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.............................. Prodigy
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Prodigy Communications Corporation (Prodigy Services Corp., Prodigy Services Co., Trintex) was an interactive service which offered its subscribers access to a broad range of networked services, including news, weather, shopping, bulletin boards, games, polls, expert columns, banking, stocks, travel, and a variety of other features. Initially subscribers using personal computers accessed the Prodigy service by means of POTS dialup or X.25 dialup. In the 1990 - 1991 timeframe, LAN and cable modem access were enabled. The company claimed it was the first consumer online service, differentiating itself from the leading service provider, CompuServe, which was used mostly by technophiles.
Prodigy had hoped that its service would be much like today's Internet portals, offering news, weather, sports, shopping for groceries or general merchandise, banking, brokerage services, and airline reservations. The service provided many lifestyle features, including popular syndicated columnists, Zagat restaurant surveys, Consumer Reports articles and test reports, games for kids and adults, in-depth original features called "Timely Topics," bulletin boards moderated by subject matter experts, and e-mail. All of this was presented with a graphical user interface based on NAPLPS and supported by proprietary programs installed on the subscriber's PC (The emphasis was on DOS, and later Microsoft Windows. Apple Macintosh was also supported, but the Prodigy screens were not always configured to the Mac standard, resulting in wasted space or cut-off graphics.). The initial business model was based on fixed, low monthly fees for unlimited use, with advertising and online shopping to generate huge profits (with few exceptions each "page" of Prodigy had the equivalent of a banner ad on it).
In 1996, Prodigy was acquired by the former founders of Boston Technology and their new firm International Wireless, with Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helú, a principal owner of Telmex, as a minority investor. IBM and Sears sold their interests to this group for $200 million. It was estimated that IBM and Sears had invested more than $1 billion in the service since its founding.
Prodigy continued to operate as before, while Telmex provided Internet access under the Prodigy brand in Mexico and other parts of Latin America, with some services being provided by Prodigy Communications in the United States.
Prodigy went public in 1999, trading on the NASDAQ under the symbol PRGY. Later that year, Prodigy entered a strategic partnership with SBC Communications wherein Prodigy would provide Internet services and SBC would provide exclusive sales opportunities and network, particularly DSL, facilities. The strategic partnership also gave SBC a 43% ownership interest in Prodigy.
On November 6, 2001, SBC purchased 100% interest in Prodigy and brought it private. On November 14, 2001, SBC and Yahoo! announced the strategic alliance to create the co-branded SBC Yahoo!. Sometime thereafter, SBC ceased offering new Prodigy accounts, and customers were encouraged to migrate to the SBC Yahoo! product line, while being able to keep their {username}@Prodigy.net email addresses.
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