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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. Take your choice... by Hobbex · · Score: 1, Troll

    American dialup is where it has always been, you choose between giving your money to:

    The Church of Scientology (Earthlink)
    Time Warner and RIAA/MPAA (AOL)
    Bill Gates and Palladium (Microsoft)

    What to do... What to do...