Business Services Industry
Internet service providers
San Diego Business Journal, Oct 8, 2007 by Emily Knight
INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS
Ranked by number of local employees as of Aug. 30, 2007
Number of
local
employees:
Rank Company * 2007
(last Address Telephone * 2006
year) Web site Fax * % change
1 AT&T Inc. (800) 310-2355 5,800
(NR) 101 W. Broadway, na
San Diego 92102 na
www.att.com
2 Cox Communications Inc. (619) 262-1122 2,300
(1) 5159 Federal Blvd., (619) 266-5540 2,300
San Diego 92105 0
www.coxsandiego.com
3 Time Warner Cable (866) 489-2249 1,000
(2) Business Class (858) 635-8717 673
10450 Pacific Center 49
Court, San Diego 92121
www.timewarner-
businessclass.com
4 Astoundcom (800) 792-5850 100
(NR) 1220 Rosecrans, #972, na
San Diego 92106 na
www.astoundcom.com
5 X 0 Communications Inc. (858) 244-4001 45
(NR) 5771 Cole Drive, (858) 244-4100 39
San Diego 92111 15
www.xo.com
6 Designed Internet (619) 421-2107 17
(7) Solutions 2433 Fenton (619) 421-9771 14
St., Suite B, Chula 21
Vista 91914
www.DesignedInternet.com
7 NextLevel Internet Inc. (858) 836-0703 12
(8) P.O. Box 502661, (858) 836-0706 10
San Diego 92150 20
www.nextlevel-
internet.com
* Aggregate
Number of bandwidth
Rank Company subscribers (mbps)
(last Address as of * Number of
year) Web site 6/30/2007 POPs (1)
1 AT&T Inc. na Varies
(NR) 101 W. Broadway, na
San Diego 92102
www.att.com
2 Cox Communications Inc. na na
(1) 5159 Federal Blvd., na
San Diego 92105
www.coxsandiego.com
3 Time Warner Cable na 1-10,000
(2) Business Class 16
10450 Pacific Center
Court, San Diego 92121
www.timewarner-
businessclass.com
4 Astoundcom 100,000 20,000
(NR) 1220 Rosecrans, #972, 52
San Diego 92106
www.astoundcom.com
5 X 0 Communications Inc. na 10,000
(NR) 5771 Cole Drive, 26
San Diego 92111
www.xo.com
6 Designed Internet 1,500 165
(7) Solutions 2433 Fenton 4
St., Suite B, Chula
Vista 91914
www.DesignedInternet.com
7 NextLevel Internet Inc. 9,000 1-10,000
(8) P.O. Box 502661, 6
San Diego 92150
www.nextlevel-
internet.com
Rank Company
(last Address Area codes
year) Web site served Services
1 AT&T Inc. 619, 858, High-speed Internet,
(NR) 101 W. Broadway, 760 wireless, voice and
San Diego 92102 television services
www.att.com
2 Cox Communications Inc. 619, 760, High-speed Internet,
(1) 5159 Federal Blvd., 858 (2) e-mail, 70 MB Web
San Diego 92105 space, Internet tools,
www.coxsandiego.com news, free security
suite, 24/7 tech
support
3 Time Warner Cable 858, 619, Tiered access, static
(2) Business Class 760 IP, vanity e-mail, Web
10450 Pacific Center hosting, e-commerce
Court, San Diego 92121 solutions, hospitality,
www.timewarner- firewall, VPN, managed
businessclass.com security, T-1,
colocation, dial-up
access, metro-area
ethernet, dedicated
fiber Internet services
4 Astoundcom 760, 619, Internet access,
(NR) 1220 Rosecrans, #972, 858, 714, colocation, remote
San Diego 92106 310, 213 backup, managed
www.astoundcom.com 415, 707 firewall, monitoring,
managing hosting,
shared hosting
5 X 0 Communications Inc. Nationwide Voice, data,
(NR) 5771 Cole Drive, convergedand
San Diego 92111 managed services
www.xo.com for businesses
6 Designed Internet Nationwide High-performance
(7) Solutions 2433 Fenton dedicated
St., Suite B, Chula Web-based servers,
Vista 91914 e-commerce, hosted
www.DesignedInternet.com exchange server,
hosted SOL server,
e-mail
7 NextLevel Internet Inc. 858, 619, Business broadband
(8) P.O. Box 502661, 760, 951, Internet, managed
San Diego 92150 909, 949, coloration,
www.nextlevel- 714 VoIP, WAN transport
internet.com
Rank Company * Local
(last Address * Parent company executive
year) Web site * Headquarters * Title(s)
1 AT&T Inc. AT&T Inc. Denise Cunningham
(NR) 101 W. Broadway, San Antonio vice president
San Diego 92102 general manager
www.att.com
2 Cox Communications Inc. Cox William Geppert
(1) 5159 Federal Blvd., Communications regional vice
San Diego 92105 Inc. president,
www.coxsandiego.com Atlanta regional manager
3 Time Warner Cable Time Warner Cyrus Driver
(2) Business Class Cable Stamford, vice president
10450 Pacific Center Conn.
Court, San Diego 92121
www.timewarner-
businessclass.com
4 Astoundcom NTT Cameron Larson
(NR) 1220 Rosecrans, #972, Communications director
San Diego 92106 Tokyo
www.astoundcom.com
5 X 0 Communications Inc. X 0 Carl Grivner
(NR) 5771 Cole Drive, Communications president
San Diego 92111 Reston, Va.
www.xo.com
6 Designed Internet Designed Dan Biggs
(7) Solutions 2433 Fenton Internet president
St., Suite B, Chula Solutions
Vista 91914 Chula Vista
www.DesignedInternet.com
7 NextLevel Internet Inc. NextLevel Jerry Morris
(8) P.O. Box 502661, Internet Inc. general manager
San Diego 92150 San Diego
www.nextlevel-
internet.com
Rank Company Year
(last Address established
year) Web site locally
1 AT&T Inc. 1877
(NR) 101 W. Broadway,
San Diego 92102
www.att.com
2 Cox Communications Inc. 1961
(1) 5159 Federal Blvd.,
San Diego 92105
www.coxsandiego.com
3 Time Warner Cable 1964
(2) Business Class
10450 Pacific Center
Court, San Diego 92121
www.timewarner-
businessclass.com
4 Astoundcom 2001
(NR) 1220 Rosecrans, #972,
San Diego 92106
www.astoundcom.com
5 X O Communications Inc. 1999
(NR) 5771 Cole Drive,
San Diego 92111
www.xo.com
6 Designed Internet 1990
(7) Solutions 2433 Fenton
St., Suite B, Chula
Vista 91914
www.DesignedInternet.com
7 NextLevel Internet Inc. 1999
(8) P.O. Box 502661,
San Diego 92150
www.nextlevel-
internet.com
wnd Would not disclose
na Not available
NA Not applicable
(NR) Not ranked
Sources: The companies.
It is not the intent of this list to endorse the participants nor to
imply a company's size or numerical rank indicates its quality.
(1) POP stands for Point of Presence.
(2) Serviceability in 858 area code is limited to certain areas only.
COPYRIGHT 2007 CBJ, L.P.
COPYRIGHT 2008 Gale, Cengage Learning
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