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Exclusive: CallNet's email for the masses

...television-based online service "for the masses" from the company that launched CallNet. MailTV uses a black box that attaches to the side of an... Read more

12 November, 1999 by Richard Barry

CallNet reconnected after emergency talks

Beleaguered unmetered pioneer CallNet is set to get up and running again after holding emergency talks... Read more

14 September, 2000 by Will Knight

Update: CallNet being wound up as creditors form queue

A former darling of the free Internet access model, CallNet, has had its phone lines cut and is being sued by its... Read more

14 September, 2000 by Richard Barry

CallNet latest victim of unmetered popularity

...buckled days later. Registration was suspended, then reinstated but the problems persisted. CallNet is not the only ISP to find itself unable to cope with... Read more

7 June, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

CallNet launches MailTV

...call rates and will be available from early 2000. Paul Goodman-Simpson, CallNet CEO believes it will provide cheaper Internet usage for those not wired... Read more

7 December, 1999 by Jane Wakefield

CallNet claims success

CallNet's free Internet access service is up and running with thousands of... Read more

3 November, 1999 by Justin Pearse

BT blamed for CallNet collapse

CallNet is blaming BT for its collapse Monday saying the telco cannot handle... Read more

1 November, 1999 by Justin Pearse

CallNet launches free Internet service

The UK's first totally free Internet service -- CallNet -- launches today. Barely 16 months old, CallNet claims its service will revolutionise... Read more

1 November, 1999 by Jane Wakefield

Free Net access: Industry questions CallNet scheme

Even before the CallNet 0800 service gets off the ground, consensus among experts and observers suggests... Read more

28 October, 1999 by ZDNet UK

A Year Ago: CallNet reopens totally free Internet floodgates

It's back, it's ready and it's still totally free. CallNet reopens the floodgates. Will Knight reports CallNet, the little ISP that went... Read more

7 February, 2001 by Will Knight

A Year Ago: BT blamed for CallNet collapse

It hasn't been a great start for CallNet, it could be even worse for BT... CallNet is blaming BT for... Read more

1 November, 2000 by Justin Pearse

Jane Wakefield: The unmetered comedy of errors

...tears before bedtime. CallNet0800 users are the latest ones left crying as CallNet calls time on the service. For months customers have been complaining that... Read more

11 August, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

CallNet ditches its free service

CallNet, one of the first ISPs to provide unmetered Internet service in the... Read more

7 August, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

Exclusive: CallNet goes for Europe, partners Mannesmann

Totally free access pioneer CallNet on Wednesday announced a joint marketing initiative with communications giant Mannesmann to... Read more

8 March, 2000 by Justin Pearse

X-Stream to trial free Net access

First there was CallNet; but on Friday X-Stream jumped on the bandwagon with another 0800... Read more

10 December, 1999 by Jane Wakefield

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

49 minutes ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

2 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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Atangana

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

4 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

6 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

6 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

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pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

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Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

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archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

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unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

1 day ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report