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From Netzero & Juno To...Mother's Day Bouquets?
(old news - 05:07PM Friday May 02 2008)
tags: business · Oddities
So what do you do when you're in the dial-up business and your primary business is dying? Get into the flower-delivery business, apparently. United Online, formed from the union of once dial-up ISPs NetZero and Juno, has apparently decided to buy flower-delivery outfit FTD for $456 million in stock and cash. It's not exactly clear what knowledge a dial-up provider has of the flower industry, but hey -- you've got to start over again somewhere when your primary business...um...wilts (har har).

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expletive

@verizon.net

better option?

it's better than throwing up your hands and using the other compound word expletive that begins with mother f_____

furlonium
Computer Over? Virus equals Very Yes?

join:2002-05-08
Bethlehem, PA

Re: better option?

ucker?

Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02

Re: better option?

Glad we've got this all sorted out.

furlonium
Computer Over? Virus equals Very Yes?

join:2002-05-08
Bethlehem, PA

Re: better option?

Are ya really? I'm glad it's Friday, but that's just me.

You can be glad that this aforementioned matter is sorted out, though.

Happy Friday!

udger

@sbc.com
udger?

bobjohnson
Premium
join:2007-02-03
Titusville, FL

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Netzero Carnations!!

They die 5x faster...

DrModem
Premium
join:2006-10-19
USA

Re: Netzero Carnations!!

50x!

rlt2562
The Wizard of Speed and Time
Premium
join:2002-12-23
Haughton, LA
·AT&T Southeast
·AT&T Southeast

Unfortunate, but to be expected I suppose

I'm a long-time Juno user. I actually switched from AOHell years ago since getting a special deal through my Discover credit card for $4.95/month. I've kept the email address active, and am quite happy to only get about 10 pieces of junk mail a month (how many spammers use dot-juno to send their filth? Not many. ).

Either way, I hope the company survives, whatever they decide to pursue.
--
I don't mind coming to work, but that eight hour wait to go home is a bitch.
EPS

join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA

Business model

They can bring the ad-supported free internet business model to FTD- free orders of flowers, as long as you put up with ads applied to the flower petals...
hottboiinnc
ME

join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH

Re: Business model

LOL thats funny as hell!

Dagda1175

join:2001-06-17
Goleta, CA
·Cox HSI

I was just wondering today...

...if netzero still exists. I'm moving later this summer, and thought dialing into them might be worth it while I wait for cable. It looks like I'll be in a comcast market so I might have a good long wait!
pepperxn

join:2001-02-21

now this is what I call...

pushing up the flowers.

"buy our flowers, get free dial-up internet."

a person buys flowers, and gets asked "do you want dial-up internet with that?"

funchords
Hello
Premium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Washington, DC

Karl's having a little fun...

...you all do realize that FTD doesn't deliver flowers, right?

mod_wastrel

join:2008-03-28

Re: Karl's having a little fun...

Delivery... marketing... it's a fine line. The fact is, if you want some flowers delivered, you can go to FTD to get it done.

funchords
Hello
Premium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Washington, DC

Re: Karl's having a little fun...

FTD is also about an online network called Mercury. (And, yes, the Marketing, too).

Tzale
Proud Libertarian Conservative
Premium
join:2004-01-06
Sweden

har har

Why pay $50/month when all ISPs take you to the same internet?

benc
Premium
join:2007-06-17
Glen Carbon, IL
·Charter Pipeline
·Future Nine Corpor..
·Callcentric
·AT&T Midwest

Re: har har

said by Tzale See Profile :

Why pay $50/month when all ISPs take you to the same internet?
I've seen those NetZero ads. I've thought it funny too.

NetZero isn't even the cheapest.

Dial-Up.cc is even cheaper, at $8/mo. and no contract. They used to be $5/mo., which appealed to me since I wanted to have Internet access in case my cable went out.

That and there's no DSL here, so I can't just use Dual-WAN and have the DSL for back-up.

Tzale
Proud Libertarian Conservative
Premium
join:2004-01-06
Sweden
·Verizon FIOS
·Optimum Online

Re: har har

said by benc See Profile :

said by Tzale See Profile :

Why pay $50/month when all ISPs take you to the same internet?
I've seen those NetZero ads. I've thought it funny too.

NetZero isn't even the cheapest.

Dial-Up.cc is even cheaper, at $8/mo. and no contract. They used to be $5/mo., which appealed to me since I wanted to have Internet access in case my cable went out.

That and there's no DSL here, so I can't just use Dual-WAN and have the DSL for back-up.
I remember when NetZero was FREE!

-Tzale
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Neoconservatives (G.W.B) are not true conservatives. A conservative believes in defending the Constitution. First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. - RON PAUL 2008 »www.usconstitution.net/const.html

rcdailey
Dragoonfly
Premium
join:2005-03-29
Rialto, CA

Re: har har

I still keep a dialup provider just in case cable goes down and I really need to get to the internet or get e-mail. Today, just for the halibut, I scrounged around for the box in which I had stored my external Zoom V.90 modem. I was thinking about removing the internal modem and using the slot for something else, so I needed to see whether it would still work. I got it to send a fax, which was encouraging and now I'm on line with it and it seems to work better than the V.92 LT WinModem. It also has an LT chipset, but being an external serial modem, it doesn't depend on the CPU for help. Anyway, I may now pull the internal modem and put that other card in. I'm sure I won't use the external modem for connecting to the internet all that much, but it is essential to maintain the ability to send and receive faxes, at least for now.

If dialtone goes away, that's a whole other kettle of fish.

mrchris
We don't miss you Bush
Premium
join:2002-10-01
North Babylon, NY
Me too...I remember using hacks to make the intrusive toolbar thing disappear...or is that another "free" dialup service?

goofy01

join:2004-02-05
Hammond, IN
I still have a free NetZero account. Use it as a backup for my cable. Think it only has 10 free hours a month with it though.
MySay

join:2008-04-08
Mansfield, TX


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What did you expect?

What is left after death? A fancy tombstone w/ lots of flowers! Interesting a dying business is going for the tulips! I think they're just trying to cover all bases, even in the afterlife. Makin' sure their stone is the pimpest plot in the plain!
sbcretired

join:2006-01-07
Scottville, MI
·AT&T Midwest

Juno Fan here

AHH, Juno. My wife and I have e mail accounts (Juno 5.0, not just web based) and connect broadband thru other means.
I will NEVER have a ISP specific @xxx.com e mail account. I can change ISP's anytime and never miss a beat, or check my mail from anywhere using the webmail. Heck if times got tough, I could go to the library and check my e mail.
Actually have a gmail and yahoo account also, but Juno seems far superior (using the paid program).

Lee GWB
Yaco
Premium
join:2001-10-13
Allendale, NJ

Anti Viris TOO!!

Hi,
I received a email from "CA" that if I get my Mom flowers on Mothers Day I get a free AV Suite too!! Lucky ME!
Lee

PCInTech
In another place and time.
Premium
join:2004-06-07
Massena, NY
clubs:
·VoicePulse
·RoadRunner Cable

Ah, Juno...

I remember when Juno and NetZero were both absolutely free, also. I have a soft spot in my heart for Juno, especially. During the Northeast Ice Storm of 1998, my wife was out of State, unable to get back home, and my son and I were stranded in the house with marginal electricity working, but phone lines were up. None of the local ISPs numbers were working, because all of their POPs were located in areas without electricity, for over 3 weeks. Thanks to Juno, I was able to e-mail my wife in Cleveland and keep in touch because Juno's nearest phone number was in Syracuse, which had electricity and was still in my regional calling area.
MySay

join:2008-04-08
Mansfield, TX

Re: Ah, Juno...

Well, technically... not free. I remember it took up half my desktop w/ ads, that you couldn't remove w/o dropping the connection (unless you used the proper crack, of course).
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