Excite@Home, the leader in broadband, today announced that the company surpassed the two million-subscriber mark for the high-speed, always-on @Home service. Excite@Home is the first company to achieve this milestone. This figure does not include subscribers to be contributed by chello broadband to Excite Chello, the formation of which was announced in July. The announcement also underscores strong growth momentum for broadband access and its emergence as a mainstream service for consumers.
The free Internet access industry is in a state of disarray in the US and Canada as 1stUp Corp, the free, ad-based ISP for companies such as FreeLane, AltaVista, Lycos and more than 130 others, has gone out of business. [ Full story... ]
The Broadband Digital Group is busily signing up prospects for its free DSL services, and plans to offer the same service to businesses in the next phase of the plan. The benefits for the web community are obvious: consumers who would rather not spend the money for a DSL connection will now be able to enjoy high-end web content without the painful download time.
The number of Web surfers receiving free Internet access services will more than triple by 2005, according to research firm Strategis Group.
The next generation of ad based free ISP's have arrived on the scene featuring smaller more function banners bars. Here are five free tips on maximizing your desktop's work space:
The idea of Free ISP services is really catching on as more and more providers begin to offer the free service throughout the US and Canada.
While some traditional ISPs are losing sleep, others dismiss the free ISP model as doomed to failure. What's the reality?
With more and more free dial-up services becoming available, it is almost pointless to pay a dial-up provider. There are hundreds of free ISP's out there. However, there are still millions of people paying $10-$20 a month for 56k dial-up access. The reason for this might be either they don't know what's out there, or they're not sure on how to go about picking and using a free dial-up provider.
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It's a fact that you can save $20 a month using a free ISP, but you'll be making a remittance in another form.