On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 09:32:16AM +0100, Andrew Collier wrote: > Actually we're using BT Clickfree at home - there's a monthly charge of > around 10 UKP, but for that you get really-free access at weekends. And > considering we generally max out our 56k modem for about 40hours each > weekend, it does work out a lot cheaper that the "free" ISPs.
That sounds rather intriguing (not that it affects me because I already have free phone calls at weekends). Why haven't I heard of it? LineOne, AOL and Compuserve have all sent me CDs. Several, in fact. You'd think they would have a web site, but no: www.btclickfree.net, www.btclickfree.co.uk and www.btclickfree.com all point to the same site as www.btclick.com which is BT's "charge added to your phone bill" ISP (at least that's what I think it is, even though a link found on that site says "free internet access"). Whereas www.clickfree.net is owned by someone who is just selling domain names, and www.clickfree.co.uk points to an anti-BT site which says (in the ALT text of an image of a shark) "BT Click-Free? Boy, you gotta be kidding" and does not, as far as I can tell, bother to explain that remark. Actually, the service you describe sounds as though it would be disallowed by the monopolies and mergers commission. imc
