I got news that 1stUP is going out of business!!

What is 1stUP ?

The parent provider for Free internet access. Altavista use them.

Dear My-FreeNet customer,

As we communicated earlier this week, the My-FreeNet service provider,
1stUp.com, will be shutting down their business by the end of next
week. We are in the final stages of making arrangements to secure
another provider to service your account.

We believe the best solution to insure that you have a reliable,
consistent, and convenient Internet connection is to provide an
enhanced, advertising-free ISP and email service for a minimal monthly
fee. You will no longer be required to interact regularly with a
navigation bar or have your browser exposed to a permanent advertising
banner. The new ISP service will include an email account, easy
connectivity, and free 24-hour technical support. Plus, this service
will represent a significant cost savings from the typical $19.95
monthly ISP charge.

For those customers wanting to remain with a free ISP alternative, we
will be providing direct access to remaining companies that offer this
service.

Once our partnership is finalized, we will communicate via email and
on our local web site how to transition your accounts to our new ISP
and email service.

Thanks for your patronage and support.

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translated:

"Hi,
Turns out we can't make any money giving away Internet access for free, no matter how many customers we have. We have therefore come up with a solution that we think has potential. We will charge you actual "money" (that green stuff in your wallet) to use our service. We know it's a stretch, but we think it just might work.

Thank you,

The management"

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no no, i didn't make this up myself, i stole it from a brighter kid over at a fun website called f*ckedcommpany.com

i recommend it for hours of cynical, pessimistic fun with large and small corporations alike!

Wooops.. Does this mean we will have less traffic and less members on this site? :)

oh no, kunal, not at all, we can still have hours of pessimistic cynical fun with web hosting companies large and small, don't you worry... :)