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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. IE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    And they won't be bundling Netscape/Mozilla either, but will be bunding IE.

    1. Re:IE by Hellasboy · · Score: 5, Informative

      did the mods read the link? No where does it say that the service will come bundled with IE. The AC doesn't link to any statements backing up what he had said... and somehow it's informative.

      from the TOS:
      "You must have a personal computer with a modem connected to a communications source (telephone, wireless or broadband), a Windows-based operating system with an Internet browser, such as Netscape Version 6.0 or higher or Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 5.5 or higher, and an Internet-based e-mail software in order to access electronic communications"

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  2. No MAC SUPPORT by pastpolls · · Score: 3, Informative

    This is what I get on my mac... Macintosh Users The Macintosh operating system is not supported at this time. Netscape currently supports Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. Please check back in the future for a Macintosh version of Netscape!

  3. Macintosh not supported at this time? by fname · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well, someone please send AOL a clue. When I see messages like, "The Macintosh operating system is not supported at this time," I feel like walking over to the code-monkey and smacking him upside the head. Why?

    1) Hey, I might have Windows computer, but I'm at a Mac now and I want more info.

    2) It's a friggin' ISP! Cripes, just tell me the dial-in number to use and I'll be OK.

    3) The closing statement of "Please check back in the future for a Macintosh version of Netscape!" is MS-worthy in its FUD. Netscape certainly is available for Macs. Just b/c your proposed ISP doesn't "support" them, no reason to lead people to believe that Netscape is a Windows-only product.

    1. Re:Macintosh not supported at this time? by NetJunkie · · Score: 4, Informative

      Their compression agent doesn't support Mac. Dial-up ISPs now compress stuff before sending it to help speed things up.

  4. Dupe by waldoj · · Score: 3, Informative

    We discussed this in October ("AOL to Launch Discount 'Netscape' Internet Service", to the tune of 358 comments.

    -Waldo Jaquith

  5. Re:Cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    not much, it uses the IE engine, just the netscape name i'm afraid.

  6. Enough Said by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Macintosh Users

    The Macintosh operating system is not supported at this time. Netscape currently supports Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, and Windows XP.

  7. Time-Warner by ZxCv · · Score: 2, Informative

    1. AOL/TW will drop the AOL part and revert to Time-Warner.

    Didn't they already do this? I could be mistaken, of course, but when you go to www.aoltimewarner.com, it redirects you to www.timewarner.com, where I can't find a single thing that has the AOL and Time-Warner names together.

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    1. Re:Time-Warner by MegaHamsterX · · Score: 2, Informative


      You are correct! , they did chnge their name.

      BTW that link is the announcement

  8. Re:In Canada already? by turg · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yes. It's launched in Canada already details here.

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  9. Re:Bah by dracvl · · Score: 2, Informative

    That ex-Netscape programmer is JWZ himself, and the actual journal page (with lots of interesting comments) is here.

  10. Re:Chillin in the hizizzle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    I theorize this started when bay area rappers refered to berekely as berzerkely.

    Some folks, not noticing the play on berekely to say berzerk they just started add z's into the names of stuff like izoakland or the hizouse.

    Say someone says "Berzerkely in the house" then maybe someone say "berzerkely in the hizouse".

    Then off the hook began being refered to as "off the heezay" and so after that point anything after the z was up for grabs and somehow we ended up with le afterwards.

    Hmmm, finding out where exactly that came from would make a sweet cultural anthropology masters thesis...

  11. used to be in the UK by bns_robson · · Score: 2, Informative
    Netscape used to have an ISP in the UK. I don't know if they still do.

    I received a couple of CDs for their service. I never used the ISP although I did install Netscape Communicator (4.6? or 4.7?) from one for a friend.