RE: UKNM: Whats next after Freeserve?

[Glen Collins]

> >Well, there's already a move towards free calls, with companies offering

> >free calls in a type of 'happy hour' environment in the UK.

> Free technical

> >help and all that stuff is also on the horizon / available for

> free ISP's -

> >although there is a risk of this type of pure pricing war collapsing the

> >market.

>

> One of the freeISP's are offering free calls to it's free access account

> holders. Can't remember their name but the offer was something like "free

> calls between 6pm and 6.05pm"

> Don't quote me on this, but it wasn't that impressive an offer.


Yeh, this was the company I was refering to. It's X-Stream Network (the

first free ISP).  They offered a few hours one evening free as a special

promotion.  And apparently are doing this a few more times.  They reckon

they got 4000 new users as a result of the promotion.


> Personally I can't wait until we are all offered free calls/ access/

> pizza.


Don't hold your breath - we could quickly see the market collapse if this

did happen.


> It means that the .... dare I be so avant garde ... "pay for" ISPs will

> start charging again and actually offer a decent service.

> About bloody time as well.


Don't quite follow the logic here - but certainly ISP's getting so much

media attention / users will mean that service levels are likely to improve.


Glen


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