Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft Corp.'s MSN lags behind AOL Time Warner's America Online in sheer number of Internet access subscribers. if it were not that the network is setting its sights in succession a different vision: expanding globally, promoting broadband service and getting its users to disburse more time and money online.

As portal powers pass AOL is the undisputed kingpin of the category with 33 million Internet access subscribers, far exceeding the 8 million customers who subscribe to MSN's Internet service. further the dial-up access business has matured, the low-hanging fruit is gone and AOL's putting out is slowing as narrowband subscription crushing mounts, fueled in ...