$ff3|1-BTQ Issue 1



$bf0                    A review type gubbins by Dr.Dick
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This  droped through the door on the 16th June 1998 and initially looked
very  promising, a magazine from BT geared towards the Internet and home
office  working, surely something that's going to interest me?  Caroline
Quentin  graces  the  front cover in typical "plain woman trying to look
sexy"  pose,  and  the  quality  of  the  paper  suggests  a  wealth  of
information 'twixt the covers.

Bearing  in  mind  that  [a] this is a freebie and [b] this is the first
issue,  BT  have done quite a good job of filling 15 landscape A4 sides.
Unfortunately, as you might guess, BT haven't missed this opportunity to
try  and  sell you more services that you don't actually want, and there
isn't  single  page  in  the  publication that doesn't plug something of
theirs.

So, as this is essentially one big BT catalogue, there's precious little
information  between  the  selling  points.   I  didn't know that Martin
Clunes  and  Neil Morrissey (of 'Men behaving Badly' fame) were so clued
up  on  the  Internet, or that Ms Quentin is currently appearing in 'The
London Cuckolds'.  Unfortunately, I didn't really care either.

Oh  well,  it's free, and there's a wee competition on the back, so it's
not  costing  me  anything,  it's  worth a quick read through but that's
about all, because you soon end up getting annoyed by the endless plugs.
Hopefully  future  issues  will  contain  more  reader  input  and  so -
proportionately  -  fewer  drones  on the benefits of super-friends-and-
family-three-way-caller-id-waiting-ringback, or whatever.

Overall?  You're kidding!  Okey then, 4/10, and THAT's only because it's
well designed.

Dick
Dr.Dick@LineOne.net