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July 21, 2000

Sony plans ISP
Posted by @ 7:25 AM, EDT
Cnet posted an article about Sony’s ISP and content providing plans.
Here’s a bit:

Sony Electronics is planning to launch a branded Internet access service by this fall and is inking a series of partnerships aimed at providing more online links for its products, the company said today.

Sony will launch a branded Internet service provider within the next few months, Ashcroft added, but he would not offer further details.

"In the future, we expect to have all of our devices connected to the Internet" with enhanced network features such as diagnostics, he said. "We need to make available connectivity and content" as that becomes a technical reality.

The company has publicly discussed coupling gaming machine PlayStation 2 and its line of personal computers with Internet service. Sony has also flirted with the idea of developing broadband networks. Details, however, have been few.
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