Comment Re:Lifetime Internet Providers (Score 1) 272
The bay area provider (bigger.net) in January of 1997 started offering free internet access, there was a licensing fee of $59 for some of the software, but no access fees. There was a $10 annual fee for email, but this was not required to use the service.
The "Lifetime" tag was invented by the USA Today headline, so was invented by the paper, not by the company. As most the news stories that followed gained thier information initially from USA Today, it propogated quickly and refused to let go.
Bigger.net's user base was purchased later by a company called Brigadoon.
I founded the company in 1996.
The "Lifetime" tag was invented by the USA Today headline, so was invented by the paper, not by the company. As most the news stories that followed gained thier information initially from USA Today, it propogated quickly and refused to let go.
Bigger.net's user base was purchased later by a company called Brigadoon.
I founded the company in 1996.
