On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, John Hegarty wrote:
> I can't see the free ISP lasting in Ireland. They can not evan make
WHAT complete poppy-cock..! in al respects john..might I feel a little
biasing towards a certain American ISP who are OnLine? :)
> profit in England. Freeserve who is the biggest by a mile , with a
> million members , made a loss in the last quater... and have you seen
Well what does that say for Eircom prices?
Maybe not related but, (maybe wrong names but anyway) MCI merger with
Sprint...(or is it someone else?) has supposedly, according to SBP caused
an upset in Telecom listed companies share prices.
So I wouldn't even comtemplate getting shares at the moment.
Free ISPs WILL last. There is no doubt about it. People are only now
beginning to wonder what that "modem" thing in there machine is..therefore
wanting to try it out, and not wanting to spend too much money while using
it.
Yes they will last
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