Neowin News Feed for: Freeserve

Glitch blocks Freeserve email to AOL

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 15:56:43 +0000

Some Freeserve customers are unable to email AOL subscribers because the latter's systems see the messages as spam. Emails are being bounced back, usually with a message such as: 'The connection to the server has... Read more...

Freeserve defiant after Dixons chooses AOL

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 01 Sep 2003 13:05:54 +0000

Dixons is to end a five-year-old promotional deal with Freeserve, as ISPs battle for new subscribers. Electrical retailer Dixons Group said on Monday it had abandoned its long-standing distribution agreement with Freeserve in favour of... Read more...

UK News: Freeserve makes first (monthly) profit

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 01 Sep 2003 13:00:32 +0000

Freeserve has made its first profit, the ISP revealed today. Exact details were not revealed but it seems that during August, Freeserve made more cash than it spent. The use of black ink comes a... Read more...

Freeserve for sale?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 12 Feb 2003 11:04:48 +0000

Freeserve could be put up for sale in a bid to raise cash for its heavily indebted grandparent France Telecom. That's according to a report by French newspaper, Le Figaro by way of Bloomberg, quoting... Read more...

Freeserve punters to get Wanadoo email addys

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 29 Jul 2002 13:52:39 +0000

Freeserve, the UK's biggest ISP, is to change its name to Wanadoo, bringing it into line with its French parent, according to the Sunday Telegraph. Nicolas Dufourcq, Wanadoo chief executive, is backing the move, which... Read more...

Freeserve goes legal in AOL VAT spat

Mon, 11 Mar 2002 09:17:23 +0000

Freeserve is taking HM Customs & Excise to court in an atempt to overturn a loophole in tax law resulting in AOL's exemption from paying VAT in the UK. The ISP, Britain's... Read more...