This IDC study addresses which Internet service provider (ISP) led the U.S.
Internet access market at the end of the first and second quarters of 2003.
Additionally, IDC identifies the top 10 ISPs and their overall market share.
Highlights include:
y The overall consumer ISP market is fluctuating.
y AOL continued its dominance of the market for consumer Internet access
accounts.
y MSN's growth continued to slow as it increased focus on content distribution
and de-emphasized its ISP business.
"The ISPs growing and climbing IDC's top 10 list are broadband providers. Dial
providers have seen the writing on the wall for years, but reality is upon us."
? Steven Harris, research manager of IDC's ISP Markets research program