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To: MeDroogies who wrote (74959)	1/3/2000 10:26:00 PM
From: MikeyT	Respond to of 97611

Picked up my NetZero CDROM at a local movie theater in Plano, Texas. I'm going to install it and use it in case my regular ISP starts dropping me. My local ISP is only good around the Dallas area. I will used NetZero when I'm on the road. I think dial ups are going to be around for at least 2 more years. I sure the DSL companies are paying the modem companies hush money NOT to develop faster modems<G>. Mikey

To: MeDroogies who wrote (74959)	1/4/2000 11:46:00 AM
From: MeDroogies	Respond to of 97611

Just some info on the future of "free" ISPs. Looks like it's even worse than I thought....free ISPs can't get advertisers interested in their banners - yet a broadband company thinks they can somehow make it work..... Being in the industry, I think I can say it's not a good idea...it will get people interested in this service, but advertisers won't be interested. And the people won't upgrade. "Start-up Pitches Free High-Speed Net Access" USA Today (01/04/99) P. 1B; Davidson, Paul Broadband Digital Group on Monday became the first company to announce that it will offer free DSL service. Several similar announcements from competitors are likely to follow as companies scramble to enter the market for free Internet access. Broadband's offering is at least seven times faster than dial-up access, the company says. Broadband hopes to produce revenue through targeted advertising based on customer surveys. Free Internet access services have generally suffered from a lack of advertising revenue, but Broadband plans to avoid that fate by selling customers premium broadband services, including video-on-demand, pay-per-view, online games, and Internet phone calling. Still, analysts are skeptical about whether Broadband can sell enough premium services to cover the $10 to $20 leasing fee it must pay phone companies for each broadband line. Broadband's service will launch in April; the company plans to deploy its own equipment in some areas. At present, only 10 million households are able to receive DSL, a number that will likely increase to 35 million by 2001.