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Re: MCI to market MSN
From: alexy () alpha c2 org
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 05:16:10 -0800 (PST)
On Wed, 31 Jan 1996, Christopher E. Stefan wrote:
On Tue, 30 Jan 1996 alexy () alpha c2 org wrote:MCI and Microsoft will now be building networks together, MCI ditching Netscape and starting to sell Microsoft network access tools & pushing MSN...Interesting considering: MCI and News Corp. have an agreement to jointly develop/promote InternetMCI and Delphi. And UUNET and Microsoft have an agreement to provide Internet access/MSN dialup.
Last paragraph of article read: " MCI's move is a step away from its relationship with News Corp,, whose Delphi on-line service, with 200,000 customers, is about a quarter the size of Microsoft's MSN." Bye Bye, Delphi. It is a wonder to me that Microsoft is using UUNET for MSN dialup and MCI for, to quote the article, "Internet access and telecommunications provider". If I was with UUNET, I certainly would be upset that I get to watch modems blink while MCI gets to hyperstream.
Wonder if this sort of thing is anything like the cable/telco/media "interactive TV" alliances of a year or two ago?
Can we now get MSNBC over our MCI ISDN? Did anyone else note the MSNBC advertisement following the SuperBowl? alex
Current thread:
- MCI to market MSN alexy (Jan 30)
- Re: MCI to market MSN Christopher E. Stefan (Jan 31)
- Re: MCI to market MSN Ed Morin (Jan 31)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: MCI to market MSN Hank Nussbacher (Jan 30)
- Re: MCI to market MSN alexy (Jan 31)