Re: UKNM: Free ISPs and Loyalty Figures

[Tim Ireland]

I wrote:

>As a consequence of this I would suggest virtual servers (including email

>servers and redirection services) will become *much* more popular over the

>next few months.


Craig wrote (and I'm paraphrasing here):

>I think

>you will see an increasing number of people registering their own domains

>as a result which has much preference over the virtual servers Tim refers to.


>So my prediction for the future will be free connection ISPs offering much

>cheaper if not totally free domain name hosting.


I certainly hope this is true - the main reason I currently lack a domain

name is the way virgin.net makes this as difficult as possible. Currently

the only way to do this is to pay a virtual server for redirection of

traffic and email (and I'll be damned if I'm going to pay anyone just for

the privelege of a personalised number plate).


However, if free ISPs do this 'for free' I can guarantee it will include

some form of 'frame' (sites) and 'attachment' (email) advertising that still

makes it worthwhile to take the step up to the 'paid' version.


In fact, I can cite at least one working model of this - and here's one I

made earlier...

http://mondovision.u-k.ac


Tim Ireland

tim [dot] ivirgin [dot] net

MONDOVISION

Freelance Copywriting

http://business.virgin.net/tim.i/index.htm


********************

UKNM is sponsored by Excite UK, visit us at http://www.excite.co.uk.

Email Khalil Ibrahimi

khalilexcitecorp [dot] com (mailto:khalilexcitecorp [dot] com)

 to advertise on Excite.

********************

Change your UKNM subscription use http://www.chinwag.com/uknm.html