Top 5 have 82% of UK subscribers

Another story from ThinkBroadband.com - the top 5 ISPs now have 82% of the UK market, given the mergers of NTL and Telewest / Carphone Warehouse and AOL / BT and Plusnet. This will definitely consolidate more, but the big players are clearly emerging.

Broadband provider Market share
BT Retail inc. Plusnet 24.6%
Virgin Media, ntl:Telewest, Virgin 24.6%
Carphone Warehouse, AOL and Talk Talk 14.9%
Tiscali inc. HomeChoice 10.3%
Orange 7.6%
Pipex, inc Bulldog, F2S, Nildram 4.4%
Tesco 1%
Others 12.7%