Re: UKNM: big ISP news

[Mike Bracken]

And worldcom, free.net, x-stream, C&W, BT all coming up. It's all the rage.

And I'd check that the Virgin one isn't just the citibank deal, because

that is free for citibank users. I don't know about virgin here, but the

guys who are claiming to offer 'free' are actually moving the pricing model

so as to make the ISP charge invisible and charging per minute via the

telco. 


Which means its a pay as you use model, where the ISP skims off revenue

from the agreement to pay for the circuit and the network tail. It's a

perfectly valid, if untried, idea.


And then there'll be click, using BT's new ability to ofer IP to the home,

but let's not get into that right now.....what we really should be talking

about is gazza. Just because he likes a drink or ten...it's a

disgrace...etc


Mike Bracken

Deputy Editor, Internet Magazine

(44) 171 309 2783




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>

From: Richard Houston <richardwebmedia [dot] com>

>

To: uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com

> Subject: UKNM: big ISP news

> Date: 02 June 1998 13:42

> 

> Hello all.

> 

> If this is true, then it's a very bold move.

> Is it confidence, or desperation?

> 

> <QUOTE>

> Virgin Net to offer free Internet access:

> Internet service provider Virgin Net is expected to announce tomorrow

> that it is to offer free Internet access to all. The move will shake up

other

> ISPs such as Demon and BT, who will be forced to adopt similar schemes

> of their own to compete. Revenue will come from advertising and premium

> services. (1/6)

> </QUOTE>

> 

> Richard Houston

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> Webmedia Group Ltd

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