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Netscape-Branded ISP Launching February 2004
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."
Waitress: Well, there's egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg bacon and spam; egg bacon sausage and spam; spam bacon sausage and spam; spam egg spam spam bacon and spam; spam sausage spam spam bacon spam tomato and spam... ...spam spam spam egg and spam; spam spam spam spam spam spam baked beans spam spam spam...
Vikings: Spam spam spam spam...
Waitress:
Vikings: Spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam!
The CAN-SPAM law in the U.S. starts January 1 folks! I would conjecture that this new "ISP" will sell a LOT of cheap throwaway dialup accounts to spammers. They'll claim to have an anti-spam TOS but they will make more money from spammers looking for a cheap pipe for their turds than they will the average user.
ISP Waitress: Your account is being cancelled because of SPAM!
Viking Chickenboner: Spam spam spam spam spam... ISP Waitress: Would you like to open a new account now or wait until the 'morn?
Viking Chickenboner: Let's do it now, love, I've a huge tract o' spam that must go out tonight!
ISP Waitress: We do love our spam sir! Egg bacon and spam, egg sausage TOS and spam....
(repeat ad nauseam)
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