Top 25 MSOs

1 Comcast/AT&T
Basic subscribers: 21.2M
Top executive: Brian Roberts, president
1500 Market St.
Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-665-1700
www.comcast.com
Ownership: Comcast Corp.
Homes passed: 38.5M
Basic penetration: 62%
Digital-ready homes: 20.1M
Digital subs: 5.8M
Digital penetration: 26.8%
High-speed Internet-ready homes: 25.3M
High-speed Internet subs: 2.5M
Internet penetration: 9.6%
Major clusters: Boston, Chicago, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, Miami, Mid-Atlantic states (New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Washington, D.C.) Indiana, Michigan, Tennessee, Florida, New Mexico

2 Time Warner
Basic subs: 12.8M
Top executive: Glenn Britt, chairman/CEO
290 Harbor Dr.
Stamford, CT 06902 203-328-0600
www.aoltimewarner.com
Ownership: AOL Time Warner
Homes passed: 21.5M
Basic penetration: 60%
Digital-ready homes: 20.8M
Digital subs: 3.3M
Digital penetration: 16%
High-speed Internet-ready homes: 19.6M
High-speed Internet subs: 1.9M
Internet penetration: 10%
Major clusters: New York City; Tampa Bay, Fla.; Orlando, Fla.; Houston; Raleigh, N.C.; Milwaukee

3 DirecTV
Basic subs: 10.5M
Top executive: Eddy Hartenstein, chairman/CEO
2230 E. Imperial Hwy.
El Segundo, CA 90245 1-800-DIRECTV
www.directv.com
Ownership: Hughes Electronics Corp.

4 Charter
Basic subs: 7.0M
Top executive: Carl Vogel, president, CEO
12405 Powerscourt Dr. St. Louis, MO 63131 314-965-0555
www.charter.com
Ownership: Paul Allen, publicly traded
Homes passed: 11.5M
Basic penetration: 60.5%
Digital-ready homes: 10.7M
Digital subs: 2.1M
Digital penetration: 30.8%
High-speed Internet-ready homes: 7.6M
High-speed Internet subs: 607,700
Internet penetration: 8.5%
Major clusters: Los Angeles; St. Louis; Greenville/Spartanburg, S.C.; Madison, Wis; Atlanta; Charlestown, W.Va.; Fort Worth, Texas

5 DISH Network
Basic subs: 6.8M
Top Executive: Charlie Ergen, chairman/CEO
5701 S. Santa Fe Dr.
Littleton, CO 80120 1-800-333-DISH
www.dishnetwork.com
Ownership: EchoStar Communications Corp.

6 Cox
Basic subscribers: 6.3M
Top executive: Jim Robbins, president/CEO
1400 Lake Hearn Dr.
Atlanta, GA 30319 404-843-5000
www.cox.com
Ownership: 65% owned by Cox Enterprises, publicly traded
Homes passed: 10M
Basic penetration: 62.6%
Digital-ready homes: 9.5M
Digital subs: 960,000 1.5M
Digital penetration: 10.7%
High-speed Internet-ready homes: 9.3M
High-speed Internet subs: 1M
Internet penetration: 10.7%
Major clusters: Phoenix; San Diego; New England area; Hampton Roads, Va.;
Orange County, Calif.; Oklahoma City; Omaha, Neb.; New Orleans, northern Virginia; Las Vegas

7 Adelphia
Basic subs: 5.8M
Top executive: John J. Rigas, chairman/president/CEO
1 N. Main St.
Coudersport, PA 16915 814-274-9830
www.adelphia.net
Ownership: Publicly traded
Homes passed: 9.5M
Basic penetration: 61%
Digital-ready homes: 9.6M
Digital-ready subs: 5.8M
Digital subs: 1.9M
Digital penetration: 31%
High-speed Internet-ready homes: 2.1M
High-speed Internet subs: 377,510
Internet penetration: 19.1%
Major clusters: Los Angeles; Pennsylvania; Ohio; New York; Florida; Virginia; Colorado Springs, Colo

8 Cablevision
Basic subs: 3.1M
Top executive: James L. Dolan, president/CEO
1111 Stewart Ave.
Bethpage, NY 11714 516-803-2300
www.cablevision.com
Ownership: Cablevision Systems Corp.
Homes passed: 4.3M
Basic penetration: 69.4%
Digital-ready homes: 700,000
Digital subs: 17,200
Digital penetration: 3.1%
High-speed Internet-ready homes: 2.97M
High-speed Internet subs: 506,675
Internet penetration: 17%
Major clusters: New York

9 Mediacom
Basic subs: 1.6M
Top executive: Rocco B. Commisso, chairman/CEO
100 Crystal Run Rd.
Middletown, NY 10941 845-695-2600
www.mediacomcc.com
Ownership: Rocco B. Commisso, 24% financial, 81% voting power
Homes passed: 2.6M
Basic penetration: 60.6%
Digital-ready subs: 1.4M
Digital subs: 321,000
Digital penetration: 23%
High-speed Internet-ready homes: 1.4M
High-speed Internet subs: 112,700
Internet penetration: 7.9%
Major clusters: Des Moines, IA; Springfield, MO; Cedar Rapids, IA; Quad Cities, IA/IL; Columbus, GA, Columbia-Jefferson City, MO; Dagsboro, DE; Hendersonville, NC; Lake Minnetonka, MN.; Gulf Breeze, Fla.; Mobile, Ala.

10 Insight
Basic subs: 1.4M
Top executive: Michael Willner, president/CEO
810 Seventh Ave.
New York, NY 10019 917.286.2300
www.insight-com.com
Ownership: publicly held
Homes passed: 2.4M
Basic penetration: 58.7%
Digital-ready homes: 1.14M
Digital subs: 257,700
Digital penetration: 22.5%
High-speed Internet-ready homes: 1.75M
High-speed Internet subs: 88,500
Internet penetration: 5%
Major clusters: Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky

11 Cable One
Basic subscribers: 751,266
Top executive: Thomas O. Might, CEO/president
1314 N. 3rd Street, 3rd fl.
Phoenix, AZ 85004 602-364-6000
www.cableone.net
Ownership: 100% owned by The Washington Post Co.
Homes passed: 1.2M
Basic penetration: 61%
Digital-ready homes: 1.1M
Digital subs: 241,831
Digital penetration: 32.2% to Basic
High-speed Internet-ready homes: 1.0M
High-speed Internet subs: 45,379
Internet penetration: 6.0%
Major clusters: Gulf Coast of Mississippi

12 RCN
Basic subs: 487,000
Top executive: David C. McCourt, chairman/CEO
105 Carnegie Center
Princeton, NJ 08540 609-734-3700
www.rcn.com
Ownership: Level 3 Communications 26.09%; Vulcan Ventures (Paul Allen) 25.42%; Hick, Muse, Tate & Furst 7.06%; Tweedy, Browne Co. LLC 5.7%
Homes passed: 1.7M
Basic penetration: 28.5%
Digital-ready homes: 245,000
Digital subs: 97,460
Digital penetration: 40%
High-speed Internet-ready homes: 1.5 M
High-speed Internet subs: 119,955
Internet penetration: 8%
Major clusters: Boston; New York; Philadelphia suburbs; Washington, D.C.; Chicago; San Francisco; Los Angeles

13 Classic Cable
Basic subs: 335,000
Top executive: Dale Bennet, president/COO
6561 Paluxy Dr.
Tyler, TX 75703 903-581-2121
www.classic-cable.com
Ownership: Public
Homes passed: 727,000
Basic penetration: 46%
Digital-ready homes: 622,000
Digital subs: 32,000
Digital penetration: 5%
High-speed Internet-ready homes: 55,000
High-speed Internet subs: 2,200
Internet penetration: 4%
Major clusters: Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Louisiana and Ohio

14 WideOpenWest
Basic subs: 310,000
Top executive: Mark Haverkate, president/CEO
900 W. Castleton Rd.
Suite 220
Castle Rock, CO 80104 303-663-0771
www.wideopenwest.com
Ownership:
Homes passed: 1.3M
Basic subscribers: 310,000
Basic penetration: 23%
Digital-ready homes: 1.3M
Digital subs: 31,000
Digital penetration: 10%
High-speed Internet-ready homes: 300,000
High-speed Internet subs: 3,400
Internet penetration: 1%
Major clusters: Chicago; Cleveland; Columbus, Ohio; Detroit

15 Service Electric
Basic subs: 297,000
Top executive: Margaret Walson, CEO
201 W. Center St.
Mahanoy City, PA 17948 570-773-2585
www.seco-tv.com
Ownership: Walson family
Homes passed: 414,000
Basic penetration: 71%
Digital-ready homes: 110,000
Digital subs: 31,000.
Digital penetration: 10.5%
High-speed Internet-ready homes: 211,000
High-speed Internet subs: 6,000
Internet penetration: 2%
Major clusters: Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Sparta, N.J.

16 Tele-Media
Basic suscribers: 254,043
Top executive: Robert E. Tudek, chairman/CEO/president
320 West College Ave. Pleasant Gap, A 814-359-3481
Ownership: Robert E. Tudek and Everett I. Mundy
Homes passed: 354,114
Basic penetration: 71.7%
Digital-ready homes: 178,956
Digital subs: 22,413
Digital penetration: 12.5%
High-speed Internet-ready homes: 69,255
High-speed Internet subs: 2,524
Internet penetration: 3.6%
Major clusters: Seymour-Waterbury, Conn.; Hopewell-Petersburg, Va.; Frostburg-Hancock, Md./Keyser, Northfork-Iaeger-Bradshaw, W.Va.; Zion-Kylertown, Pa.; Bald Head Island, N.C. Whitehouse, Tenn./Franklin, Ky., Pembroke Pines, Fla.

17 Northland
Basic subs: 233,000
Top executive: John S. Whetzell, chairman
1201 Third Ave.
Suite 3600
Seattle, Wash. 98101 206-621-1351
Ownership: NTC, privately held by more than 100 individual shareholders, with the officers controlling over 35% of the outstanding shares
Homes passed: 392,000
Basic penetration: 59%
Digital-ready homes: 187,000
Digital subs: 18,000
Digital penetration: 11%
High-speed Internet-ready homes: Not available
High-speed Internet subs: Not available
Internet penetration: Not available
Major clusters: Texas, Northwest, Southeast

18 Armstrong
Basic subs: 210,000
Top executive: Michael Haislip, president
1 Armstrong Pl.
Butler, PA 16001 724-283-0925
www.amstrongonewire.com
Ownership: Privately held
Homes passed: 283,000
Basic penetration: 75%
Digital-ready homes: 190,000
Digital subs: 26,300
Digital penetration: 13.8%
High-speed Internet-ready homes: 190,000
High-speed Internet subs: 32,700
Internet penetration: 17%
Major clusters: Pittsburgh; Youngstown, Ohio

19 Susquehanna
Basic subs: 205,971
Top executives: Peter Brubaker, CEO, Jim Munchel, COO (pictured)
140 E. Market St.
York, PA 17401 717-848-5500
www.suscom.net
Ownership: Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff Co.
Homes passed: 283,000
Basic penetration: 72.8%
Digital-ready homes: 196,000
Digital subs: 30,062
Digital penetration: 15.3%
High-speed Internet-ready homes: 202,000
High-speed Internet subs: 17,770
Internet penetration: 8.8%
Major clusters: York, Pa.; Williamsport, Pa.

20 Midcontinent
Basic subs: 205,000
Top executive: Larry Bentson, CEO
7900 Xerses Ave. S., Ste. 1100
Minneapolis, MN 55431 952-844-2600
www.midcom.com
Ownership: Midcontinent Communications
Homes passed: 362,600
Basic penetration: 56.5%
Digital-ready homes: 270,000
Digital subs: 15,000
Digital penetration: 5.5%
High-speed Internet-ready homes: 200,000
High-speed Internet subs: 13,500
Internet penetration: 6.8%
Major clusters: Sioux Falls, S.D.; Bismarck, N.D.; Rapid City-Black Hills, S.D.

21 Blue Ridge Cable/Pencor Services
Basic suscribers: 175,000
Top executive: Fred A. Reinhard, chairman
613 Third St.
Palmerton, PA 18071 610-826-2552
www.brctv.com
Ownership: Pencor Services Inc.
Homes passed: 189,000
Basic penetration: 92%
Digital-ready homes: 73,000
Digital subs: 6600
Digital penetration: 10%
High-speed Internet-ready homes: 83,000
High-speed Internet subs: 12,000
Internet penetration: 14%
Major clusters: Stroudsburg, Pa.; Lehighton, Pa.

22 Millennium
Basic subs: 157,600
Top executive: Kevin R. Westbrook, president/CEO
120 S. Central Ave., Ste. 150
St. Louis, MO 63105 314-802-2400
www.mdm.net
Ownership: Privately held
Homes passed: 316,600
Basic penetration: 50%
Digital-ready homes: 257,800
Digital subs: 26,700
Digital penetration: 10.4%
High-speed Internet-ready homes: 214,000
High-speed Internet subs: 17,600
Internet penetration: 8.2%
Major clusters: Baltimore suburbs; Michigan (Lansing/ Flint/Detroit corridor); metro, suburban and ex-urban Seattle; suburban Portland, Ore.; ex-urban Idaho

23 US Cable
Basic subs: 151,000
Top executive: James D. Pearson, president/CEO
Montvale Plaza
28 W. Grand Ave.
Montvale, NJ 07645 201-930-9000
Ownership: Private partnership, 48% AT&T Broadband
Homes passed: 286,191
Basic penetration: 52.7%
Digital-ready homes: 208,757
Digital subs: 11,500
Digital penetration: 5.5%
High-speed Internet-ready homes: 16,000
High-speed Internet subs: 710
Internet penetration: 3.2%
Major clusters: Wild Dunes, Kiawah, Mt. Pleasant, John's Island, S.C.; Cold
Spring, Lake Forest, St. Joseph, Minnesota; Hobbs, Carlsbad, New Mexico

24 GCI
Basic subs: 132,627
Top executive: Ron Duncan, president/CEO
2550 Denali St., Anchorage, AK 99507 907-265-5620
Web site: Not available
Ownership: Cerberus
Homes passed: 192,657
Basic penetration: 69% statewide
Digital-ready homes: 154,146
Digital subs: 25,806
Digital penetration: 20% statewide
High-speed Internet-ready homes: 90%
High-speed Internet subs: 29,794
Internet penetration: Not available
Major clusters: Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau

25 Knology
Basic subs: 118,224
Top executive: Rodger Johnson, president/COO
1241 O.G. Skinner Dr. West Point, GA
31833 706-645-8553
Web site: Not available
Ownership: Knology Broadband, institutional investors including ITC Holding, SCANA, Whitney & Co., Blackstone Group
Homes passed: 423,201
Basic penetration: 28%
Digital-ready homes: 118,224
Digital subs: Not available
Digital penetration: Not available
High-speed Internet-ready homes: 423,000
High-speed Internet subs: 32,573
Internet penetration: 8%
Major clusters: Montgomery, Ala., Columbus, Ga., Panama City, Fla.