CANADIAN INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS MARKET REPORT
1999 EDITION
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Table Of Contents
| Section | Page |
| About This Report | vii |
| 1.0 Market Overview And Analysis | 1 |
| 2.0 ISPs - The Canadian Landscape | 9 |
| 3.0 ISPs - Cable Companies | 14 |
 3.1 The @Home
Network |
18 |
| 4.0 ISPs - Telephone Companies/Independent Carriers | 21 |
| 4.1 Telephone
Companies |
21 |
| 4.2 Non-Telco
IXCs |
24 |
| 5.0 Regulatory And Legal Matters | 26 |
| 6.0 Technology | 33 |
| 7.0 Trends | 36 |
| 7.1
Electronic Commerce |
36 |
| 7.2 Internet
Telephony |
39 |
| 7.3 Wireless
Internet |
41 |
| 8.0 Company Profiles | 45 |
| 8.1 National
ISPs |
45 |
| 8.1.1
AOL Canada Services Inc. |
45 |
| 8.1.2
IBM Internet Connection Services |
54 |
| 8.1.3
Look Communications (I.D. Internet Direct) |
56 |
| 8.1.4
GlobalServe/iPrimus |
65 |
| 8.1.5
The Microsoft Network |
69 |
| 8.1.6
PSINet Limited |
71 |
| 8.1.6.1
iSTAR |
75 |
| 8.1.6.2
Interlog |
76 |
| 8.1.6.3
TotalNet Inc. |
79 |
| 8.1.7
UUNET Canada Inc. |
80 |
| 8.2
Non-Profit Regional Networks |
87 |
| 8.2.1
ONet Networking |
87 |
| 8.3 Local
ISPs |
90 |
| 8.3.1
3web (Cybersurf) |
90 |
| 8.3.2
Pathway Communications |
92 |
| 8.4 Cable
Companies |
97 |
| 8.4.1
Cogeco Cable Inc. |
97 |
| 8.4.2
Fundy Cable |
103 |
| 8.4.3
Rogers Cablesystems Limited |
106 |
| 8.4.4
Shaw Communications Inc. |
111 |
| 8.4.5
Vid?tron lt? |
115 |
| 8.5 Telephone
Companies |
121 |
| 8.5.1
TELUS |
121 |
| 8.5.1.1.
BC Consumer/SOHO |
123 |
| 8.5.1.2
Alberta Consumer/SOHO |
125 |
| 8.5.1.3
TELUS Advanced Communications |
127 |
| 8.5.1.4
TELUS Multimedia |
129 |
| 8.5.2
BCE Inc. |
130 |
| 8.5.2.1
Bell Canada (Sympatico) |
130 |
| 8.5.2.2
Bell Canada Data Services |
134 |
| 8.5.2.3
Bell Carrier Services Group |
135 |
| 8.5.2.4
Bell Nexxia |
136 |
| 8.5.2.5.
BCE Emergis |
140 |
| 8.5.3
Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. |
144 |
| 8.5.4
Aliant |
148 |
| 8.5.4.1
NBTel |
148 |
| 8.5.4.2
MTT |
152 |
| 8.5.4.3
Qu?ec Tel |
155 |
| 8.6 IXC-ISPs |
158 |
| 8.6.2.
AT&T Canada/Netcom |
158 |
| 8.6.3
Sprint Canada Inc. |
164 |
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List Of Figures, Exhibits And Appendices
| Section | Page | |
| Figure 1 | Canadian ISP Market, Revenues 1998-2003 |
7 |
| Figure 2 | Canadian ISP Market, Dial-Up Subscribers 1998-2003 |
8 |
| Exhibit 1 | Revenues and Market Shares, by ISP 1998-2000 |
168 |
| Exhibit 2 | Revenues & Number of Customers, by ISP type 1998-2000 |
168 |
| Exhibit 3 | Dial-Up Subscribers by ISP 1998-2000 |
169 |
| Exhibit 4 | Dedicated Accounts by Major ISP 1998-2000 |
169 |
| Exhibit 5 | Dial-Up, DSL, Dedicated and Cable Subscribers, by ISP 1998-2000 |
170 |
| Exhibit 6 | Sources of ISP Revenues 1999 |
170 |
| Exhibit 7 | Provincial Distribution of Dial-up Subscribers, by ISP 1999 |
171 |
| Exhibit 8 | Cablecos: Internet Subscriber Base & Revenues 1998-2000 |
172 |
| Exhibit 9 | Telcos/IXCs: Dial-Up Subscribers & Revenues 1998-2000 |
173 |
| Exhibit 10 | Telcos/IXCs: DSL Subscribers & Revenues 1998-2000 |
174 |
| Appendix A | Households: Provincial Distribution 1998 -Computer, Modem and Internet Access |
175 |
| Appendix B | Businesses by Number of Employees & Internet Use 1998/99 |
176 |
| Appendix C | Businesses - % Internet Use by Province 1999 |
176 |
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About This Report
| The Canadian Internet Service Providers Market Report,
1999 Edition is NBI/Michael Sone Associates' second report on the
Canadian Internet market and certainly the most comprehensive and
rigorously researched document available on the industry. This publication
not only updates and builds upon last year's edition, but also provides a
more in-depth look at what is Canada's most dynamic and fast-paced
communications sector.
With ever-increasing penetration rates in both the business and consumer segments, the pervasiveness of the Internet and the boom in associated products and services that it has spawned are now a multi-billion dollar worldwide industry - with no sign of letting up. The rate of change of the Internet phenomenon, the comings and goings of new players, the advent of new technologies and applications is astounding. It is enough to make forecasters and futurists shriek with delight at the excitement of it all and scream in horror at its uncertainty. At 175 pages, the report is divided into three main sections. The first discusses the environment in Canada and presents major issues and developments pertinent to the industry including merger and acquisition activities, dynamics of Internet adoption and use in Canada, the acceleration of market penetration of high-speed cable and DSL access technologies and regulatory issues. Finally, there are updates on developments in Internet telephony and e-commerce. The second section provides qualitatively and quantitatively intensive individual profiles of two dozen significant ISPs including phone company, IXC and cable company affiliates as well as the major independent providers. The third section contains a series of detailed figures, exhibits and appendices that illustrate dial-up, high-speed and dedicated subscribers & revenues, market shares, provincial segmentation, forecasts and Internet penetration data. Each industry segment has been explored so that the report presents services offered, marketing activities, pricing, as well as technology and application trends.
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