"Don't you wonder why AOL didn't release its national sign-up rate last quarter?"
Actually, they did disclose it. If you look at their SEC filings, they added (on a net basis) 700,000 domestic AOL subscribers and 300,000 domestic CompuServe subscribers. Over a 92 day quarter, that works out to 7,609 AOL subscribers per day and 3,261 CompuServe subscribers per day. In total, they added 10,870 domestic subscribers per day.
From the Form 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 1999:
At September 30, 1999, the Company had approximately 18.7 million AOL service subscribers, including 16.2 million in the United States and 2.5 million in the rest of the world. Also at that date, the Company had approximately 2.2 million CompuServe service subscribers, with 1.3 million in the United States and 900,000 in the rest of the world.
From the Form 10-K for the year ending June 30, 1999:
At June 30, 1999, the Company had approximately 17.6 million AOL brand subscribers, including approximately 15.5 million in North America and approximately 2.1 million in the rest of the world. Also at that date, the Company had approximately 2 million CompuServe brand subscribers, including approximately 1 million in North America and approximately 1 million in the rest of world.
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