[1765] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: MCI to market MSN
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (alexy@alpha.c2.org)
Wed Jan 31 08:31:11 1996
From: alexy@alpha.c2.org
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 05:16:10 -0800 (PST)
To: "Christopher E. Stefan" <flatline@ironhorse.com>, nanog@merit.edu
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
