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Pendle.Net Mail Boxes
It is the intention of Pendle.Net Ltd. to supply FREE mailboxes for anyone residing in Pendle or one of it's sibling domain localities.
Advantages of using one of our mailboxes
- You have a unique address in the area you live, e.g. John.Smith @ pendle.net, Sue @ burnley.net, etc..
- Do you really want a name/address like John@doe6477.freeserve.co.uk or Jill98273@aol.com ?
- If you're quick, you'll have a valuable name, e.g. florist @ pendle.net, HiFi @ pendle.net, butcher @ colne.net, etc.. These are allocated on a 1st come first served basis, so hurry!
- You can change your Internet Service Provider (ISP) as and when you need. You don't need to be tied into one ISP to keep your address, Pendle.Net mailboxes will work from any ISP account. ISP's come and go, some are good, some are bad, some are expensive, some are now even free! No matter which you choose, you can have a permanent address here.
The following domains are currently available:
| Pendle.Net | Colne.Net | Burnley.Net | Clitheroe.Net |
| Rochdale.Net | Bury.Net | Accrington.Net | RibbleValley.Net |
| Bingley.Net | Wigan.Net | Salford.Net | Ormskirk.Net |
| Macclesfield.Net | Kendal.Net | Solihull.Net | Rotherham.Net |
Free Internet Service Providers
How can these services be free?
These new breed of ISPs work on the principal that they take a cut from the telecoms provider (BT, C&W, Energis, etc.) from what you pay for the local call to them. In the case of Freeserve, BT transfers the call to Energis. BT gets 30 percent, Energis gets 70 percent of which a proportion goes to Freeserve. The business model is built on having as many people online for as long as possible, that's why channel bonded ISDN is acceptable (2 call charges for the same connection - though we don't think this would work on the new C&W pricing; 2 channels for 1 call charge!).
We suspect that this business model is only going to work in the UK for now, where we are all greatly overcharged for calls by the telecoms companies. If BT and their partners ever have to charge a reasonable rate then this business model will no doubt have to be modified (hence the rather woolly statements about advertising in the free service provider contracts).
Currently 25 to 30 percent of home accounts are with free ISPs and predictions are that this will rise to 90 percent by 2002.
So is it Really Free?
The subscription really is "free", so enjoy this while it lasts - it may be a long time, it may end soon - only time will tell.
What are the down sides to Free ISPs?
 | Some provider won't allow access to Usenet news groups (they can be obtained from the web however from services such as DejaNews) |
| They all reserve the right to disconnect your account if not used for more than 30 days (you're just dead baggage if your not using the service) |
| You have to dial into the service to be able to pick up your mail - so no externally available POP3 accounts (this is where Pendle.Net can help out!) |
| Phone support is a premium rate call (varies from 39p/minute to £1/minute). |
| You need to have CLI enabled on your phoneline (the default). |
Well, where do I sign up then?
Here's a selection of what's available at the moment. [Note: the avalanche has started to happen - we can't keep up with the almost daily annoucements of new Free ISPs. This list is now incomplete. - 07 April 1999] This is likely to be a very fluid market with ISPs coming and going. Some are backed by large concerns, some seem to be much smaller operations. Take your pick, Pendle.Net Ltd. or any of its associated companies and staff have no vested interest in any of these, we also bare no responsibility for them whatsoever:
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| Free Serve
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Dixons Group | Planet (part of Energis) |
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| Free Online
Net
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PlusNet Technologies Ltd | FORCE9.NET (?) |
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| ClickFree | BT | BTNET | Started 09 Feb 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| LineOne | BT, News International and United News & Media |
BTNET | Started 09 Feb 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tesco Online | Tesco Supermarket | BTNET | Started 30 Jan 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Barclays Net | Barclays Bank PLC | UUNet | Announced 16 Mar 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genie | Cellnet | Internet Network Services | To launch on 1Mar1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| EidosNet | Eidos | EasyNet |
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| Breathe Net | Martin Dawes
Telecommunications also being re-badged by Toys R Us (UK) |
Planet (part of Energis) |
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| Dabs online | DABS Direct | FORCE9.NET |
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| SoftNET Free | Software Warehouse | Planet (part of Energis) |
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| Telinco | Telinco (South Manchester) |
Telinco |
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| Connect Free | Connect Free (Chorlton) |
Telinco |
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| FreeNet | ECO International Ltd ? | Athene Internet (?) Wisper (?) |
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| Free4All | JAK Internet | C&W |
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| FreeNet.uk.com | ? | Athene Internet (?) |
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| FreeISP | Mr M Bullock (who's he?) | U-Net |
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| The Mail | CableNet Ltd. | ? |
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| Aardvark | ? | ? |
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