ited States alone, the 11 companies do not control a major part of the business.
"One of the goals of AT&T WorldNet Service is to bring the Internet to everyone, and enabling our customers to reach us from a variety of devices is a sizable step in that direction," said David Hood, Product Marketing Vice President, AT&T WorldNet Service. Offering customers this kind of choice will hasten the day when we're all connected" (Donovan, 1997, Online).
When the industry began, the assumption was that ISPs "would consolidate into a handful of mammoth providers, but the opposite is happening. The Internet market is fueling much entrepreneurial activity. Not all ISPs are created equally, however. Services and fees vary considerably and are not necessarily based on true costs" (Griffin, 1996, 33). The typical ISP offers dial-up and dedicated access services, host sites for 500 to 1,500 companies and builds business systems that help businesspeople perform E-Commerce.
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