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An Internet Service Provider (an ISP) is a provider of Internet services. Most telecommunications operators are ISPs. They provide services like internet transit , domain name registration and hosting, dial-up access, leased line access and colocation.

In early 2000s, ISPs in the United States faced serious challenges. Telecommunications and IT-related stocks fell sharply, and many ISPs were forced to close, restructure, sell, or merge. The slower-than-expected growth of broadband services and key decisions on broadband open access matters have all added to the industry's problems.

1 ISPs

1.1 Dialups

United Online
- NetZero
- Juno
AOL
- CompuServe
AT&T
Boingo
Demon Internet
Earthlink
- MindSpringMindSpring was a major Internet service provider which merged with EarthLink on February 4, 2000, with the company retaining the EarthLink name. MindSpring was founded in February 1994 by Charles Brewer in Atlanta, Georgia. It had only non-paying customer
XS4ALLXS4ALL (pronounced "Access for all") is the second-oldest ISP in the Netherlands, after NLnet. It was the first in the country to offer Internet access to private individuals. XS4ALL was established in Amsterdam by Felipe Rodriquez, Rop Gonggrijp, Paul Jo

1.2 Free dialups

WanadooWanadoo is a French Internet Service Provider ( ISP), which is majority owned by France Telecom. It operates in France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Spain, Algeria, Morocco, Senegal, Mauritius, Madagascar, Lebanon & Jordan. In 2000, Wanadoo took o
Freeola
Juno Online Servicesis an Internet Service Provider owned by United Online.
NetZero
Free 24/7

2 DSL / Cable

Blueyonder
Cable OneCable One is a United States cable service provider that is a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company. Cable One provides cable service to primarily non-urban, small communities in 19 states in the midwestern, southern, and western US. As of July 2004,
ComcastComcast based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the largest cable company in the United States. They develop broadband cable networks and are involved in electronic retailing and television programming content. Comcast was founded in 1963 by Ralph J. Rober
Covad
Cox Communications
NorthPoint Communications
NTLWorld
Qwest
Rhythms NetConnections
Rogers Cable
SBC Communications
Sprint
Sympatico
Verizon

3 Other relevant acronyms

IAP ( Internet Access Provider )
NSP ( Network Service Provider)

4 Related services

Broadband access
- DSL -- Digital Subscriber Line
- Fixed wireless access
- Cable
Web hosting services
Usenet servers
Email sevices
DNS
- Dynamic DNS

5 Related topics

6 External Links

free internet comprehensive list of free internet providers around the world

Internet List of ISPs

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