national stats. on ISP qty/size?

Ben Liberman ben at bl.com
Thu Nov 28 18:14:56 UTC 1996


(Let's try that again with the CORRECT number for "annual revenue
 per employe."  199.55 looked just a bit on the low side ;-)

Thanks to all who replied.  Boardwatch (http://www.boardwatch.com/)
was a treasure trove of info.  Here is a sample from their web
page at <http://www.boardwatch.com/isp/intro2.htm> derived from
their survey of 3000+ providers (if I read it correctly.)

Internet Service Provider Profile
(excluding top and bottom 10% of all ISPs surveyed)

Average time in business:                               22.2 months
Average number of employees:                            12.98
Average gross annual revenues:                    $637,571.76
Average annual revenue per employee:               $49,119.55
Average hardware/software investment:             $165,615
Average number of dialup customers:                   1843.53
Average annual growth rate:                             93%
Average number of dial-up ports                        198.95
Average bandwidth to backbone:                           2.94 Mbps
Average bandwidth per dialup port:                      14.4 kbps
Average investment in hardware/software per customer:  $89.83
Average price of 28.8 kbps dialup account:             $19.95 per month



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