Re: UKNM: RE: DIXONS - FREE SHARE

[Stefan Magdalinski]

Nick Sellors wrote:

> 

> On Tue, 22 Sep 1998 14:26:34 +0100, Ross Sleight

>

<ross [dot] sleightbmpinteraction [dot] com> wrote:

> 

> >Thought the below was interesting - comments anyone?

> 

> Well, it will probably affect a lot of the cheaper/lower end

> domestic-user ISPs but I doubt it'll have much of an impact on the

> business user/community.


I doubt that many existing users will change. tenner a month isn't much,

and if you have to abandon your email address etc, might be too much

hassle. 


> Since Planet/Energis are providing the

> backbone/telecoms/infrastructure for it, I'd say Dixons is the brand

> name to sell it to the masses and they get their profit from a

> kick-back from Energis based on the number of minutes of dial-up

> time.


not to mention that maybe one day they'll use it to push cattle into

their pathetically bad online shop, the sheer non-joy of which I've only

discovered today. 


question: has anyone on this list ever walked into a shop, and been

accosted by a member of staff demanding to see their credit card before

being allowed to look at the goods?


dixons.fuckwits.idiots.idiots.idiots.


sue me. I'm speaking on behalf of the pope (not Ivan) 


stefan


> Seems like all parties involved should win in the short term but I

> wonder what'll happen when the next round of telco-interconnect

> negotiations take place in the near future.

> 

> N, speaking in a personal capacity.

> 

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> Nick Sellors                    nick@ derby.org

>                                 http://www.derby.org/nick/

> I do not speak for anyone other than myself - PGP key on request


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