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Eye2Eye: John Pluthero talks to ZDNet Part II

In part one, John Pluthero talked about the battle for unmetered narrowband access in the UK. In... Read more

9 March, 2000 by Richard Barry

Eye2Eye: Freeserve chief John Pluthero talks to ZDNet UK News

...man who turned the UK Internet access model on its head. John Pluthero, 36-year-old CEO of Freeserve, talks to Richard Barry about BT... Read more

8 March, 2000 by Richard Barry

Freeserve loses two founders

...Mark Danby has already left the firm, leaving only chief exectuive John Pluthero, the outspoken chief executive, as an original founder. Last week Freeserve eventually... Read more

30 April, 2001 by Jane Wakefield

Eye2Eye: John Pluthero talks to ZDNet, Part III

In part three, John Pluthero talks about Oftel's role, what he told Tony Blair and the... Read more

10 March, 2000 by Richard Barry

BT holding Britain back on ADSL - Pluthero

...read part one of ZDNet's exclusive interview with Freeserve CEO John Pluthero on Wednesday, you'll know he isn't afraid of telling it... Read more

9 March, 2000 by Richard Barry

Thus and BT eye C&W's spurned customers

...By focusing just on the largest companies and organisations, chief executive John Pluthero hopes to boost C&W's profitability. According to C&W, 89... Read more

2 March, 2006 by Graeme Wearden

No spoonful of sugar for Cable & Wireless staff

...of management, we will need fewer people to run the business." John Pluthero, the new head of Cable and Wireless, certainly knows how to get... Read more

28 February, 2006 by Leader

Mass layoffs await at troubled Cable and Wireless

...as the telco refocuses on large companies rather than smaller firms. John Pluthero has already warned staff that 485 positions have been earmarked for the... Read more

27 February, 2006 by Graeme Wearden

Freeserve attacks AOL over UK customer claims

...part of French ISP Wanadoo, whose majority shareholder is France Telecom. John Pluthero, chief executive of Freeserve, suggested in a statement that AOL has a... Read more

22 January, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

Freeserve keeps check on AOL's VAT saving

...Union - a status available to any other similarly positioned service provider." John Pluthero, Freeserve's chief executive, has already asked the government to change the... Read more

21 August, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

Freeserve denies one of top brass is leaving

...it was ejection from the FTSE 100 in October. Chief executive John Pluthero has been an outspoken critic of BT, describing its DSL rollout as... Read more

26 April, 2001 by Jane Wakefield

Freeserve and Wanadoo seize the day

...would create Europe's second largest Internet provider. Freeserve chief executive John Pluthero portrayed the offer as a victory for Freeserve, despite failed talks with... Read more

6 December, 2000 by Matthew Broersma

Exclusive: Freeserve unmetered announcement Tuesday

...a "cheap as possible" alternative. Under the leadership of chief executive John Pluthero, who was recently interviewed exclusively on ZDNet UK News, Freeserve is expected... Read more

14 March, 2000 by Richard Barry

Freeserve to respond exclusively on ZDNet

...an exclusive Eye2Eye interview with ZDNet last week, Freeserve chief executive John Pluthero has responded to erroneous reports suggesting that the company is about to... Read more

7 March, 2000 by Richard Barry

Energis backs calls for BT break-up

...separation is achievable - we should just get on with it," said John Pluthero, chief executive of Energis. Energis was giving its opinion in response to... Read more

7 February, 2005 by Graeme Wearden

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