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Totally Free Internet Access From Monday
News Users of the service will be given a Callnet 0800 number to connect to the Internet for free and do not have to pay for setup costs or subscription fees. Narrowband maybe slower," says Daum, "but if its free, people will undoubtedly use it.
[October 27, 1999, 10:32]
Telewest Gives Broadband Installation Costs The Chop
News The cable company announced on Tuesday that it is offering free installation on its range of blueyonder broadband services for the next month -- a saving of £50. Such offers are all the rage in the UK telecoms market at present, with some broadband...
[September 30, 2003, 16:55]
Chipmaker Wants To Revive The Free PC
News ZF Linux Devices is attempting to resurrect the free PC movement by cutting costs like never before. While analysts believe that success for Z-Port is a long shot, ZF Linux asserts it has indeed found ways to trim more fat out of PC design than...
[February 14, 2001, 8:47]
Will BT Voice Calls Go Unmetered?
News British Telecom (quote: BT) has denied reports in Monday's Express newspaper that it is to introduce free local phone calls within a year. The reports follow a recent spat with Gordon Brown in which the Chancellor challenged BT to halve Internet...
[February 28, 2000, 11:20]
True Costs Of Client Antivirus Software
News IT director Oded Szpiro noted that the DOS version of F-Prot is also free to home users. Panda Software's Antivirus Platinum is $29.95 for home users if you choose to download it vs.purchasing the boxed version, which, oddly, costs nearly double at...
[July 11, 2002, 10:11]
KDE Getting Ready To Go Native On Windows
Talkback Having the only ports of great free software has never been Linux's major advantage, you could even argue that it's a disadvantage - where is the incentive for Adobe to make Photoshop for Linux if most users would just stay with the Gimp.
[February 10, 2005, 8:36]
BT Breaks £20 Threshold For ADSL - With Limits
Talkback The facts are plain to see if you calculate the cost over the 12 months of the contract you end up with the same costs as a full on £27.99/month service that offers the customers free modem and connection.
[March 2, 2004, 9:59]
Sun Releases Pricing For StarOffice
News StarOffice 5.2 has been available as a free download since Sun acquired the StarOffice product line in 1999, but Sun said earlier this year it would charge for the new version and provide better support for customers using it.
[May 15, 2002, 10:14]
Mobile Data's Own Goal
Leader That's around £1,000 worth on the 250MB free/£1 per megabyte thereafter tariff - and an unknown amount on the "unlimited" service which, if you go over a gigabyte, leaves Vodafone free to do what it likes to you.
[June 21, 2006, 14:25]
Eye2Eye: John Pluthero Talks To ZDNet Part II
News So by 2002, I think, effectively narrowband Internet access will be free because it will be rolled into telephony. But there's a pure legacy issue here: if you, through local loop unbundling, can own that billing/marketing relationship over the...
[March 9, 2000, 13:00]
All Fall Down - CallNet Buckles
News The company admitted this morning that it had not been able to cope with overwhelming initial demand for its free Internet service. Users of Callnet's "totally free Internet access" service were given an 0800 number with which to make their...
[November 1, 1999, 11:10]
Hotel Wi-Fi Supplier Defends Pricing
News The guide claims that such fees are disproportionate to the cost of setting up and maintaining a network — it claimed a router cost under £150 and running costs were "virtually nil" — but Graeme Powell, European managing director for operator...
[October 5, 2006, 17:00]
American Express Toys With Free ISP
News If American Express cannot tie new revenue streams directly to the free ISP service that will help it cover the costs.you might find that the company will pull back on this initiative," said Emily Meehan, senior analyst at The Yankee Group.
[February 9, 2001, 8:30]
Red Hat 9 To Include Bells And Whistles
News Red Hat Linux 9 Professional costs $149.95, and it includes 60 days of support, more office applications, and a rescue tool. Linux seller Red Hat has moved to a strategy that lets it adopt the latest technology more aggressively for its lower-end...
[March 26, 2003, 8:24]
Microsoft Expected To Offer Linux Software
News Even if you buy the studies that indicate there's not that much difference in cost or that Microsoft is cheaper, at least initially people go in thinking Linux is cheaper because initially it's free. Meta also found that other factors, such the...
[December 10, 2002, 9:02]
Unmetered Access Hinted From BT, At A Price...
News After the news that free Internet access will hit the UK next week , BT hinted Wednesday that it could offer unmetered access if consumers pay for it with high flat-rate fees. It is important that BT recovers its costs and no more.
[October 27, 1999, 16:40]
Mac OS X Upgrade Doesn't Come Cheap
News The upgrade, which mostly included tweaks to fix problems associated with DVD authoring and overall performance, was free, but to get it consumers had to spend $19.95 for shipping and handling, or pick up a copy at an Apple store or authorised...
[July 18, 2002, 8:31]
US Report: Can Free-access ISPs Defy Gravity?
News Experts say that the two major barriers to a viable, free Web-surfing business are infrastructure costs and the difficulties of building a substantial audience base. Still, some experts say that it may still be possible for a startup to make the...
[October 29, 1998, 9:55]
Carphone Warehouse Buys AOL UK
News The company also announced it was expecting £20m in additional costs during the current financial year, with the unexpectedly high take-up of free broadband meaning "incremental wholesale broadband costs incurred across a larger base, delays to...
[October 11, 2006, 11:30]
A Year Ago: BT Hints At Unmetered But At A Price
News After the news that free Internet access will hit the UK next week , BT hinted Wednesday that it could offer unmetered access if consumers pay for it with high flat-rate fees. It is important that BT recovers its costs and no more.
[October 25, 2000, 7:00]
