Hooray for the little guys!

[rsawchuk]

A recent study by Andover Research (Toronto) found that local ISPs have 42% of the Internet market followed by telcos at 16% and Sympatico with 13%. No 'big name' such as AOL, CompuServe or Rogers (cable) controls more than 3.8% of the market. So it seems the little Internet Service Providers are doing okay against some heavy competition. The same study also found that 70% of businesses that do not have the Internet said they are NOT interested in linking to the info highway within the next year? What world are these guys living in?

[jwright]

Were you serious or did you have your tongue in your cheek? :-) I know a few successfull people who have actively decided that it doesn't fit their goals to spend a lot of time learning the computer, continually buying and upgrading hardware and software, checking their messages, entering data, fixing glitches, sitting on the phone with support desks. Hard to get hold of these people. No answering machines. Probably they're working or drinking coffee with their friends.