RE: UKNM: CallNet0800

[Matthew Walker]

Funny you should say about them being swamped, following my original post

last week I was sent a press release which finished with: 


"Further distancing CallNet 0800 from other telecoms providers, Peter

Gbedemah, North American Gateway's CEO of Europe, said: "We have the

technology and financial muscle to offer a quality of service that rivals

British Telecom even if every single household in the United Kingdom

registers for CallNet 0800"."


I wonder if screaming.net said exactly the same thing just before they went

online!


mat

-----Original Message-----

From: Amy Vickers [

amyzoom [dot] co [dot] uk (mailto:amyzoom [dot] co [dot] uk)

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Sent: 31 October 1999 10:59

To:

uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com

Subject: Re: UKNM: CallNet0800


CallNet0800 says there is no catch and that it will be able to guarantee

service. mmm..


The model is based on switching - if you dial 145 before a non-data call you

get x amount of money off a BT/CWC/NTL call - this is where CallNet makes

its money, and apparently it's worked for the network backers, North

American Gateway in Canada or somewhere like that.


The fact that it expects 200,000 users by Xmas (two months) is completely

unrealistic, particularly given Freeserve took two months to bring 1m people

on board. My guess is it's going to be swamped, and CallNet is going to have

problems keeping up with demand.


Still, I've already signed up with it....

rgds

amy

----- Original Message -----

From: Matthew Walker <

matthewwmaximtraining [dot] com

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To: <

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Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 2:38 PM

Subject: UKNM: CallNet0800



> Hi,

>

> Does anyone have any info/dirt on CallNet0800 (the UK's first totally free

> ISP, their words not mine!) the deal seems a little to good to be true!!

>

> cheers,

>

> mat

> _____________________________________________

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> Mat Walker

> Multimedia Developer

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