Visit the Super Bowl Sunday on the Web
Jan.
26, 1997
By JIM BROOKS
After an
long absence, the Green Bay Packers have returned to the Super Bowl
to face the New England Patriots in today's game. And for some of
the best coverage on the Internet, Superbowl.com is place for Packers
and Patriots fans.
You can
check out the schedule of events for today's Super Sunday events
and read the latest news about the teams and the players.
Using RealAudio
technology, you can hear audio clips from the coaches at their last
press conference before today's match, even review the postseason
brackets that made up the road to the Super Bowl XXXI.
While most
of us won't make it the New Orleans Superdome for the game, thanks
to the Internet, you can see what the dome looks like by taking
a virtual tour.
If you
have a multimedia-equipped PC, you can check out audio and video
from coaches and team members during the march to the Super Bowl.
The Green
Bay Packers and New England Patriots both have their own pages on
superbowl.com, with analysis of their strengths and weaknesses,
and even flashbacks to previous trips to Super Bowls of the past.
Point your
browser to www.superbowl.com.
TV GUIDE.
For additional Super Bowl content, try the sports section at TV
Guide's Web site, Fox Sports Online.
Besides
daily updates on the Super Bowl, you'll find great content covering
your favorite sports, including hockey, soccer, and yes, basketball.
SI ONLINE.
Another killer site for Super Bowl coverage is SI Online from Sports
Illustrated.
You'll
find a complete analysis of each team, status, reviews of past playoffs
and lots more.
Point your
browser to www.pathfinder.com/si/superbowl/
for more information.
BUSY
SIGNALS. America Online is still in the news as it grapples
with handling the avalanche of new users coming to its service.
As mentioned
recently in this column, 20 attorneys general from a cross-section
of states met on Thursday to discuss consumer's problems accessing
the AOL system.
According
to a report on CNBC, the chief of special prosecutions for the Florida
Attorney General's office expects the attorneys to take action to
satisfy frustrated AOL users.
In the
meantime, other Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are profiting
from AOL's problems:
AT&T Worldnet reported double the number of new subscribers
so far in the month of January, with reports from many of those
users that they were frustrated with AOL.
In a Reuters
story Thursday, Tom Evslin, vice president of AT&T Worldnet
Service, said the information came to light from interviews the
service conducted with some of its new subscribers.
"We
did a survey of people who are calling 1-800 WorldNet and 44.5 percent
of the 1,000 people we interviewed were AOL customers," he
told Reuters.
AT&T's
subscribers currently number just more than 500,000.
The company
is currently testing ads that will promote its reliability, Evslin
said.
An America
Online spokesman said any gains AT&T has made in light of AOL's
troubles are insignificant in comparison with the growth of the
eight-million member service.
Columbus, Ohio-based online giant CompuServe will run its first-ever
Super Bowl ad today, following up with print ads focused around
the same theme -- the ability for users to reliably connect.
It's an
awareness issue, according to Scott Kauffman, CompuServe vice president
of Interactive Services.
The ads
will stress that CompuServe's capacity planning, and record of avoiding
the problems of its competitors -- meaning AOL.
LOCAL
CONNECTIONS. InfiNet users have experienced some of the problems
associated with keeping up with the growing popularity of the Internet
in Hardin County.
Some users
trying to connect during peak evening hours have had to deal with
busy signals or sudden disconnects.
But according
to recent e-mail from InfiNet, relief is in sight.
An upgrade
set for February was moved to Monday, InfiNet said.
For more
information, call InfiNet's technical support department.
WOMEN
ON THE WEB. Yahoo! and Wire Networks have joined forces to offer
Beatrice's Web Guide, found at www.bguide.com.
Wire Networks
publishes Women's Wire, an interactive magazine for women on the
World Wide Web. Creating a specialized Web directory aimed at women
was a natural move for the company.
The site's
host, Beatrice shares timely and useful reviews and tips about Web
sites for women.
The site
features hot lists of new sites, news of what's going on, as well
as feature articles about useful aspects of the Web.
FREE
CREDIT REPORTS ON THE WEB. If you've ever financed a home or
other major purchase, you're all too familiar with how important
a good credit rating can be.
And if
you've ever wanted to request a copy of your credit report -- but
wanted to avoid a fee -- now's your chance.
Experian,
a company that used to be a part of TRW, has announced it is offering
complimentary credit reports through March 1.
For details,
you can surf to Experian's Web site at www.experian.com.
To get
your free credit report from Experian before their offer ends on
March 1, dial 1-800-682-7654 for instructions on how to order the
report.
Or write
to Experian Complimentary Report, PO Box 8030, Layton, Utah, 84041-8030.
You'll need to include your full name, current address, previous
address if you've lived at your current address fewer than five
years, Social Security number, year of birth, signature, spouse's
first name and a photocopy of some document, such as a utility bill
or driver's license, that shows your name and your current address.
The other
two credit reporting companies, Trans Union Corporation, and Equifax
also have Web sites you may want to check out.
Point your
browser to www.tuc.com
and www.equifax.com
respectively.
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