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Eye2Eye: Freeserve Chief John Pluthero Talks To ZDNet UK News
News John Pluthero, 36-year-old CEO of Freeserve, talks to Richard Barry about BT, the battle for unmetered access and why broadband is vital in the UK. In Part II, Pluthero talks broadband and BT's mood with ADSL.
[March 8, 2000, 12:47]
Eye2Eye: John Pluthero Talks To ZDNet Part II
News In the final part three of this exclusive Eye2Eye interview, Pluthero continues to look at the broadband market and also gives his view on Oftel. Gordon Brown wants the price of getting online to drop by 50 percent by 2002.
[March 9, 2000, 13:00]
Eye2Eye: John Pluthero Talks To ZDNet, Part III
News Part I Part II On the ADSL trial: We were supposed to start on 22 November 1999. We started in February. They [BT] gave us 150 lines. We only have about 10 people up so far, because every time we say, "One of our trialists would like to sign up...
[March 10, 2000, 13:22]
Freeserve To Respond Exclusively On ZDNet
News Following 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 launch a low-cost unmetered service.
[March 7, 2000, 15:24]
BT Delays ADSL Again, Freeserve Says It's A 'disgrace'
News In an exclusive Eye2Eye interview with ZDNet News on Thursday, Freeserve chief executive John Pluthero described BT's approach to the delivery of ADSL as "appalling" and a "disgrace". Freeserve's Pluthero is blunt in his assessment of what he sees...
[March 3, 2000, 5:52]
Mass Layoffs Await At Troubled Cable And Wireless
News John Pluthero has already warned staff that 485 positions have been earmarked for the axe. That's just the start," Pluthero said in a memo sent to C&W staff. Pluthero was damning about the state of the UK telecoms market in general, and gave C&W's...
[February 27, 2006, 14:50]
No Merit In C&W's Mega Bonuses
Leader An individual director such as John Pluthero could pocket £22m if he manages to help double the company's share price. Only three months ago, Pluthero stunned his staff with a hard-hitting and arguably ill-advised email in which he revealed that C...
[May 16, 2006, 17:20]
Freeserve And Wanadoo Seize The Day
News Pluthero said he is confident shareholders will approve the deal. Freeserve chief executive John Pluthero portrayed the offer as a victory for Freeserve, despite failed talks with Deutsche Telekom over the summer that would have placed a much...
[December 6, 2000, 15:11]
No Spoonful Of Sugar For Cable & Wireless Staff
Leader John Pluthero, the new head of Cable and Wireless, certainly knows how to get the attention of his staff. In saying that the company will abandon customers and staff, Pluthero is advertising C&W as an unreliable supplier and an uncertain employer.
[February 28, 2006, 14:40]
BT Rejects Criticism, Embraces Broadband
News AOL accuses the telco of "ripping off" users, Freeserve's managing director John Pluthero describes BT's rollout of ADSL as a "disgrace" and government has put immense pressure on the telco to reduce access costs and bring forward the timetable...
[April 4, 2000, 15:55]
Broadband In A Box To Hit The Shops
News Chief executive John Pluthero claimed that the partnership with Dixons -- which launched Freeserve in 1998 before selling 80 percent of the ISP to French group Wanadoo last year -- would be highly successful.
[April 18, 2002, 17:43]
Freeserve Denies One Of Top Brass Is Leaving
News Chief executive John Pluthero has been an outspoken critic of BT, describing its DSL rollout as a "national disgrace". At the time Pluthero accused BT of "institutionally restricting the market share of Freeserve".
[April 26, 2001, 17:10]
2000 Roundup: Broadband Comes To Britain - Eventually
News Pluthero, in common with many other commentators, claimed BT was deliberately holding back on delivering ADSL in order to protect its ISDN business. In March the first rumblings of discontent toward BT's ADSL plans emerged as Freeserve boss John...
[January 2, 2001, 6:12]
BT Rivals Angered By Ofcom's Broadband Plans
News John Pluthero, chief executive of Energis, was particularly unimpressed. Tomorrow never comes -- the broadband revolution is on hold until further notice," said Pluthero. A group of UK telcos and ISPs have hit out at Britain's regulators for not...
[December 18, 2003, 13:50]
Freeserve Loses Two Founders
News Mark Danby has already left the firm, leaving only chief exectuive John Pluthero, the outspoken chief executive, as an original founder. As reported by ZDNet News last week, two of the founder members of ISP Freeserve are to quit the company.
[April 30, 2001, 16:16]
Energis Backs Calls For BT Break-up
News BT's proposals prove that structural separation is achievable - we should just get on with it," said John Pluthero, chief executive of Energis. UK telecoms operator Energis has urged Ofcom to stop trying to 'paper over the cracks' and instead make...
[February 7, 2005, 17:30]
Live Premiership Football On The Web
News Press reports today have suggested that John Pluthero, the company's chief executive, is finalising a bid to make football matches available on its new broadband connection service. A company spokesman wouldn't confirm the reports, saying...
[February 14, 2000, 12:40]
BT's Broadband Vision Explored
News Critics, including managing director of Freeserve John Pluthero, will take some convincing. Pluthero in a recent interview with ZDNet, described BT's attitude to broadband as "appalling," -- an attitude reflected by many industry watchers who...
[April 6, 2000, 15:03]
ADSL Crisis - This Is War
News Pluthero believes the issue is serious enough for heads to roll. These strong words are echoed by Freeserve's chief executive officer John Pluthero. The controversy surrounding the allocation of broadband services is intensifying, with British...
[February 8, 2001, 15:08]
Freeserve Attacks AOL Over UK Customer Claims
News John Pluthero, chief executive of Freeserve, suggested in a statement that AOL has a track record of making misleading statements. Given that AOL has been sanctioned by the ASA about misleading claims made in their advertising and even by the SEC...
[January 22, 2002, 12:03]
