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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. I WANT TO PUT MY PEE PEE IN YOUR POO POO HOLE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
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  2. Re:Danes find WMDs in Iraq!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    The war was justifed after all!

    Really?

    Looks like GWB had the let's-do-it-for-daddy plan ready from the beginning...

    Fucking idiots. Get rid of the moron!

  3. 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...

  4. LOLOLOLOMGWTF? YUO MAD3 TEH [NO CIARAR] JKE +5 LOL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  5. Liberals please help me understand you! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    I just can't understand you liberals...

    What is it that makes you side with the tyrants (Marx, Stalin, Saddam,...)?

  6. Re:Danes find WMDs in Iraq!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Breaking news: Danish troops just found WMDs in Iraq!

    Eat your heart out liberal left-wing traitors! The war was justifed after all!
    You are an idiot. Read your own article.

    "The Danish army said the rounds had been buried for at least 10 years."

    "Most were wrapped in plastic bags, and some were leaking," Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt told a news conference, adding that it was likely the weapons were left over from the Iran-Iraq war.

    No Iraqi chemical agent buried during the Iran-Iraq war, not even mustard gas, would be useful as a weapon today. So they lost a few rounds after the war? That in no way supports your point.
  7. Re:HOLY SHIT! by jasonditz · · Score: -1, Troll

    Super.

    Just think how many lives NOT KILLING PEOPLE would save.

  8. Re:decentralization of acess is fine by me. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    i fucked cmdrtaco IN THE ASS

    katz watched

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