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Microsoft Soft-Pedals Dialup

Posted by timothy on from the where-the-money-isn't dept.

twitter writes "The NYT reports Bill Gates surrender of dial-up Internet access. 'We stayed in the access business for a while, and then we decided it wasn't for us.' $314 million in advertising yielded $300 million in losses last year." Microsoft's dialup service isn't disappearing, but the company is scaling it back and ending the expensive marketing campaign. This leaves exactly how many big players in the dialup market? Dialup is still the only option in many places.

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  1. Well, with this logic by wobedraggled · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Well, based on Advertising $$$ vs. Revenue $$$ they should be dropping the XBOX real soon.

    They should really try not to go into EVERY market

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  2. Re:decentralization of acess is fine by me. by JPriest · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How much put could throughput put if throughput could put through?

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  3. Why would a pig scan a fly? by adb · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's what I want to know.