Microsoft cuts MSN dial-up price to woo AOL customers
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Microsoft is offering an almost 20 percent discount on its MSN Dial-Up service's regular price, plus a free month of service, partly to nab America Online Inc. dial-up subscribers unhappy with a recent price hike, Microsoft announced Tuesday.
U.S. residents who sign up between now and June 30 will get their first month free, and for the next 12 months they'll be charged US$17.95 per month, instead of $21.95. The offer doesn't require subscribers to commit to a full year of service.
After the first 13 months of service, the discounted rate will lapse and the subscriber will thereafter be charged the regular monthly fee. The offer doesn't apply to current MSN Dial-Up subscribers.