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To: Ga Bard who wrote (639)	5/14/1999 10:37:00 PM
From: Jeffrey D	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3519

From 04/03/99 "The Register" I really like the X-Stream "attitude." Jeff << Posted 04/03/99 12:51pm by Tim Richardson Internet free call free-for-all Net users in the UK are expected to run amok next week when they are given the chance to access the Net for free. London-based ISP, The X-Stream Network, is offering its 200,000 registered users the chance to access the Net using a toll-free 0800 number, instead of incurring the usual local-rate charge. Available on Monday, 8 March between 6pm and midnight, the promotion marks X-Stream's first year as a subscription-free service provider - a model that has since been widely adopted by companies such as Dixons and Tesco. And in a provocative move the company said it is "throwing down the gauntlet to Dixons FreeServe, Tesco and others" to raise the stakes in the provision of free Internet access. "As the first [ISP] to offer free access we stunned the market," said Paul Myers, MD of X-Stream. "Our innovation, courage and success forced the likes of Dixons, BT and Tesco to re-organise their Internet strategies and offer free Internet access. "Now we're doing it yet again and once again we are driving the market to another level entirely," he said. Unlike other subscription-free services which generate revenue from splitting the call charge with telecomms companies, Myers insists that most of The X-Stream Network's income is earned through advertising. ® >>

To: Ga Bard who wrote (639)	5/14/1999 10:41:00 PM
From: Jeffrey D	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3519

From Press Asosociation News Centre. Jeff << 10,000 NEW NET USERS A DAY IN UK The Internet is attracting more than 10,000 new users in the UK every day, according to new research. The latest User Profile Study by NOP says that 10.6 million adults in the UK used the Net at least once last year, an increase of 48% from 1997. A surge in interest has been prompted by the sudden emergence from late last year of free access providers, which have encouraged a new generation of newcomers, many of them in older age brackets. >>