AT&T WorldNet Service Extends and Expands Pricing; Free Five-Hour Trial Plan, Unlimited Access Pricing.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 11, 1996--AT&T WorldNet(SM) Service today announced it is extending for AT&T Long Distance customers its revolutionary free five- hour pricing plan to March 31, 1997, and expanding its industry-changing $19.95 plan for unlimited access to the service to include not just AT&T Long Distance customers, but anyone with a computer and modem in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The free five-hour plan is being extended three months beyond its original deadline of December 31, 1996, in response to continuing high demand and as an additional incentive for people receiving PCs and software products as holiday gifts to try out the Internet. The broader $19.95 unlimited access pricing means that the millions of people who purchase new computers with AT&T WorldNet Service pre-installed on the Windows 95 operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. or who buy more than 80 software products containing AT&T WorldNet Service have a new incentive to get on the Internet. The change also reflects the ability of the service to accommodate ever-larger numbers of subscribers. It becomes effective today, and for existing customers will appear in the next monthly billing period. The original $19.95 unlimited access plan set a new standard for pricing in the industry when it was introduced earlier this year, and was an important consideration in PC Computing magazine's decision to award AT&T WorldNet Service its "Most Valuable Product" award in the Internet Services Provider category. "The motto of AT&T WorldNet Service is 'The Internet for Everyone,' and the five hour free pricing and unlimited access plans are linchpins in realizing this goal," said Tom Evslin, vice president AT&T WorldNet Service. "The more than half million people who have signed up for AT&T WorldNet Service have demonstrated that they're eager to use the Internet if access is uncomplicated and convenient and the price is right. Our pricing moves have effectively removed economic barriers to the Internet, and hundreds of thousands of people are finding AT&T WorldNet Service is fast-becoming part of their everyday use of computers." In a separate announcement today, AT&T released results of a survey showing consumers are far more ready to make purchases on the Internet than businesses are to sell there. In releasing results of the survey, AT&T EasyCommerce Services said it is making it easier for businesses to sell online by extending its successful Web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. and transactions promotional offers through March 31, 1997. More than 525,000 subscribers who now log more than 15 million minutes of use a day have flocked to AT&T WorldNet Service since it went online on March 14, 1996. In addition to favorable pricing, superb customer care and ease of use, customers are joining the service because they're finding that it's conveniently preinstalled on millions of new PCs loaded with Microsoft's Windows 95 operating system, and because it enhances the capabilities of many popular software products. When AT&T WorldNet Service is integrated in software products like Grolier's Multimedia Encyclopedia, the ever-popular "Polar Express" CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). from Houghton-Mifflin and Corel Word Perfect Office Suite, it enables them to draw on and in some cases interact with information on the World Wide Web. AT&T WorldNet Service software also is packaged with three of the popular "The Internet for Dummies" series from IDG IDG International Data Group IDG Integrated Drive Generator IDG Installation Design Guide IDG Internet Discussion Group IDG Inset Dielectric Guide IDG International Dangerous Goods (mail, shipping) Books, Harley Hahn's Internet & Web Yellow Pages Web sites that provide searchable databases of business listings. Some also include additional information such as maps, driving directions, and Web addresses. Following are some of the popular yellow pages sites. See Web white pages and Web search engines. www.tollfree.att.net www. from Osborne/McGraw Hill, and in eight book titles from other publishers. It also can be found on Hewlett-Packard company's HP Pavilion HP Pavilion may refer to:
Additionally, AT&T WorldNet Service is available in the Online Services folder of new versions of Microsoft's Windows 95 operating system and soon will be available in versions of Windows 95 sold in retail stores. AT&T WorldNet Service also is available through the Microsoft Internet referral server, which is accessible from Windows 95. Under the five-hour free trial plan, AT&T Long Distance customers who register for AT&T WorldNet Service by March 31, 1997, will receive the first five hours of service free each month for a year after registering. Every hour beyond the five is $2.50. Customers of the five-hour free trial plan, as well as those of the unlimited access pricing plan, separately pay telephone or 800 access charges for dialing into the service. The five-hour free trial plan applies to new, first-time subscribers only. New subscribers to AT&T WorldNet service -- as well as existing customers -- have a chance to win a grand prize of up to $250,000 in the popular AT&T WorldNet Service "Internet for Everyone" sweepstakes, sponsored by AT&T WorldNet Service, iMaALL and Breath Assure. The grand prize winner will be announced in early March. In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , a total of more than 3,000 prizes will be awarded through Feb. 14, 1997. Prizes are awarded daily. AT&T WorldNet Service software can be downloaded without charge from the AT&T WorldNet Service web site at http://www.att.com/worldnet, and also is available free of charge by calling 1-800-WORLDNET. AT&T WorldNet Service offers directories and topical areas to help people find useful information, guided tours guided tour guide n → visite guidée; what time does the guided tour start? → la visite guidée commence à quelle heure? for newcomers, navigational aids A navigational aid or Navaid is any sort of marker which aids the traveler in navigation; the term is most commonly used to refer to nautical or aviation travel. Common types of such aids include lighthouses, buoys, fog signals, and daybeacons. for users of all skill levels, and electronic mail. AT&T WorldNet Service works with popular browsers, but for the convenience of customers offers a preconfigured Set up ahead of time. It implies that the device or software application has been modified to suit the customer or situation. See ghosting server. version of Microsoft Internet Explorer See Internet Explorer. 3.0 for Windows 95, the primary preconfigured AT&T WorldNet Service browser for Windows 95 users, or preconfigured versions of Netscape Navigator An earlier Web browser for Windows, Macintosh and X Windows from Netscape that provided secure transmission over the Internet. Soon after its introduction in 1994, Navigator, or just "Netscape," as it was commonly called, quickly became the leading browser on the Web. for Windows 95, Windows 3.1 and Windows 3.11 for Workgroups, as well as for the Macintosh operating system (operating system) Macintosh Operating System - (Mac OS) Apple Computer, Inc.'s proprietary operating system for their Macintosh family of personal computers. The part of the operating system that simulates the desktop is called "Finder. . -0- AT&T WorldNet is a service mark of AT&T. Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries. Netscape Navigator is trademark of Netscape Communications Corp. (c) 1996 Houghton Mifflin Houghton Mifflin Company is a leading educational publisher in the United States. The company's headquarters is located in Boston's Back Bay. It publishes textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, reference works, and fiction and non-fiction for both young readers Interactive Corporation. All rights reserved. The Polar Express, CD-ROM Edition copyright (c) 1996 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Interactive. The Polar Express (c) 1985 by Chris Van Allsburg Chris Van Allsburg (born June 18, 1949 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American author and illustrator of children's books. He won the Caldecott Medal for Jumanji (1982) and The Polar Express . All rights reserved. CONTACT: Patricia Allen 908-658-6676 office 800-865-9460, Pin 7739 pager plallen@attmail.com or Mike Miller 908-658-2815 office 800-865-9460, Pin 4141 pager michaeld2@attmail.com |
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