[ILUG] ireland offline 'strike'

[John P. Looney]

On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 04:45:46PM +0000, Chris Higgins mentioned:
> Look at the Esatclear flatrate offerings - dead because the spreadsheet went 
> red... Ireland.com free email service (never could see why a newspaper should
> have an email service).. Buyandsell.net (get your free shares..)... and
> countless other ventures that didn't have a viable business model or 
> made just one assumption too many when predicting service takeup/rollout/
> viability/real cost.

 Bigger problem that investors were pricing worth on the value of
"members" and "clients". 

 The amount of money people are prepared to pay for what are now free
services is a lot less than most people think. You would pay a pound a day
for a paper newspaper. But how much for an online one ? 

 I'm sure Eazel had some ideas for making money. But it sure as hell never
happened...

Kate

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