[ORANGE] Wildfire is no more from 1st June

[Richard W. Jones]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: orange-bounces at listman.net
> [mailto:orange-bounces at listman.net] On Behalf Of John Blundell
> Sent: 04 May 2005 17:38
> To: Orange list
> Subject: Re: [ORANGE] Wildfire is no more from 1st June
> 
> > Thanks for letting us know - Orange would no doubt have told me
> > on   June 2nd...
> 
> According to the tellytubby just now (option 4 - thinking of
> leaving) it will not be taken away from those who have it. 
> This information is not available in writing, though...
> 
> John Blundell


That's contrary to what I've been told. WF has been closed to new
connections (except the visually impaired) since the beginning of the
year. As of the night of May 31st/1st June, it'll be removed from
everyone's account, those who currently have it anyway. What a waste.
How much did O spend on buying Wildfire Corp? I imagine that Wildfire
Corp's telco customers in Canada weren't too happy that O bought them
and subsequently closed it down.

The people who are using WF (me included) are the very people O
shouldn't be irritating like this. On the whole, we probably have a
higher than average spend, and are influential when it comes to
making recommendations as to products, services, handsets, and
networks. I suppose that the Compaq servers (so I understood) which
WF ran on were getting to the end of their lives and as such the
beancounters couldn't justify their replacement. The solution? Ditch
the service and never mind goodwill.

O are increasingly moving towards a 'plain vanilla' service it seems.
I bet Hans Snook won't be pleased!

R

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