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.


However, arguably the most significant move (in the ISP market anyway) will

be the OFTEL intervention which could well result in just the main telecoms

companies being able to continue with a free ISP offering in the medium to

long term as smaller telecoms/ISP's will not have the clout to be able to do

cost effective deals on interconnect revenues.


So, I would imagine that many of the smaller players in the market will

either fade away or be swallowed up by the major players as their call

revenues are slashed and they do not have the significant backing required

to sustain a strategy of making major loses now for long term customer

ownership value in the long term.


That said, the reason most of us are in this business is because no-one

knows what's around the corner - that's what keeps us on our feet!


Glen

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> -----Original Message-----

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From: ownerchinwag [dot] com [ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Tim

> Dunton

> Sent: 27 February 1999 19:05

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> Subject: UKNM: Whats next after Freeserve?

>

>

> I've been trying to work out what is going to be the next big thing after

> Freeserve? Does anyone have any ideas? Could it be paid for ISPs where the

> ISP pays you to use the service? Could it be free calls? Could it be flat

> rate calls? Or is it nothing to do with access at all?

>

> Anyone got any ideas?

>

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