Hello, kitty! Net start-up offers to clone beloved pets

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Genetic Savings and Clone, an Internet start-up, is offering to clone pets for an initial sum of $200,000 which is expected to drop to $20,000 in 2003. Other costs include the freezing of the gene that ranges from $1,000 to $3,000 and a storage fee of $100 annually. Pet owners can open an account to deposit their pets' genes which are frozen until such time that cloning becomes viable. The venture is expected to be profitable in six months.

Biological Product (except Diagnostic) Manufacturing, DNA Clones, Genetic Savings and Clone

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Consumer groups doubt AT&T's pledge to drop fee

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Consumer groups have accused AT and T Corp of delaying the fulfillment of a promise to eliminate its minimum monthly fees for millions of customers who make few long distance calls. The telecommunications provider had said it would scrap the $3 minimum charge for its basic residential plan as part of a revised proposal to revamp the industry's telephone charges in Feb 2000. However, AT and T said in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission that its promise to eliminate the minimum would not apply if one or more competitors with a combined market share of at least 10% do charge minimum fees.

Broadcasting and Telecommunications, Communications, AT&T Corp.

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High-speed Net service coming to a plug near you: Utilities tinker in broadband; could cost as little as $30 a month

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High-speed Internet services, through electrical wiring, may be offered by some electric utilities that are now conducting trials. Millions of rural customers, who have no ingress to digital subscriber lines (DSL) or cable, could be provided with broadband services that have fees of only $30 per month.

Electric Utilities, Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution, On-Line Information Services, Videotex & Teletext, Telegraph & other communications, Commodity & service prices, Services development, Electric services, Product development, Services, Prices and rates, Online services, Internet services, Digital Subscriber Line, DSL, DSL (Digital subscriber line), Cable television, Cover Story, Technology application, Cable television/data services, Broadband transmission, Broadband, Broadband Internet, Rural areas, Company service development, Service development, Company pricing policy, Sparsely populated areas

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