Freelancers Forum Messages on Monday March 6th 2000
Re: FN-FORUM Altavista Free ISP
date posted 6th March 2000 22:09
Thanks Kif,
That will teach me to only use the connection and junk the email side of it!
Connected to my BT email account and there was the message!!
Regards
Phil Ward
Crescent Graphics
[EMAIL R...
New to the List - with some good news.
date posted 6th March 2000 21:48
Hi, all...
I'm located in Canada (with a partner in Edinburgh) and have been "lurking" here
for a few days. I also contribute to a few other Lists and use FrontPage for a
site management tool.
(To...
Re: FN-FORUM Altavista Free ISP
date posted 6th March 2000 21:26
They sent me an email (repro below)
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BT INTERNET REDUCES PRICES! - IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT - PLEASE READ
We are delighted to inform you of some significant improvem...
Re: FN-FORUM Sole Trader, Ltd company...choices choices!
date posted 6th March 2000 21:25
Note this post is specific to the UK...
> I freelance through a Ltd...
I call that 'contracting', not freelancing. To me, a freelancer
is a self-employed person and not an employee of a company,...
Re: FN-FORUM Altavista Free ISP
date posted 6th March 2000 21:07
Cool..is this official from BT?
Regards
Phil Ward
Crescent Graphics
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www.crescent-graphics.co.uk
New Media Internet Visuals A/W
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This commun...
Re: FN-FORUM Altavista Free ISP
date posted 6th March 2000 21:02
Dan Winchester wrote on 6/3/00 1:53 pm
>What does everyone think of Altavista's free calls ISP?
>
>Just what heavy daytime (home office/small office) users have been
>waiting for, shame we've got to...
Re: FN-FORUM Altavista Free ISP
date posted 6th March 2000 19:22
As from MARCH 1st the BT INTERNET WEEKEND FREEPHONE NUMBER
WORKS ALL EVENINGS FROM 6-12PM
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Re: FN-FORUM Altavista Free ISP
date posted 6th March 2000 18:59
I too have the BT 0800 deal, but this is just for 12pm Friday night to 12pm
Sunday night, totally free.
How do you get the 6pm to 12pm free also?
Regards
Phil Ward
Crescent Graphics
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Re: FN-FORUM Altavista Free ISP
date posted 6th March 2000 18:27
I probably have one of the lowest online costs in the UK
Weekends AND Evenings 6pm - 12pm
FREE calls with BTInternet £9.99/month NO VAT
ALL other times AOL @ 1p /minute
Kif
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FN-FORUM Altavista Free ISP
date posted 6th March 2000 18:05
[On behalf of Artpix [EMAIL REMOVED]
Well I live in Hull and stay online for 7 hours for 5.5p, I also pay £15
UKP
for the local telecom ISP per month to allow me to do this, but I will
obviously be...
Re: FN-FORUM Altavista Free ISP
date posted 6th March 2000 17:56
Well I live in Hull and stay online for 7 hours for 5.5p, I also pay £15 UKP
for the local telecom ISP per month to allow me to do this, but I will
obviously be seriously looking at Altavista as I w...
Re: FN-FORUM Altavista Free ISP
date posted 6th March 2000 14:59
As a web developer, if it cuts my access phone bill from £300 per month with
BT I will certainly sign up!
It appears that they will be limiting the users to 500,000, I wonder what
the bandwidth wil...
Re: FN-FORUM Sole Trader, Ltd company...choices choices!
date posted 6th March 2000 14:43
I freelance through a Ltd, and always have, so admittedly I've got nothing to
compare it to. But things like taking money out of the company is harder
apparently, and this is reflected in higher acco...
RE: Re(2): FN-FORUM Altavista Free ISP
date posted 6th March 2000 14:40
so, only a few hundred thousand to start... that's ok then!
From: Martin Smith
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Tel: +44 (0)1364 654 100
Fax: +44 (0)1364 654 200
WebSite: http://www.greymatter.co.uk
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Re: FN-FORUM Altavista Free ISP
date posted 6th March 2000 14:36
> The good thing is that this is bound to start a rush of similar schemes
Yep! A big name like Altavista absorbing the call charges is bound to scare
the likes AOL and Freeserve. With valuations bas...
Re(2): FN-FORUM Altavista Free ISP
date posted 6th March 2000 14:30
On Mon, Mar 6, 2000, Martin Smith [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>and get a bandwidth of c.20kbps!
This is the big problem. Will it be a victim of it's own success and
drown under the weight of people scr...
Sole Trader, Ltd company...choices choices!
date posted 6th March 2000 14:24
Welcome to Monday *:/
I was wondering if any of you kind people know of a resource that will
explain the pros & cons of the various "freelancing" options. I've heard
good and bad things about being...
RE: FN-FORUM Altavista Free ISP
date posted 6th March 2000 14:14
I've just signed up with Telewests £10 per month & free internet phone
calls. It's a sod to get logged on, but once you manage to the downloads
are reasonable. I'll probably change to Alta Vista t...
RE: FN-FORUM Altavista Free ISP
date posted 6th March 2000 14:13
and get a bandwidth of c.20kbps!
From: Martin Smith
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Tel: +44 (0)1364 654 100
Fax: +44 (0)1364 654 200
WebSite: http://www.greymatter.co.uk
Post: Grey Matter Ltd., Prigg Meadow, Ashbu...
Altavista Free ISP
date posted 6th March 2000 13:54
What does everyone think of Altavista's free calls ISP?
Just what heavy daytime (home office/small office) users have been
waiting for, shame we've got to wait 3 more months......
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