Internet Service Providers.
Today there are several thousand companies in the United States providing Internet services.
According to a study published in 1997 by Forrester Research Inc . of Cambridge, the number of ISP's is expected to decline to around 500 by the end of 1999 due to intense competition, mergers, and low profit margins. Connecting to the Internet. There are a number of options available from ISP's for connecting to the Internet and these options are growing almost daily. Below is a list of the current technologies. All ISP's support modem dial-in to a remote server.