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Of Industry Founded August 24, 1995; 23 years ago ( 1995-08-24) Products Owner Website MSN Dial-up is an operated by in the and formerly also in several other countries. Originally named The Microsoft Network, it debuted as a proprietary on August 24, 1995, to coincide with the release of. In 1996 and 1997, a revised version of the was an early experiment at interactive content on the. Microsoft renamed the service MSN Internet Access in 1998, focusing its main ' brand on its of the same name,.com. Today, the company still provides under the name 'MSN Dial-up' for those who cannot access high-speed. For several years, MSN was the second largest dial-up ISP in the United States behind longtime leader, but very few people in the U.S.

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Still rely on dial-up. Along with dial-up service, MSN provides its subscribers with an @msn.com to use with and such as and programs. It also offers these extra features as a standalone for users of broadband Internet access named 'MSN Premium'. MSN Central The concept for MSN was created by the Advanced Technology Group at Microsoft, headed.

MSN was originally conceived as a subscription-based and proprietary content provider like. Then officially known as 'The Microsoft Network', version 1.0 of the service launched along with on August 24, 1995.

The Microsoft Network was originally presented through an artificial folder-like integrated into the program, with a named 'MSN Central'. Categories on MSN appeared like folders in the file system. The interface was designed by and employed graphics. MSN was included with Windows 95 installations and promoted through Windows and other Microsoft software released at the time.

Product support and discussion was offered through the MSN service, as well as information such as news and weather, basic capabilities,, and similar to. It also offered via.

There was debate in the media as to whether MSN would be an 'Internet killer', and some companies hedged their bets for the first year, creating content both on MSN and the. However, MSN launched too late to be a real threat to the web. Following ' internal 'Internet Tidal Wave memo', which refocused Microsoft to be Internet-centric, MSN began to move its content to the web and promote itself more actively as an.

Following the release of MSN 2.0 in 1996, Microsoft renamed its original proprietary online service 'MSN Classic'. Microsoft eventually shut down any remaining access to the MSN Classic service in 1998. MSN 2.0 Program Viewer In 1996, in response to the increasing relevancy and rapid growth of the, Microsoft created a new version of MSN, called 'MSN 2.0', which combined with web-based multimedia content in a new program known as the 'MSN Program Viewer.'

The service was promoted to existing MSN subscribers beginning October 10, 1996; the general release followed on December 10, 1996. Microsoft promoted MSN 2.0 with a series of advertisements and promotional materials describing the service with the phrase, 'Every new universe begins with a big bang.' The company offered the initial release of the new MSN 2.0 service on a that it sent to MSN subscribers in the fall of 1996. When inserted, the CD-ROM opened to the ambitious and flashy 'MSN Preview', an interactive video-based experience that introduced current and prospective subscribers to the new version of MSN and described the features of the MSN 2.0 software.