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Free ISP access: What did they expect?

It's not hard to work out, is it! And LineOne's response that people who wanted bulk Internet were "abusing the system... Read more

18 July, 2000 by Guy Kewney

Outrage from LineOne customers over scrapped service

LineOne's decision to scrap its unmetered service has led to outrage from... Read more

18 July, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

LineOne fails, what future for unmetered

In an embarrassing U-turn, high profile ISP LineOne Monday declares itself unable "financially or commercially" to sustain its unmetered Internet... Read more

17 July, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

LineOne dumps unmetered access

LineOne, the ISP part-owned by British Telecommunications (quote: BT) made a dramatic... Read more

17 July, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

LineOne clocks up 400,000 users

LineOne, BT's free ISP, announced Tuesday it has clocked up 400,000... Read more

24 August, 1999 by Jane Wakefield

News Burst: LineOne to go toll free

...are seriously looking at the 0800 model," Chowdhury said. Chowdhury is determined LineOne will become a major UK portal and claimed the ISP hopes to... Read more

27 May, 1999 by Jane Wakefield

LineOne refresh is really personal

BT/News International's LineOne online service is being fully revamped with an emphasis on personalisation. After... Read more

28 August, 1997 by Martin Veitch

LineOne plans September revamp

Intensively promoted in the Murdoch press, LineOne has proven a reasonable success since its April launch, collecting about 15... Read more

20 August, 1997 by Martin Veitch

LineOne's future on the line

LineOne may face the auction block as parent companies United News and Media... Read more

27 November, 2000 by Matthew Broersma

LineOne goes free(ish

The latest ISP to offer unmetered access is LineOne, which on Friday announced that it would be joining the party on... Read more

10 March, 2000 by Justin Pearse

World Online leaves Internet customers in the lurch

...recent take-over by Italian ISP Tiscali. "In the process of integrating LineOne, World Online and LibertySurf, there will be an inevitable impact on the... Read more

29 June, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

Whose hand is on the smoking gun?

...t be countrywide. The first free ISP to bale out completely was LineOne which is a joint venture ISP between BT and News International. What... Read more

6 September, 2000 by Tony Westbrook

Jane Wakefield: The unmetered comedy of errors

...one to have royally ballsed up the delivery of unmetered Internet access. LineOne (which is bigger and older than CallNet and should really have known... Read more

11 August, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

Unmetered access model crumbles

...in a mess as ISPs fail to deliver on their promises. Both LineOne and CallNet have now ditched their unmetered offerings and other ISPs, including... Read more

8 August, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

CallNet ditches its free service

...the rapid development of Internet culture in the UK," says a spokesman. LineOne cancelled its unmetered service last month and breathe threw 500 "bandwidth hogs... Read more

7 August, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

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