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Success manifests itself in many forms.
In America, it is typically gauged by money, but in the Internet access game, the measure of success is the size of a service provider's subscriber base. The kernel of the plan for financial success was creating economies of scale by integrating back-office functions. Although the company's prospectus spoke as if OneMain had already acquired these companies, stock analysts were skeptical. Buying small ISPs and rolling them into a national brand isn't a new idea. Companies like Verio and the ISP formerly know as MindSpring and have also chosen to grow by acquisition.