> > http://www.freecall-uk.com
> >
> > Check it out - free internet access in UK. Just use YAM to block out
> > advert e-mails on server.
> I'm all for an 0800 based server, but I am not sure how ISP's could justify
> it.
>
> Think about it: they don't have *any* customers and *aren't* established,
> therefore who will want to advertise with them atm? Ok, perhaps a company
> like Freeserve could attract major advertisers as they are targetting a few
> 100,000 people at one time...but I would still doubt they would attract
> /enough/ money to run an 0800 access.
>
>
> So, my opinion? Well, my opinion is they are trying to get as many people as
> possible to 'sign up' (on the cheap) so that they can then try to get enough
> advertising to justify what they are doing - but IMHO they are going to
> struggle.
Fair enough, this kind of thing is difficult to set up, but that doesn't mean
its impossible. Having said that, you're right aboot the rather dodgy look of
the web page - and I wasn't really tempted to enter my name and address. As
far as I can see there is no *actual* 0800 number as yet?
It's interesting that just recently two companies (I think BT is one of them)
have launched free voice calls - local or national - that, believe it or not,
will be interrupted at regular intervals by 10 second adverts. If this can
work, surely internet advertising with free calls is a serious possibility.
I'm sure it is easy enough to get round the email problem, come to think of
it. Like just not reading your email? It's easy enough to get a free email
account these days. Just have one for adverts, then periodically delete all
the mail from it to keep them happy that you're 'reading' them. SOmebody's got
to come up with a better system than that for it to work. The x-stream model
seems a much better possibility.
Bye,
James
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