Wanadoodoo at 17-99 a month !!

Wanadoo UK to unveil £17.99 broadband
By Tim Richardson
Published Monday 26th April 2004 09:22 GMT

Freeserve is to unveil a new entry-level broadband service for just
£17.99 a month as part of its much-publicised Wanadoo makeover.

According to insiders, the name change becomes official from this
Wednesday when "Freserve" is airbrushed from history and replaced by
Wanadoo - the name of its French parent.

As part of the rebranding - which has seen Freeserve running a series
of ads featuring its "hippies" smartening themselves up - Wanadoo UK
is to introduce a new entry-level product in the increasingly crowded
entry-level marketplace.

According to information received by The Register, the 512k service -
capped with a 2GB a month usage limit - is billed as being ideal for
users who want high speed Net access but don't want to download a lot.

Importantly for Wanadoo UK, this sub-£20 product trumps BT's "Basic"
broadband service on both price (£2 a month cheaper) and on the cap
(BT Broadband Basic allows just 1GB a month).

Wanadoo UK is also offering "heavy" users a 512k service for £27.99 a
month with 15GB a month limit. And its 1MB product costs £34.99 a
month with 30GB a month cap.

Freeserve ended months of speculation recently by confirming that it
had decided to adopt the name of its French parent, Wanadoo. ®
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six-toes wrote:
> Wanadoo UK to unveil £17.99 broadband
> By Tim Richardson
> Published Monday 26th April 2004 09:22 GMT
>
> Freeserve is to unveil a new entry-level broadband service for just
> £17.99 a month as part of its much-publicised Wanadoo makeover.
>
> According to insiders, the name change becomes official from this
> Wednesday when "Freserve" is airbrushed from history and replaced by
> Wanadoo - the name of its French parent.

Not bad, but F2S offer a similar package - £17.99, 512k, 1GB capped but is
unmetered in the wee small hours.

Will

"six-toes" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
> Wanadoo UK to unveil £17.99 broadband
> By Tim Richardson
> Published Monday 26th April 2004 09:22 GMT
>
> Freeserve is to unveil a new entry-level broadband service for just
> £17.99 a month as part of its much-publicised Wanadoo makeover.
>
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But as you say, they're French, I wouldn't want to give them any money.
There are plenty of UK suppliers.

Alastair J. Smith uttered in <(E-Mail Removed)>:

> But as you say, they're French, I wouldn't want to give them any money.
> There are plenty of UK suppliers.

Ignoring nationality debates, Wanadoo have a horrible rep in the spam/abuse
arena. My mail servers block thousands of connections from compromised
Wanadoo machines every day - and Wanadoo have a habit of doing the classic
ostrich when asked about it.

And yes, I do mean compromised - the machines are trojaned zombies.

Oh yes, BTOpenWorld also qualify in this area, as do BlueYonder.

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