fivetofollow Posted January 23, 2003 Posted January 23, 2003 Looks like a few people both in the media and on uk.telecom.broadband are a bit sceptical of the business plan of www.freebb.co.uk Does anyone here think it will happen, or one to be steered well clear of? Some random comments (mostly negative): "freebb.co.uk is a trading name of World of Profit Limited" hmm, world of profit ltd? Sounds very dodgy to me." its probably free - but ads may be forced onto you, plus the speed might be capped or throttled etc etc - i doubt you would be getting a PROPER service The T&C's make no mention of of exactly when the service will start but they do mention the fact they will send you a weekly email. This email will contain 'sponsors messages'. Sounds like a good way to get people to register for more spam. Oh ... and here's an added little bonus... Registrant's Agent: Internet Limited [Tag = *********] URL: http://www.*********.co.uk Relevant Dates: Registered on: 29-Dec-2002 Name servers listed in order: ns7.***** 66.246.43.132 ns8.***** 66.246.43.133 There you go! If these guys are for real - surely they would already have some "proper" infrastructure in place at their location. By this I mean - a decent 'net connection hosting their own DNS instead of '*****' and have their web site inhouse - instead of poked out on some crappy '*********' box. So clearly ... no infratructure to host their own kit. This latter comment was also found on uk.telecom.broadband So. If someone from freebb is here and reading these boards, come on and tell us how you intend to do it, it's already quite clear the media are out to shoot you down already ... and whilst you're at it, stick a post in uk.telecom.broadband to try to appease people Kevin Brock www.fivetofollow.net Quote
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