When is FREE DSL coming??

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When is FREE DSL coming??

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Apparently, there is a company in the U.S. that is offering FREE DSL SERVICE!! (http://news.cnet.com/Free-DSL-service-o ... 35148.html) When will Freephoneline offer the same thing for Canada??
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Re: When is FREE DSL coming??

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Uhm... that article was dated back in year 2000. Doubt free DSL WILL ever happen.
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Re: When is FREE DSL coming??

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Unfortunately the operating costs of DSL are simply too high to ever be able to offer it for free :)

I wonder if that same company from the article is still doing it today?
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Re: When is FREE DSL coming??

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NetZero tried it and failed. Currently they offer a limited free, ad supported service, on top of paid access.
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Re: When is FREE DSL coming??

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FPL-steve wrote: I wonder if that same company from the article is still doing it today?
Nope http://www.freedsl.com/
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Re: When is FREE DSL coming??

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On a humorous side, Google has been offering free DSL via the toilet's piping system.

http://www.google.com/tisp/
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Re: FPL for USA?

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By the way, just curious if Freephoneline be launched for USA anytime soon?
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Re: When is FREE DSL coming??

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Until freephoneline can get a firm grasp on the Canadian market and expand to all or most of Canada to justify southern expansion, I doubt we'll be moving for quite some time, if at all. We'd like to master our own domain before taking on any other challenges ;)
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Re: When is FREE DSL coming??

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Or, lets re-phrase that.... when will FPL allow us to call major parts of USA for free too.... :)