The Day Ahead: CMGI Grasping At Straws
News Commentary: CMGI gave its bewildered investors a lot to chew on Monday when it told analysts that it was putting its online entertainment site and free Internet access business up for sale and predicted profitability by the end of fiscal 2001.
[November 14, 2000, 11:58]
AltaVista Offers Free Net Service
News The company today launched a free dial-up Internet access program that offers unlimited Net service and email, provided users watch a constant stream of ads. AltaVista is not the first company to come up with the give-away idea, of course.
[August 13, 1999, 9:32]
A Year Ago: AltaVista Offers Free Net Service
News The cost of unlimited Internet access and email is a window that runs ads constantly and AltaVista is getting into the 'freebie' business. The company today launched a free dial-up Internet access program that offers unlimited Net service and email...
[August 13, 2000, 7:10]
AltaVista's Next Move In Portal Wars
News The multi-featured portal site, which is in the midst of a rush to introduce new deals and features, will begin offering AltaVista-branded Internet service in the next few weeks, the company confirmed.
[July 16, 1999, 10:08]
A New Twist On Free ISPs
News CMGI is rapidly emerging as a force to contend 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, is larger.
[March 16, 2000, 13:44]
AltaVista Pulls The Plug On Free Net Access
News AltaVista is terminating its free Internet access service in the US, according to a notice posted on the company's Web site. The Web portal, which will end the service on 10 December, said it has been "forced to discontinue this offering because...
[December 5, 2000, 12:48]
MSN Disconnects Free Long-distance
News Microsoft and Net2Phone have placed limits on free Internet phone calls offered over MSN Messenger, marking the latest disappointment for consumers hoping to wipe out long-distance bills by turning to the Web.
[February 7, 2001, 10:27]
American Express Toys With Free ISP
News American Express is quietly testing a new service that lets cardholders connect to the Web for free, an costly experiment that has failed for many other online businesses. The service, dubbed American Express Online, gives cardholders free...
[February 9, 2001, 8:30]
