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Strategies & Market Trends : Internet Tariffs...Coming Soon?

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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (28)3/14/1999 2:28:00 PM
From: kinkblot  Read Replies (1) of 36
 
Uncertainties of the Internet

abcnews.go.com

GINA SMITH (VO): Ad blocking software is still new. But if the software becomes popular, it might discourage Internet advertisers and threaten what is now the biggest source of revenue for the Web.

For now, on-line consumers are willing to accept annoying ads as a tradeoff for free surfing, but when this blocking technology becomes widely available, will that still be the case?

I installed AtGuard atguard.com a few weeks ago. Easy setup, no problems, great software. It's even better than a TV mute button because it eliminates video as well as audio. I have a decent high-speed connection, so the main consideration for me was not transmission speed, it was to eliminate tacky clutter and gain back some control of what I view. WT
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