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Thursday, January 27, 2005

Speakeasy Adds Fire to the Browser Wars.

It seems that almost daily there are reports of the Browser Wars heating up. One broadband ISP now bundles FireFox with it's setup software as a way of providing choice to its customers. Here's an excerpt from CNet.

Speakeasy, which sells high-speed DSL (digital subscriber line) access, becomes the first Internet service provider to package Firefox, a free open-source browser, as part of its setup software for new customers. When people run Speakeasy's setup
disc, Firefox and Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser will be downloaded onto
their PC desktop.

Mike Apgar, founder of Speakeasy, said he decided to include Firefox after playing around with it for a while on his own.

"It's a better browsing experience, so that makes it a better experience for our customers," Apgar said.

Read the entire story at CNET

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