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AltaVista pulls the plug on free Net access

...because the company who provided the service and telecommunications infrastructure for it, 1stUp, is going out of business". Representatives from AltaVista were not immediately available... Read more

5 December, 2000 by Melanie Austria Farmer

The Day Ahead: CMGI grasping at straws

...Despite CMGI's commitment to unloading money losers such as iCast and 1stUp.com and its alleged devotion to only the cream of the Internet... Read more

14 November, 2000 by Larry Barrett

Wholesale ISPs call it a day in the US

US based wholesale ISPs Spinway and 1stup.com have closed down their operations due to financial difficulties. 1stup.com... Read more

11 December, 2000 by Pia Heikkila

American Express toys with free ISP

...failures, CMGI-back AltaVista pulled its free Net service after its provider, 1stUp.com, shut down late last year. Other well-heeled companies have pulled... Read more

9 February, 2001 by Stefanie Olsen

MSN disconnects free long-distance

...freebies include AltaVista , which canned its free Internet access program after partner 1stUp.com shut down. Sources said MSN and Net2Phone can make more money... Read more

7 February, 2001 by Jim Hu and Wylie Wong

A Year Ago: AltaVista offers free Net service

...ad-based, free ISP services. AltaVista is partnering with San Francisco-based 1stUp.com to offer the service. The service requires recipients to use a... Read more

13 August, 2000 by Margaret Kane

A new twist on free ISPs

...with. The company owns the second biggest free Internet service provider (ISP), 1stUp.com, with two million plus members; only NetZero, at three million subscribers... Read more

16 March, 2000 by Steven J.Vaughan Nichols

AltaVista offers free Net service

...ad-based, free ISP services. AltaVista is partnering with San Francisco-based 1stUp.com to offer the service. The service requires recipients to use a... Read more

13 August, 1999 by Margaret Kane

AltaVista's next move in portal wars

...so as to be on par with what everyone else is offering." 1stUp, founded late last year, aims to provide brand-name companies such as... Read more

16 July, 1999 by Matthew Broersma

AltaVista axes free internet access in the US

...its free service on 10 December because the company providing the service, 1stUP, is going out of business. AltaVista's parent company, CMGI, owns 1stUp... Read more

7 December, 2000 by Ron Coates

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