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Internet Service Providers - US


Published Date: August 2007
Published By: Mintel International Group Ltd.
Page Count: 100
Order Code: R560-2821
 
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Scope and Themes
What you need to know
Definition
Consumer data for this report
Market size and segmentation data
Forecast factors
Abbreviations and terms
Abbreviations
Terms
Executive Summary
Highlights
Market maturity nearing
Consumers becoming more sophisticated about Internet usage
The impact of a shift to laptops
The decline of dial-up
Connectivity advancement
Trends in advertising and promotion
The need for speed
Changing service
Market Factors
Drivers and trends
PC penetration moving slowly and favoring laptops
Reaching the unconnected
The PC population that does not use the Internet
Manufacturer bundling to reach new PC homes
Reaching new households
Speed and spend
A future in fiber
Expectations for more reliable access
X-play bundled services offer savings and convenience
Consolidation of billing
Figure 1: Multiple-bill dissatisfaction, February 2007
Entertainment, communication, and other “killer applications” demand higher speed
Figure 2: Use of the Internet for work and entertainment (games, music, video, and IM), March 2007
Video telephony
Competition from free and low-cost commercial and municipal service
Future trends
Television: the ultimate killer Internet application
Competition from 3G and WiMAX
Cheaper DSL and cable
Exclusive content and virtual ISPs
Premium service is reliability
Security improvement will allow consumers to resell bandwidth
Figure 3: Concerns over security, February 2007
Faster DSL and cable
New pricing paradigms
Net neutrality
Market Size and Segmentation
Subscriptions
Figure 4: Households with Internet subscriptions, 2003-07
Figure 5: Households by type of service, and presence of a peronsal computer, 2003-07
Figure 6: Households by type of service, and presence of a peronsal computer, 2005 and 2007
Sales
Figure 7: Total U.S. ISP subscriber revenues, at current and constant prices, 2003-07
Market forecast
Figure 8: Forecast of total U.S. ISP subscriber revenues, at current and constant prices, 2007-11
Market segmentation
Figure 9: ISP sales, segmented by connection type, 2005 and 2007
Figure 10: Graph: Forecast of segment share by value, 2012
Dial-up
Figure 11: Annual service revenue, dial-up, at current and constant prices, 2003-07
Cable
Figure 12: Annual service revenue for cable broadband, at current and constant prices, 2003-07
DSL
Figure 13: Annual service revenue, DSL, at current and constant prices, 2002-06
ISDN, fiber and other
Figure 14: Annual service revenue, other broadband, at current and constant prices, 2003-07
Supply Structure
Introduction
Figure 15: Supplier share, by subscriptions, 2005-06
Figure 16: Internet service pricing, May 2007
Figure 17: Supplier revenues in the U.S., 2005 and 2007
Cable round-up
Dial-up roundup
DSL round-up
Other broadband roundup
Cellular providers not yet leveraging full weight
Figure 18: AT&T mobile + wireless ad
Advertising and Promotion
Introduction
Adspend
Figure 19: Media expenditures by leading ISPs, 2005 and 2006
The fight for AOL’s customers—price competition
PeoplePC
Figure 20: PeoplePC advertisement
NetZero
Figure 21: NetZero advertisement
Figure 22: NetZero advertisement
Figure 23: NetZero advertisement
Capturing the dial-up tone
Speed competition among other providers
Competition based on content
Figure 24: AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet advertisement
Figure 25: AT&T advertisement
Competition based on security
Figure 26: Netscape reality television spoof advertisement
Customer service
Connection reliability
Bundled service ads—a step in the wrong direction?
Figure 27: AT&T with free dish TV for one year advertisement
Figure 28: Comcast advertisement
Figure 29: Time Warner advertisement
Figure 30: Optimum Cablevision triple play ad—save $500 advertisement
Figure 31: Cablevision advertisement
Cable ISP ads
Comcast Cable
Figure 32: Comcast advertisement
Time Warner Cable
Figure 33: Time Warner advertisement
Charter Cable
Figure 34: Charter advertisement
RCN
Figure 35: RCN advertisment
DSL ads
AT&T
Figure 36: AT&T advertisement
Figure 37: AT&T advertisement
Verizon
Figure 38: Verizon advertisement
Figure 39: Verizon advertisement
AOL (DSL)
Figure 40: AOL advertisement
EarthLink (DSL)
Figure 41: EarthLink DSL advertisement
Bell South
Figure 42: Bell South Advertisement
FiOS
Figure 43: Verizon FiOS advertisement
Preparing for the next stage in ISP advertising
How Consumers Connect to the Internet
Summary
On the home desktop
Figure 44: Use of dial-up, selected demographic segments, March 2007
From laptops
Figure 45: Laptop connection classification, March 2007
Figure 46: Laptop connection classification, selected demographics, March 2007
Why some respondents continue to use dial-up
Desktop users
Figure 47: Why desktop dial-up users do not switch to broadband, March 2007
Laptop users
Figure 48: Why laptop users do not switch to broadband, March 2007
What Internet Service is Used For
Summary
Use of the Internet for work, games, music, video, and IM
Figure 49: Use of the Internet for work and entertainment (games, music, video, and IM), March 2007
Figure 50: Use of the Internet for work and entertainment, by age, March 2007
Figure 51: Use of the Internet for work and entertainment, by household income, March 2007
Figure 52: Use of the Internet for work and entertainment, by race/ethnicity, March 2007
Selecting and Changing Service
Summary
Who selects service, service interruptions, and recent changes in service
Figure 53: Who selects service, service interruptions, and recent changes in provider, March 2007
Figure 54: Service selecton and service interruption, by age, March 2007
How consumers research a service change
Figure 55: Research before selecting an ISP, March 2007
Figure 56: Research before selecting an ISP, by age, March 2007
Figure 57: Research before selecting an ISP, by race/ethnicity, March 2007
Figure 58: Research before selecting an ISP, by educational attainment, March 2007
Primary reason for selecting an ISP
Figure 59: Most important ISP decision factor, March 2007
Figure 60: Most important ISP decision factor, by current type of service, March 2007
Interest in add-on services
Figure 61: Interest in add-on services, March 2007
Figure 62: Interest in add-on services, by age, March 2007
What makes a service sticky
Figure 63: Satisfied ISP customers, March 2007
Figure 64: Satisfied ISP customers, by age, March 2007
Figure 65: Satisfied ISP customers, by income, March 2007
Why consumers switch
Figure 66: Reasons consumers changed ISPs, March 2007
Figure 67: Reasons consumers changed ISPs, by type of current connection, March 2007
Appendix: PC Ownership
Figure 68: PC ownership, January - October 2002-06
Figure 69: PC ownership, by age, January - October 2006
Figure 70: PC ownership, by race/ethnicity, January - October 2006
Figure 71: PC ownership, by household income, January - October 2006
Figure 72: Computing platforms, by marital status, January - October 2006
Appendix: Trade Associations

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