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	Freeserve
		Despite what Freeserve say, Windows, their CD and Internet Explorer are not required.
		Freeserve is a genuinely free ISP set up by Dixons.
		The Freeserve documentation says that this should be achieved by each user logging on to the POP server with the userid prefixed by "name@" - for instance, if I was user "chef" at "kenny.freeserve.co.uk" I would log on to the POP server as "chef@kenny.freeserve.co.uk".
	www.biochem.ucl.ac.uk /~mckenzie/freeserve.html (1814 words)

	Freeserve shares settle after free fall \| CNET News.com
		At the close of regular trading, Freeserve was down $9.81, or 17 percent, to $49.19 after slipping as low as $47.
		Freeserve, which had a market cap of $6.8 billion prior to its announcement, was expected to fetch $10 billion from T-Online, Misek said.
		Freeserve receives about 50 percent of its revenues from these per-minute charges, a ratio that is expected to decline as customers move to flat-rate pricing.
	news.com.com /2100-1023-242490.html?legacy=cnet (546 words)

	Freeserve Hype Can't Be Sustained - Technology News by TechWeb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		"Freeserve has to start building a lot more around a basic service," said Chris Lewis, director at the Yankee Group Europe, who said he was generally skeptical about ISP share values.
		Freeserve appeared to recognize this and had emphasized in its advertising how you can book holidays and the like on the portal, he said.
		Freeserve faces fierce competition, particularly from AOL Europe, which was knocked off the No. 1 slot earlier this year by Freeserve and has subsequently had to bite the subscription bullet and launch its own free service.
	www.techweb.com /wire/story/TWB19990727S0010 (501 words)

	Worlds.com \| News \| Worlds Inc. Signs Second Agreement Within 30 Days With Freeserve (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Freeserve plc, a subsidiary of Dixons Group plc, the UK's largest electronics retailer with almost 1,000 outlets, has generated over 1.2 million active user accounts in only ten months, making it one of the largest ISPs globally with more members in the UK than American Online (NYSE:AOL).
		Freeserve is a subsidiary of the Dixons Group plc the UK's largest electrical retailer and was launched on September 22, 1998.
		Freeserve is available on a free CD in all Dixons, Currys, PC World, the Link and @jakarta stores in the UK and is primarily intended for home users and small office/home business users.
	www.worlds.com /news/PressReleases/prn011.html (812 words)

	Media Medium: Freeserve
		Freeserve is the latest ISP to run into trouble with unmetered off-peak web access.
		Freeserve is full of contradictions and its long term prospects are difficult to call, for the astrologer as well as the analyst.
		As a homey Cancerian with its Moon in grab-a-freebie Sagittarius, Freeserve has expanded rapidly in the domestic market and its recent troubles are less significant than they might seem, even though the share price might jitter from mid- November right through to early April.
	www.companyguide.co.uk /gm261000.htm (343 words)

	CNN.com - Freeserve threatens to quit U.K. - Industry Standard
		Freeserve charges that AOL Europe, one of its largest rivals, avoids paying the U.K. value-added tax, or VAT, on its services because it is a U.S.-based company.
		Freeserve said it discovered the tax anomaly in a recent Merrill Lynch analyst report.
		Freeserve contacted a law firm called Olswang, which determined that AOL has been able to skirt the tax thanks to a 1997 ruling by the customs and excise office.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/BUSINESS/07/31/is_feed/freeserve (543 words)

	Will the bubble burst? The Freeserve flotation
		The free UK ISP Freeserve is shortly to be floated at somewhere between £1.3 and £2.5 billion.
		Freeserve does indeed have a lot of potential for advertisers, providing advertisements can be used to supplement the user-experience, adding functionality that users want from the Freeserve site.
		Freeserve have neatly filled a gap to become the UK's No. 1 ISP in a short time by taking the cost out of connecting, and using retail outlets to reach the population, neatly usurping AOL in the process.
	usefulinc.com /articles/freeserve.html (1056 words)

	Freeserve just ain't free (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		And, although Freeserve is still the UK's biggest ISP, back at the drawing board, plans are afoot to drop the reminder of those carefree, charge-free days.
		Freeserve, now owned by French company Wanadoo, looks set to disappear as a brand, as the Frenchies consider adopting the Wanadoo label instead.
		Freeserve was initially launched by Dixons, which floated 20 per cent of the company before Wanadoo stepped in to buy it out for £1.65 billion.
	www.theinquirer.net /?article=4669 (257 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| Freeserve to be renamed Wanadoo
		While Freeserve is a recognisable name in the UK, the moniker is now thought to be outdated.
		Freeserve originally attracted its consumers by offering a free service contract with users only paying phone charges to access the internet.
		Freeserve users have been assured that they will keep their existing email addresses and connections, but Freeserve will be adopting Wanadoo's brand image and logos.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/business/3590859.stm (195 words)

	Freeserve Calls the Taxman on AOL
		Since Merrill Lynch noted the discrepancy in a report issued Monday, Freeserve has been telling reporters the tax discrepancy saves AOL $43 million a year, which is hardly chump change (except maybe to AOL).
		Freeserve probably backs Merrill Lynch's comment that the tax discrepancy means "other ISPs' gross margins and price competitiveness are at a disadvantage relative to AOL's." But AOL hasn't been paying the VAT since it opened shop in the UK in 1996.
		The Financial Times quoted an executive of a competing ISP as saying he was "staggered" that Freeserve claims to have not known of AOL's exemption until the Merrill Lynch report.
	www.thestandard.com /article/0,1902,28404,00.html (526 words)

	Wanadoo buys Britain's Freeserve for $2.4 billion - Dec. 6, 2000
		Freeserve went public in an initial stock offering in August 1999 at 150 pence a share and has been on a roller coaster ride all year.
		Freeserve shares dropped 5.7 percent to 133.25 pence, and Wanadoo slipped 2.6 percent to
		Freeserve will keep its brand name and customers will see very little difference in the service, besides some new content in the future, Freeserve chief executive John Pluthero told a London news conference.
	money.cnn.com /2000/12/06/europe/wanadoo_freeserve/index.htm (882 words)

	Network Appliance - News & Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		When Freeserve customers access the Web, their calls are routed through the Energis network to Planet's NetCache appliances, which store local copies of tens of thousands of popular Web sites.
		Freeserve was launched on 22nd September 1998 by the Dixons Group plc.
		Freeserve is available on a free CD in all Dixons, Currys, PC World and The Link stores in the UK and is primarily intended for home users and small office/home office business users.
	www.netapp.com /news/press/NEWS_REL_990107 (798 words)

	Cable deal sees Freeserve expand broadband - ZDNet UK News
		Freeserve is to resell ntl's cable broadband product in a deal that the ISP claims will, when added to its existing ADSL service, give it the largest broadband footprint in the UK.
		Freeserve will advertise the service online and through its links with high-street retailers such as Dixons -- the same way that it already markets its existing broadband product.
		Freeserve insists that there will be reasons for customers to choose its broadband service rather than ntl's.
	news.zdnet.co.uk /internet/0,39020369,2110040,00.htm (623 words)

	Dixons Decides Freeserve's Fate - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		With a current share price of approximately $50, Freeserve has a market capitalization of about $5.8 billion; Dixons is reportedly looking for a deal that values Freeserve at around $9 billion.
		Freeserve is considering making some acquisitions itself, such as companies in the telecom, content and media sectors.
		Freeserve has been up for grabs for at least two months, and even that's a long time in the high-speed Internet world.
	www.forbes.com /2000/07/06/mu3.html (611 words)

	Freeserve - Connectivity Top Tips
		If you're using a No Ties account, you will be able to connect to Freeserve regardless of whether your telephony provider is BT or not.
		To test this, simply dial your specific Freeserve access package number using your normal telephone handset, (for example, for No Ties Members, dial 0845 0796699), and listen to the response.
		If your BT line to Freeserve is working correctly, you will hear a high pitched 'screeching' noise (which is the sound of the Freeserve modems).
	www.orange.co.uk /time/toptips/tips.htm (939 words)

	Freeserve soars on opening - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		On this side of the pond investors are beginning to recognize that the U.S. isnt the only huge market for Internet services and to acknowledge that the business model for these services may be different from but no less viable than whats caught on here in the States.
		Freeserve is in the lead with 1.3 million subscribers, or about a third of the market, but its got plenty of competition, not the least of which is AOLs free ISP, Netscape Online, due out in a few weeks.
		Free Internet access may be coming into its own overseas, but this still leaves Freeserve and its peers with the difficult task of identifying other ways to build revenue and turn a profit.
	www.forbes.com /1999/07/26/mu4.html (657 words)

	Freeserve Set to Clash With AOL Over IM - Computer Business Review
		Freeserve announced yesterday that it will launch Freeserve Communicator before the end of the year, and promised that it will be compatible with MSN Messenger and AOL IM from day one.
		But, says Dym, the company came to the conclusion with the Freeserve deal that IM is currently the application driving everything at present and so has made that the center of the Freeserve user interface, with the other applications feeding off and into that, rather like the Yahoo Messenger service.
		Users of Communicator do not need to be Freeserve subscribers or use Freeserve's dialup number to use the service, and it is free to use.
	cbronline.com /article_cg.asp?guid=868A3751-C94B-4496-8F7C-C63007D6CA99 (768 words)

	Freeserve valued at $2.4B in Europe's Net IPO - Jul. 26, 1999
		"Freeserve could be worth 3 billion pounds or nothing," he wrote in a recent research note.
		Freeserve's valuation is based on a growing enthusiasm for all things Web-based in Europe, as investors eye the huge gains being racked up by Internet-related companies in the United States.
		Freeserve takes a cut of local call charges and hopes to generate earnings from a share in e-commerce business.
	money.cnn.com /1999/07/26/europe/freeserve (707 words)

	ComputerUser.com News: Freeserve Introduces UK Unmetered Net Deal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Freeserve is also in the process of installing a new in-house billing system for Anytime customers, managed directly by its own staff.
		John Pluthero, Freeserve's CEO, said that his company was the first to offer pay-as-you-go Internet service for the mass market.
		"Freeserve AnyTime, at 12.99 pounds per month, is not only pounds cheaper than the competition, but comes with a dedicated IP network and enhanced service support to ensure a high quality access service," he said.
	www.computeruser.com /news/00/12/04/news14.html (554 words)

	Online Casino News.com - All The Gambling, Sports and Casino News for the Internet Gambler
		Freeserve, Britain's leading Internet portal and Internet Service Provider (ISP) with over 4.7 million users per month, last week launched Freeserve Bingo together with Swedish casino software supplier Boss Media and the long-established British gaming company Victor Chandler.
		Freeserve is aiming to take part of the traditional bingo market, which is worth around £1.1 billion ($1.69 billion) in the UK.
		Freeserve is the first major customer to choose Boss Media's bingo platform.
	www.onlinecasinonews.com /ocnv2_1/article/Article.asp?id=2636 (275 words)

	Freeserve Launches Unmetered Deals
		Net service provider Freeserve has announced two unmetered Internet pricing plans to compete with the flood of offers made by rivals during the last month.
		Freeserve was the first ISP to offer subscription-free Internet access when it was launched in September 1998 by high-street retailer Dixons Group.
		Freeserve hopes to avoid the technical problems caused by the popularity of unmetered services by limiting sign up to Freeserve Time to 10,000 users a week.
	www.internetnews.com /xSP/article.php/8_320391 (529 words)

	Connecting to Freeserve with Solaris 7 and Solaris 8
		The only pieces of information you need to configure Solaris to connect to Freeserve are your Freeserve username and your dialup password.
		The IP addresses 1.1.1.1 and 2.2.2.2 are replaced automatically during the PPP negotiation phase with the dynamic IP address assigned by Freeserve to your connection and with the address of Freeserve's gateway.
		This will display the contents of the PPP log file as it is written to by the asppp daemon and enables the progress of the connection to be monitored.
	www.kempston.net /solaris/connectfreeserve.html (3291 words)

	Europe: Fighting the VAT
		For years, the world's largest ISP has quietly avoided paying the value-added tax, or VAT, imposed on companies operating in the U.K. This amounts to a 17.5 percent boost to the company's margins, saving AOL an estimated $30 million a year.
		Last month, Freeserve, the U.K.'s largest Internet access provider, began painting AOL as a tax freeloader, first in an official complaint to the British government and then in a series of blistering advertisements.
		Freeserve gave the government an ultimatum: Level the tax playing field, or we'll move out of the country.
	thestandard.com /article/0,1902,28646,00.html (331 words)

	SpamCop Discussion > @%$*&!£ Freeserve!!!! Please help!
		Jeff, thanks for your reply on my other thread (sorry, I couldn't find it when I started this one) I see that there are workarounds but they are very much more fiddley that just hitting a button which is why I'd like to get to the bottom of this.
		It also annoys me that Freeserve seem content to just blame this on Spamcop when it appears to me that you are not the problem.
		My experience of Freeserve telephone support is that it is worse than useless but I will try to call them today.
	forum.spamcop.net /forums/lofiversion/index.php/t508.html (2311 words)

	ITworld.com - Wanadoo confirms takeover of Freeserve
		Trading of Freeserve shares on the London stock exchange and Wanadoo on the Paris stock exchange was halted in the morning pending the announcement.
		Last month, Freeserve confirmed that it was in talks with an unidentified company that wanted to buy the ISP in a stock deal.
		Though Freeserve at the time would not name the possible partner, Wanadoo independently confirmed it was looking into the possibility of buying Freeserve from Dixons.
	www.itworld.com /Net/2607/IW001206hnfree (384 words)

	Configuring sendmail and fetchmail on freeserve
		OK then let's suppose that you are the sysadmin for your linux box and your user account is called marge and let's suppose that you have some other users homer, bart and lisa who want to get their mail from your freeserve node simpsons.freeserve.co.uk.
		(The fields are separated by tabs.) Note that user is the address freeserve (now) send to for their newsletter and that kind of thing.
		When you are connected to freeserve you can send any queued mail for the whole machine by typing
	www.geocities.com /ij-watson/send_fetch.html (3719 words)

	Freeserve - Time
		With Unlimited Freeserve Time you can either make £10 worth of national and international phone calls a month on our telephone network, or just pay a monthly charge of £10, and in return you get free Internet calls at any time of the day or night.
		If you are a current Unlimited Freeserve Time customer and have questions about the service, click here.
		To view the Unlimited Freeserve Time terms and conditions, click here.
	www.wanadoo.co.uk /time/unlimited.htm (95 words)

	Overture Renews Freeserve Deal Temporarily
		Paid-search provider Overture (Quote, Chart) said Monday its deal with British Internet service provider (ISP) Freeserve has automatically renewed, giving it until February to strike a long-term deal and fend off another Google encroachment.
		For Overture, Freeserve is the latest front in its ongoing battle to beat back the spirited challenge from Google to its supremacy in the paid listings market.
		The extension gives Overture some breathing room to seal a long-term deal with Freeserve, which is the United Kindom's largest ISP with 2.5 million subscribers.
	siliconvalley.internet.com /news/print.php/1550281 (333 words)

	Freeserve confirms Wanadoo makeover \| The Register
		Le Freeserve has at last confirmed that it is to change its name to Wanadoo.
		In a statement Wanadoo UK said it would inform its punters by email and letter telling them "the strengths of the Wanadoo brand and the benefits they can expect in terms of better value, a greater range of products and services and further improvements to service and reliability".
		By the way, if you wanna catch a glimpse of one of Freeserve's new ads, checkout this link to a Freeserve ad.
	www.theregister.com /2004/04/01/freeserve_confirms_wanadoo_makeover (251 words)

	Dialog and Freeserve Announce eCommerce Alliance
		OfficeShopper is now the exclusive supplier of office supplies and other related goods to customers of Freeserve's Business Centre - a dedicated central resource for small and medium sized UK companies.
		Most important to users is the ability to track, control and authorise purchasing over the Internet, via OfficeShopper's comprehensive 'live' budget & management reporting functions.
		"The success of Freeserve over the past year has been phenomenal, and this must in part be due to the fact they offer added value to specific interest groups," commented Dan Wagner, Chief Executive, The Dialog Corporation.
	www.dialog.com /pressroom/2000/freeserve_190100.shtml (311 words)

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