,
from published data, include Scotland on Line and Demon Internet, but
exclude Demon's Netherlands operations.
Population
data from
the CIA (July, 2000 est.): 59,511,464
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