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RedHotAnt closes down unmetered service

Internet service provider RedHotAnt joins the rollcall of unmetered casualties Tuesday as it closes down its... Read more

16 January, 2001 by Jane Wakefield

RedHotAnt may offer refunds

Failed Internet service provider RedHotAnt has said it will provide refunds to as many of its subscribers... Read more

23 January, 2001 by Matthew Broersma

Free ISPs -- no fairytale ending

...just such a lucky person. I signed up to a service called RedHotAnt. A spin off of a company called JAK (the connection has proved... Read more

19 January, 2001 by Tony Westbrook

Whose hand is on the smoking gun?

...myself up for one of these services. I chose the service from RedHotAnt. At the time they were offering unlimited all day access for a... Read more

6 September, 2000 by Tony Westbrook

Free ISP access: What did they expect?

What on earth did the folks at RedhotAnt and LineOne think people were going to do with unmetered Internet access... Read more

18 July, 2000 by Guy Kewney

The AOL Internet?

What actually IS the Internet? Is it the wires connecting everything with an internet protocol? Or is it the stuff that you read when you open up your browser? Read more

26 June, 2000 by Guy Kewney

RedHotAnt tells users to get offline

Troubled unmetered ISP RedHotAnt has accused some of its customers of abusing its service causing serious... Read more

10 July, 2000 by Will Knight

RedHotAnt chief sent to jail

...s that for dot-com crook Kevin Wall, the boss of ISP RedHotAnt, has been jailed for five years. Ironically 29-year-old Wall was... Read more

15 July, 2002 by Ben King

Jane Wakefield: The unmetered comedy of errors

...service we offered you? Well you can't have it any more." RedHotAnt and breathe had a different tactic, blaming their customers for spoiling things... Read more

11 August, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

Freeserve targets AOL and BT

...out by the sluggish approach of unmetered, however, with ISPs such as RedHotAnt and Breathe.com rushing out loss-making unmetered services which helped them... Read more

24 January, 2001 by Matthew Broersma

Red Hot Ant halts unmetered signup

...lasts. "We hope that our current loyal customers continue to enjoy the RedHotAnt service until their expiry dates and we apologise for any inconvenience that... Read more

8 January, 2001 by Will Knight

2000 Roundup: A Year of unmetered access?

For unmetered ISPs the millennium got off to a disastrous start with companies going bust virtually on a weekly basis Read more

23 December, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

AltaVista rejects unmetered, industry reacts

...banned 500 users from its unmetered service following over-use and both RedHotAnt and LineOne complained that users were abusing the service. For users who... Read more

22 August, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

Roundup: Unmetered access - how it all went wrong

...comedy of errors Fri, 11th Aug 2000 CallNet has called it off, RedHotAnt proves to be only lukewarm, AltaVista hasn't got its act together... Read more

11 August, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

Unmetered access model crumbles

...now ditched their unmetered offerings and other ISPs, including ntl, AltaVista and redhotant have been accused of false advertising. Consumers are outraged and feel they... Read more

8 August, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

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