> > Nothing to do with freeserve, etc. they are a totally seperate company. > > Spoke to an operator just before, and they seem very well prepared, they > had projections for users in the millions so they must be prepared in terms > of hardware, bandwidth etc. > > Couple that with full page adverts in the Daily Mail and nearly-full page > adverts in todays Independent, one can only assume this company has it's > head screwed on. > > Operator said that the notice board in the center is being updated every > hour, latest figures is 70,000 hits to the website, and 250 actual signups > to the service through the website. He said the main thing on customers > mind is 'can they cope with the demand?! look at screaming.net!' > > Seems well prepared, and they seem to have heads screwed on. Mind you, I > thought that about screamingNet .... > > -Phil > > At 16:24 20/08/99 +0100, you wrote: > >> Greatxscape(http://www.greatxscape.com/) has announced that it will offer a > >> free ISP service plus "free" off-peak calls to the service when > subscribers > >> switch their BT telephone service to Telnet > >> (http://www.telnetresidential.com/) a BT Calls and Access telco. (Just like > >> Localtel) > >> > >> The ISP service is provided in association with Planet Online Ltd (The same > >> people behind Freeserve with Energis and Dixons??). > >> > >> CD-ROMs will be available in High St shops including Beaverbrooks, All > >> Sports and Kookai > >> > >There is a full page advert in the Daily Mail - must be well funded - > >is Energis involved. > > > >Alan > > > > > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Alan Day - Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK Team AMIGA ICQ uin 23996342 A member of CUT - Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications ( in the UK ) please register your support for UNMETERED local calls at http://www.unmetered.org.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------ _____________________________________________________________ NetConnect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send an 'unsubcribe' message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
