By Paul Festa, 9 January 2003 10:55
NEWS MSN has expanded its relationship with Microsoft founder Paul Allen, signing a new deal with his cable ISP Charter Communications. Under the deal Charter will market its cable internet service with MSN to its 6.7 million subscribers in 40 states. While MSN also provides internet access, its goal is to grow the "bring-your-own-access" program it launched with MSN 8 in October. AOL offers a similar program to provide AOL content and services to those who get their internet access elsewhere. With MSN 8, Microsoft began charging $9.95 per month for people who have their own net access. Prior to that, the service was free to those who paid elsewhere for internet service. Microsoft described the Charter deal as a sign of things to come in its marketing strategy. MSN already has a co-branded web portal site with Charter, which launched in September 2001. That made the portal the default home page for Charter subscribers, under a revenue-sharing deal with MSN, according to Microsoft. Charter, founded in 1993 to provide cable television access, employs 16,700 people. Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen is its chairman. Paul Festa writes for News.com
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