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Free ISP access: What did they expect?

...junior flunkey in the spin department. Good question. Well, BT's own unmetered access offerings are two; and you can't get either. They announced... Read more

18 July, 2000 by Guy Kewney

LineOne dumps unmetered access

...the service has been cancelled. "We won't be continuing with the unmetered access offer," she says. Existing members signed up to the service offered... Read more

17 July, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

Price rises for unmetered Internet access

...broadband price cuts -- which come into effect this week -- had affected the unmetered access market. "We expect to see the top end of subscribers, who... Read more

2 April, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

ISPs clash in Friaco row

...year, several ISPs ran into difficulties after signing up customers for their unmetered access schemes. While the users only paid a fixed monthly fee for... Read more

12 November, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

A Year Ago: CallNet reopens totally free Internet floodgates

...dial-up Internet access would result in overwhelming demand from Britain's unmetered-access starved population. It received more than 100,000 registration applications in... Read more

7 February, 2001 by Will Knight

AOL goes unmetered

...per minute, until the new service is available Take me to the Unmetered Access Special To have your say online click on the TalkBack button... Read more

19 September, 2000 by Graeme Wearden and Richard Barry

CallNet reconnected after emergency talks

...button and go to the ZDNet News forum. Take me to the Unmetered Access Special Read more

14 September, 2000 by Will Knight

Exclusive: BT forced to offer better unmetered solution for ISPs

...expected to take at least a month. AOL, long time campaigner for unmetered access, hailed the news as a major victory for British consumers wanting... Read more

19 July, 2000 by Richard Barry

AOL UK unmetered package 'imminent'

AOL UK is to roll out unmetered access "imminently", the company says. Without giving details, a company spokesman says... Read more

27 June, 2000 by Matthew Broersma

News Roundup: BT's unmetered Net access plan

...bowed to pressure from the government, industry, Oftel and users and offered unmetered access . The move follows a new tariff system for Internet service providers... Read more

8 December, 1999 by Jane Wakefield

News Roundup: BT in crisis

...s breakup. Oftel lays down challenge to BT News Burst: Oftel sets unmetered access talks MPs call for BT breakup BT's new Net tariff... Read more

19 November, 1999 by Matthew Broersma

American Express toys with free ISP

Has American Express found a way of making it profitable to offer unmetered Internet access? Read more

9 February, 2001 by Stefanie Olsen

Unmetered incompetence

Nothing on this earth will persuade me to paint BT as a knight in shining armour, fighting on behalf of the Internet user. Well, nothing, except maybe Andy Mitchell of AltaVista UK. He might manage it. Read more

24 August, 2000 by Guy Kewney

BT goes flat out

If there was any doubt that the UK telecommunications scene is being reborn, it went today. BT's announcement of Surftime with its unmetered Internet phone calls means that we have a chance of entering the next century with the fundamentals of fair access in place. And the revolution is enormous. Read more

6 June, 2000 by Rupert Goodwins

Hello Surftime, goodbye free ISP

The good news is, "Surftime" is real. BT is planning to launch an 0844 service alongside the 0845 numbers; but where 0845 will handle voice calls, 0844 will handle Internet Protocol. Read more

17 January, 2000 by Guy Kewney

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