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To: ANANT who wrote (40451)	12/6/2000 8:36:15 AM
From: im a survivor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

Remember all the talk of the threat of "free isp's"? I laughed then, and I'll laugh again : <<No such thing as free Internet access, AltaVista says Internet search engine AltaVista Co. said it would end its free Internet access because 1stUp, its affiliate company that had provided the service, is going out of business. AltaVista, which is owned by CMGI Inc., had signed up three million customers for the free service, which provides Internet connection at no cost in exchange for placing a permanent advertising window on customers' computer screens. AltaVista's spokesman said that while the free service had helped drive traffic to its site, it never generated any revenues>>