Who is the biggest Internet provider in the world? Future Of Internet?

Internet usage is increasing day by day and ease of access to information is also increasing drastically. There's no limit on internet usage and we can consume as much information we cant. Video streaming, music streaming and almost all other types of entertainment material is available on the web. This drastically improves the information and awareness between the people.

We can now download songs online for free. Watch informational videos and can take coaching classes online without going anywhere. It's the best thing world can ever imagine. But, there are many cons of the internet as well. I've discussed some of the facts about internet.

Top 5 Most Popular ISPs

1. AT&T. Propelled by its popular U-Verse package delivering digital TV, phone, and Internet, AT&T provides access to 17 million customers. ...
2. Comcast Xfinity. Comcast is the largest cable provider in the country, and provides Internet to over 14 million customers in 39 states. ...
3. Time Warner Cable. ...
4. Verizon. ...
5. Charter.

Industry Overview: Internet. The Internet Industry consists of companies that provide a wide variety of products and services primarily online through their Web sites. Operations include, but are not limited to, search engines, retailers, travel services, as well as dial-up and broadband access services.

Internet Users Are Growing In India

India is the world's second-largest telecommunications market, with around 1.20 billion subscribers as of December 2018. The telecom market can be split into three segments – wireless, wireline and internet services. The wireless market segment comprises of 98.20 per cent of the total subscriber base, as of February 2019. Wireless subscriptions witnessed a CAGR of 19.61 per cent to reach 1,183.41 million at the end of FY18.

With the flick of a switch, most businesses and most users now have instant access to high-speed broadband connectivity and massive computing power. This virtualised resource, combining digital storage and processing power, is held in remote data centres, rather than localised server rooms or PC pedestals; it is delivered via the internet, or ‘cloud’, through a variety of over-the-top (OTT) platforms and services.

Challenges In Keeping Internet Up and Running

There are challenges with each: private clouds deliver better functionality, and public clouds offer superior performance. There is, as yet, no middle ground. Either way, users are focused on deploying virtualised computing resources via the cloud – or ‘infrastructure as a service’ (IaaS), to use its industry name.

Almost all industries such as music industry, video industry etc. needs powerful cloud servers to keep their services up and running nicely.

The global broadband access equipment market is expected to witness almost 4% growth between 2011 and 2015, according to research from TechNavio. End-user demand for higher bandwidth is one of the major growth drivers in this sector. Increasing broadband demand in Latin America is also fuelling industry performance. 

Unsatisfactory infrastructure may represent an obstacle to market growth moving forward. Top industry players in the global broadband access equipment market include Huawei Technologies, ZTE and Alcatel-Lucent.