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In telecommunications, cable Internet access, shortened to cable Internet, is a form of broadband internet access which uses the same infrastructure as cable television. Like digital subscriber line (DSL) and fiber to the premises , cable Internet access provides network edge connectivity ( last mile access) from the Internet service provider ...
In 2019, the United States ranked 3rd in the world for the number of internet users (behind China and India), with 312.32 million users. [3] As of 2019, 90% of adults in America use the internet, either irregularly or frequently. [4] The United States ranks #1 in the world with 7,000 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) according to the CIA. [5]
@Home Network was a high-speed cable Internet service provider from 1996 to 2002. It was founded by Milo Medin, cable companies Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI), Comcast, and Cox Communications, and William Randolph Hearst III, who was their first CEO, as a joint venture to produce high-speed cable Internet service through two-way television cable infrastructure.
It was one of the major internet service providers of the 1990s. The company claimed it was the first consumer online service, citing its graphical user interface and basic architecture as differentiation from CompuServe, which started in 1979 and used a command-line interface. [1]
Internetlivestats.com reports that over 80 percent of the population of countries like the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, and France have connection to the Internet, but over ...
In 1989, the first Internet service providers, companies offering the public direct access to the Internet for a monthly fee, were established in Australia [3] and the United States. In Brookline, Massachusetts, The World became the first commercial ISP in the US. Its first customer was served in November 1989. [4]
1999: America Online has over 18 million subscribers and is now the biggest internet provider in the country, with higher-than-expected earnings. It acquires MapQuest for $1.1 billion in December.
Phoenix Internet; Planet Networks; RCN Corporation (acquired by TPG) Rise Broadband; Sail Internet; Shentel; Sonic.net; WirelessBuy; Sprint (including Clearwire) Starry Internet; Surf Internet; Ting Internet; United Communications (TN) USA Communications; PenTeleData; Cable One; WideOpenWest (WOW!) Viser; Ziply Fiber; Zentro Internet