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# The Fate Of Internet Service Providers
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/the-fate-of-internet-service-providers/
- Published: 1997-09-17T06:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-06-10T21:40:25.000Z
- Description: A study by the Gartner Group market research firm suggests that as many as 90% of the approximately 4,500 Internet Service Providers…
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A study by the Gartner Group market research firm suggests that as many as 90% of the approximately 4,500 Internet Service Providers in the United States may disappear over the next five years. One reason for consolidation of service providers is price competition: with the largest ISPs offering flat-rate access for $20 a month in the U.S., small operators have a difficult time making covering their costs and keeping their prices at the same levels.  
  
(c) Financial Times