RE: UKNM: AOL Going Free

[Robin Edwards]

On Thursday, May 06, 1999 9:31 AM, Bunder, Leslie 

[SMTP:

Leslie [dot] Bunderinfospaceuk [dot] com

] wrote:

> Yes, there's been quite a bit of debate on this in various newsgroups.

> Seems they are testing a ?14.99 a month package with access via an 0800

> number.

>

> With that pricing point there seems to be quite a bit of margin for

> them, the only issue is how they plan to stop abusers from treating the

> 0800 number like a leased line!


Particularly if their infrastructure supports ISDN, like Freeserve and Demon. I 

quite fancy the idea of a 128k leased line at home (dual bonded ISDN, as used 

to be supported by Freeserve) for 14.99 a month plus BT's ISDN charges...


Didn't Demon go through the same problems with a trial in Hull a fair while 

ago, where users stayed permanently logged on, thus jamming up the phone 

network? It's clearly tricky to get the balance right between cost and level of 

service. I would be surprised if AOL didn't introduce at least some form of 

limiting factor (e.g. 0.1p per minute charge)


Robin


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