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AltaVista pulls plug on UK Internet service

AltaVista becomes the latest Internet firm to back down on its promises to consumers as it ditches its unmetered access service "indefinitely" and blames British Telecom for the failure to deliver.Less than six months after it announced flat-rate Internet access for life to a fanfare of publicity, the Internet search engine giant disappoints thousands of users who had registered for the service.
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AltaVista becomes the latest Internet firm to back down on its promises to consumers as it ditches its unmetered access service "indefinitely" and blames British Telecom for the failure to deliver.

Less than six months after it announced flat-rate Internet access for life to a fanfare of publicity, the Internet search engine giant disappoints thousands of users who had registered for the service. It claims the unmetered model is financially unsustainable while BT maintains its stranglehold on local telephone lines. Full story. -- Jane Wakefield, ZDNet UK

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