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Netscape-Branded ISP Launching February 2004

Posted by timothy on from the not-a-bad-price dept.

Guppy06 writes "I'm too lazy to change my homepage in Netscape 7 to something else, and that's where I discovered an ad leading towards what appears to be a trial run of a new Netscape-branded ISP. While this isn't as momentous as, say, Netscape bundled with AOL would be, they seem to be aiming at Juno and NetZero with their price of $9.95/month ($1.00/month to participate in the trial run ending in February). This may just end up being a fizzle, or it could be part of a two-pronged attack on MSN by AOL."

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  1. Ironically by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ironically, the browser software included in the sign-up package is a Netscape-branded version of Internet Explorer.

    Pretty sad when your browser sucks so much you don't trust yourself enough to use it.

  2. This sums it up by fo0bar · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Brand Necrophilia"

  3. I don't want to be rude.... by SpaceRook · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...but is there anyone who associates Netscape with anything other than ugly bloatware? If you want to sell a product, is plastering the Netscape logo all over it the best way to go? When someone says "Netscape", images of "RealPlayer" and a bunch of crappy "Subscribe to AOL Now!" icons come to mind.

  4. Brilliant move by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    By doing this, AOL not only gets to split their already-fleeing-like-rats-from-a-drowning-ship userbase, but they also get to cash in on the incredibly lucrative and growing dial-up internet market. And of course, the crowning touch, capitalizing on the Netscape namebrand, which everyone associates with fast, quality service. Good move, AOL!

  5. Chillin in the hizizzle by EmCeeHawking · · Score: 5, Funny

    This may just end up being a fizzle

    Fo shizzle, my nizzle.

  6. According to their business plan.. by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... they're going to offer sub-standard service, and then blame Microsoft for having an MSN shortcut on their desktop when they tank.

  7. This would be great by Ignis+Flatus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Especially if they could figure out some way to download images in the background, and maybe throw in some chat rooms. Linux types would also appreciate a command line interface, so they could just jump directly to any part of the service by typing in a keyword. Yeah, that'd be cool.

  8. too lazy to type a url into a preference box by Maskirovka · · Score: 3, Funny
    "I'm too lazy to change my homepage in Netscape 7 to something else

    That's not something one would normally brag about in this forum.

  9. Tech support by Phroggy · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've talked to people before who thought Netscape was their ISP. Not quite as common as thinking Yahoo is their web browser, but not terribly unusual. Now imagine how annoying it will be for tech support reps when they talk to a customer who's using Internet Explorer with Netscape's ISP and insists their browser is Netscape...

    --
    $x='S24;r)>63/* h@<5+oZ)32"5cz';$me='phroggy'x$];
    $x=~y+ -xz+\0-Tx+;print$_^chop$me for split'',$x;