Re: [ILUG] Eircom.net go subscription

From: John P . Looney (valen at domain tuatha.org)
Date: Thu 14 Oct 1999 - 09:38:07 IST


On Thu, Oct 14, 1999 at 03:35:46AM -0500, John Hegarty mentioned:
> I can't see the free ISP lasting in Ireland. They can not evan make
> 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
> there share price recently... down another 1.49%^H^H^H^H^H 1.79% already
> today...

 They make money mainly on commerical customers. Being a free ISP is
advertising for yourself. And don't forget - onpeak calls to the ISP are
premium rate...

Kate

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