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TheFug
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FWD > also paid service ?

Post by TheFug » Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:13 pm

I've got an email saying, that FWD gets a paid service, but looking on their website I could find nothing about it..... a bit strange ?
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Post by harmit » Fri Aug 08, 2008 7:42 am

I also got email, below given are content of email, now have to look for good alternative provider.

Now freeworlddialup.com is having banner also on top of website Pointing to
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=138192
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Dear FWD'er:

Free World Dialup is implementing a $30 USD annual membership fee during the month of August after 12 years as a free service.

A startup taking over a decade to reach conviction about a business model likely sets a record, but we believe $30 USD per year is the magic number. It is 10% of the cost for Vonage's unlimited usage plan. FWD provided the inspiration for the founding of Vonage in 2001, and Vonage's hybrid Internet-PSTN offer now generates nearly $1 billion in annual revenue. FWD's voluntary paid membership experiment last summer demonstrated the demand for a complete break from telephone network. FWD's future as a Communication ISP will include only those services that do not have a per minute charge. Rather than competing directly with the telco's or even Vonage, the mission of a Communication ISP is creating new opportunities and modes of communication. FWD will relaunch the website during August to focus on services, applications, and content available to people with VoIP SIP devices connected directly to the Internet.

See FWD CEO, Daniel Berninger's Communication ISP Manifesto.

If you wish to retain SIP registration and support FWD, please click through the paid membership banner at the top of the home page which links to the Acteva registration service.

Make sure you use the email associated with your FWD account (the one on which this message arrived.)

If you lost your FWD account info, you can use the password retrieval process or simply create a new account.

The first 1000 paid members get "founder" status, but FWD will retain existing free accounts through August 31, 2008. The new paid membership requirement allows for associating any number of accounts with the email address used for payment, so you can keep the free ride alive by finding a friend with paid membership.

I hope you will join in transforming FWD's nearly one million free accounts into paid memberships as we work to make the Communication ISP the next big thing in VoIP.

Best regards,
Jeff
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Post by TheFug » Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:43 pm

But, let's say, i don't want any outgoing service, and only make connections that stay on the internet, i can use this without paying, (for any other service) and keep my free account to do so, I can't find anything where it says these accounts will be deleted.

btw. could it be, that other services, that make use of the FWD network, also cancel certain "features", like peering services ?
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Post by rmclaren » Sun Aug 10, 2008 4:36 am

I doubt this is going to work, unless there are exciting new offerings. I, like many other folks, have a FWD account. Yes, it's registered with MySIPSwitch, but I am not using it. It was something I acquired way back when it was one of the only SIP services. I suppose I could use it to call "800" numbers in a few countries, but I have never really had the need, apart from a couple of experiments. The jury is out on this move. Perhaps we'll find out in September or October just how "successful" it is.

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