Dunno if you're interested coz a lot of people also hate this service, but just want you to know that I received this message through e-mail:
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Dear Member,
After more than two and a half years online, the domain
UNI.CC is currently being used by thousands of people all
around the world. Our staff works on a volunteer basis,
enabling us to provide ongoing technical support, programming
services, and organization efforts, all these free of charge.
Unfortunately, due to the recent downturn in Internet
advertising, we are forced to change our revenue model. As of
September 1st, 2001, all websites making use of our free
services will display a pop-up window banner ad. We will try
our best to minimize any interference with the display of your
contents and thus avoid disturbing your website visitors.
Users who prefer to keep the display of their websites free of
banners will be able do so for a yearly fee of USD 15.-. The
payment of this fee will also ensure that you will not receive
any advertising e-mails from us. The fee can be paid by Visa,
MasterCard, American Express, Discover and JCB credit cards.
These additional revenues will be used towards the maintenance
of our systems and broadband connections as well as further
investments into more reliable backup systems, server capacity
and software upgrades. In Short: to offer you an even better
service.
Our most sincere apologies for any inconvenience this change may
cause you. If you have any questions, please feel free to
contact us any time by email at info@nic.uni.cc.
Sincerely,
The UNI.CC Network
http://www.uni.cc
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Dear Member,
After more than two and a half years online, the domain
UNI.CC is currently being used by thousands of people all
around the world. Our staff works on a volunteer basis,
enabling us to provide ongoing technical support, programming
services, and organization efforts, all these free of charge.
Unfortunately, due to the recent downturn in Internet
advertising, we are forced to change our revenue model. As of
September 1st, 2001, all websites making use of our free
services will display a pop-up window banner ad. We will try
our best to minimize any interference with the display of your
contents and thus avoid disturbing your website visitors.
Users who prefer to keep the display of their websites free of
banners will be able do so for a yearly fee of USD 15.-. The
payment of this fee will also ensure that you will not receive
any advertising e-mails from us. The fee can be paid by Visa,
MasterCard, American Express, Discover and JCB credit cards.
These additional revenues will be used towards the maintenance
of our systems and broadband connections as well as further
investments into more reliable backup systems, server capacity
and software upgrades. In Short: to offer you an even better
service.
Our most sincere apologies for any inconvenience this change may
cause you. If you have any questions, please feel free to
contact us any time by email at info@nic.uni.cc.
Sincerely,
The UNI.CC Network
http://www.uni.cc
