Re: UKNM: freeserve numbers - comments anyone?

[Sajid Mohammed]

---Mike Butcher <

mikebcentaur [dot] co [dot] uk

> wrote:

>

> It just goes to show what a barrier the issue of cost has been to the

> development of the consumer market in the UK.


Agreed - cost of ownership is probably the number one reason why the

technology has not been taken up by a wider audience, closely followed

by technical complexity and fears about porn/security/privacy.


I would strongly dispute the 475,000 figure though. If I were to sign

up with Freeserve and discover a week later that it wasn't for me,

then there is no incentive there as such to 'unsubscribe' (if this is

possible). Freeserve could happily carry on accumulating users ad

infinitum until it becomes the world's largest consumer ISP!


Free ISPs need a new approach to auditing user base - my suggestion

would be unique users using the service over a 4-8 week period. This

would give a much better idea of how many people are physically using

the service.


But then, would the paid for ISPs subject themselves to similar

scrutiny?


Sajid Mohammed

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