MSN (or
Microsoft Network) is an
internet service provider created by
Microsoft on
August 24,
1995, coinciding with the release of
Windows 95. The MSN moniker has since been extended to Microsoft's
Hotmail webmail service and the
MSN Messenger instant messaging client, as well as other Microsoft-branded websites.
With 9 million subscribers, MSN is the second largest ISP in the United States behind AOL Time Warner's America Online service with 26.5 million.