Talk:Freeserve
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[edit] Freeserve/Wanadoo
Was surprised to find that this page had been redirected to a page on Wanadoo when Freeserve existed as a recognised company and brand in the UK for six years. M0thr4 08:16, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for doing this. A separate article was requested long ago, but apparently nobody felt like writing it. --Zundark 09:43, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Date disagreement
There is disagreement between this article and the Wanadoo article over the date on which Freeserve changed its name to Wanadoo. Maybe someone can find a reliable source to check which date is correct. --Zundark 09:43, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- I think I can see why confusion has occured. There is a BBC article dated 21st April [1] advising of the name change whilst Companies House [2] shows the name as changing to Wanadoo UK plc on 28/04/2004. The Companies House is the correct date and I have adjusted the articles accordingly. Alexj2002 12:00, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] BT Was Not an ISP
'By September 2000, Freeserve had more than 2 million active subscribers[3]. This was vastly more than the incumbent telephony provider BT, something that was unusual for a European ISP.'
This is not entirely surprising considering the state of the UK ISP market at the time. BT was a very late entrant into this market, since government regulation prevented them from creating an ISP business until recently.
