Netcom's new price model tailors Internet services; company is concentrating on businesses
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Netcom On-Line Communication Services has announced a new pricing plan for Internet services. The new packages have been designed largely with business customers in mind. A flat rate of $19.95 per month rate for unlimited Internet access will only be available for current customers who signed up for that rate. New customers will be charged $24.95 a month for basic service and will be subject to a $25 setup fee. For an additional $5, a package of services is available to new customers. The package includes access to on-line research libraries and premium support. For corporate users, Netcom has established a service that will guarantee not only a connection, but also prioritized access to telephone support staff. Specific pricing information for this corporate service is not available. Company officials report that the service will run a few hundred dollars a month.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1997
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Hand in small hand around the Internet
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Software companies have begun to offer protected Web sites for children, which are essentially designed in a loop pattern, providing children with the ability to browse, while prohibiting them from leaving that site and going on to another intended for adults. Bonus.com is a site that offers entertainment for children on the Web. It offers hundreds of activities like games and simplified versions of scientific and educational sites. Disney also has a site for children called the Disney Daily Blast, which cost $4.95 a month. The Disney site however, makes it simple for children with basic working knowledge of the Internet to leave that site and maneuver their way on to other Web sites. It is impossible to make the Web completely child safe, and parents are advised to keep close tabs on what sites their children are visiting.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1997
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The real Internet action is local
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The on-line city guide industry has become increasingly more competitive as the markets become crowded with indistinguishable competitors. New partnerships are creating new sites every day. Zip2 has made partnerships with 160 newspapers that have led to twenty full scale city guides. The remaining Zip2 deals produced local guides within newspapers' Web sites. "We've always said that it's the newspaper industry's battle to lose," said Patrick Keane, an analyst at Jupiter Communications. Newspapers can tap material they already develop for print, and they can use the strength of their brand to attract advertisers and customers. Researchers say that local advertisers will spend $700 million on-line in 1998.
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The on-line city Web guide industry has become increasingly more competitive
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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