Monday, October 20, 2003

EarthLink Reaches 953,000 Broadband Customers

EarthLink added 71,000 net subscribers this past quarter (excluding the previously announced removal of 152,000 wholesale Charter cable modem customers due to the restructuring of that relationship in July 2003). The company ended the third quarter with approximately 5.0 million paying subscribers, up 128,000, or 2.7% from a year ago. During the quarter, Earthlink achieved growth of 112,000 net broadband subscribers, excluding the adjustment (for removing the Charter subscribers). The company
ended the quarter with 953,000 broadband customers, up 40% from a year ago. Total narrowband subscribers declined 3.4% from a year ago to approximately 3.8 million.
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