AQUaDeX Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 Netscape Internet Service, the $9.99/month no-frills dial-up Internet service, is now in preview, for more information, visit this site: http://isp.netscape.com/ To sign up: http://isp.netscape.com/preview/ (Price within the preview period is $2.95 per month for the first 2 months, then it's $9.99 per month, read the fine print ;) ) I don't live in the US so I can't really try it, I guess it's not bad, at least it's being owned by AOL so you get pretty good speeds... (the huge amount of bandwidth AOL owns, anyway, I dunno... :unsure: ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AQUaDeX Posted November 15, 2003 Author Share Posted November 15, 2003 doh, the site is not completely live yet so you can't really register (you provide your name, email and you can't get to the actual registration... :ermm: ) well anyway you know it from here first... :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlerner Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 No it will be extremely slow. I'm just surprised Netscape hasn't died yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted November 15, 2003 Veteran Share Posted November 15, 2003 No it will be extremely slow. I'm just surprised Netscape hasn't died yet. And you know it's going to be slow because? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arewhyfour Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 Because AOL owns them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted November 15, 2003 Veteran Share Posted November 15, 2003 Because AOL owns them such an assinine view of it. Do you know AOL owns Winamp and used to pay the Mozilla team too? AOL isn't all bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galley Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 such an assinine view of it. Do you know AOL owns Winamp and used to pay the Mozilla team too? AOL isn't all bad. NO, AOL truly is evil! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted November 15, 2003 Veteran Share Posted November 15, 2003 Well, I don't care. Everyone can jump on the bandwagon and bash AOL if they want. I stated my view. For 10 bucks a month though, it's a real deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kairon Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 10 bucks for a piece of **** ISP sounds about right.Anyways I'm rather happy with my 45 dollar a month Optimum Online. (read: fastest cable ISP in the US) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital.K Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 Well there are folks I imagine that balk at$ 21.95 all you can eat dial up. I read that this is for the "casual" internet user, a person who wants just access for those emails , etc. I also read that Netscape will be using some type of compression technology to speed its services dramatically, very similar to what AOL 9 Optimized dial up is now. I am on Earthlink dial up that uses an accelerator, and it works very nicely. I will wait for cable and dsl prices to drop before I make the plunge I think. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxBoy Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 This is a pretty good deal for people who still use dial-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AQUaDeX Posted November 25, 2003 Author Share Posted November 25, 2003 The sign up form is now live at http://isp.netscape.com/software/application.jsp (But still, don't know if it actually works) and here are some screenies.... Icons and Sign on screen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AQUaDeX Posted November 25, 2003 Author Share Posted November 25, 2003 Netscape Toolbar and Netscape Online Homepage (notice it uses your setting for default browser, which means it doesn't force you to use Netscape and that it doesn't come with a browser) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted November 25, 2003 Veteran Share Posted November 25, 2003 This is definitely going to be great for the casual user, as someone said it is mainly for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japlabot Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 to me it just looks like a rebadged AOL, maybe AOL are trying to lower the use of their name because of thier bad rep and use a more "trusted" brand instead- Netscape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted November 25, 2003 Veteran Share Posted November 25, 2003 to me it just looks like a rebadged AOL, maybe AOL are trying to lower the use of their name because of thier bad rep and use a more "trusted" brand instead- Netscape. How is it just a rebadged aol? It doesn't use their browser or anything, it's just simple dialup. Stop trying to find something wrong in a simple alternative for people who can not afford broadband. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callaway Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 ....is this AOL's answer for low-budget home users? Or a greater masterplan to replace it's dial-up with Netscape and move AOL to broadband only? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japlabot Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 How is it just a rebadged aol? It doesn't use their browser or anything, it's just simple dialup. Stop trying to find something wrong in a simple alternative for people who can not afford broadband. are you serious? I'm neither for or against AOL/Netscape, I was just noting that it requires special software to dial in, that uses AOL's SNS Service for authentication, just like AOL's regular browser (and also an intrusive always-on-top bar, as intrusive as always having to have AOL in the taskbar). And as AquaDex said, I know it's not coming with AOL's browser, it's using components from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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