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To: Sam who wrote (10226)	6/10/1998 10:58:00 AM
From: Harry Larson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13594

This oughta give AOL-UK heartburn. From TMF board. (And lookie. Worldcom/UUnet, AOL's main telecom supplier is their second largest competitor) British Telecom to Sell Direct Internet Access to its Customers London, June 10 (Bloomberg) -- British Telecommunications Plc said it will sell direct, pay-as-you-go, non-subscription access to the Internet at rates only a penny-a-minute more than customers pay for local calls. The dominant U.K. telecommunications company's service, which doesn't require subscription to an Internet service provider, will be tried out in Northern Ireland this month and introduced nationwide in September, BT said. With the service, customers can download Internet access software from a BT disk or the Internet, and aren't required to register, sign contracts, or pay a monthly fee. ................. BT currently competes for Internet services mainly with WorldCom Inc.'s UUNet Technologies and Demon Internet Ltd., which was Europe's largest independent Internet service provider before it agreed to a 66 million pound offer by ScottishPower Plc last month.