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It's official! Freeserve are Wan****

Wanadoo, that is.....:)

Le bon Eric himself sent me a lovely letter yesterday explaining what "great news" it is and how they are going to take "even better care of us" with "more exciting innovations"....:rolleyes:
 
If you actually look at it from a neutral perspective, its a good business decision.

All the other ISP's the Wanadoo group own are branded as such, wanadoo.fr, wanadoo.es etc so why not wanadoo in the UK?
 
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Perhaps they'll base their advertising on that old Microsoft advert:

What to you wanadoo today? instead of Where do you want to go today?
 
akbray said:
Perhaps they'll base their advertising on that old Microsoft advert:

What to you wanadoo today? instead of Where do you want to go today?

See here for more information on Wanadoo.
 
No, thats Kandoo

Wanadoo & Kandoo

Sounds like word association game? There both associated with providing a service :) Some would say the service they are associated with is identical!:D
 
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I'm fairly neutral on the proposal. I've heard all the marketing puff before though, which tends to make me rather cynical. I don't think the brand name is particularly important in this instance - what matters is how Freeserve/Wanadoo treat their customers and how their systems perform. Unfortunately bigger does not always equal better (or more profitable), as I would argue that Tiscali have demonstrated to all the old lineone, worldonline etc customers, (of which I was one).

It's also common practice to retain established brand names under a corporate umbrella as it makes it easier to sell off unprofitable areas, so I suppose it could be argued that Wanadoo are demonstrating commitment by moving to a common brand name, but ultimately it's the price, quality of service and customer satisfaction that matters.

I would argue that Freeserve have not performed exceptionally well in any of those areas since they were taken over by Wanadoo, so there is plenty of room for improvement.
 
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