Updated AltaVista's groundbreaking, revolutionary, we-thought-of-it-first-honest, all-you-can-eat Internet access service goes live today.

Details of exactly how Net users can get their snouts in the trough was due to be published today at 10.30am (BST).

But those eager beavers who've already checked out Alta Vista's site will, no doubt, be bemused by the lack of any bunting, fireworks, party poppers, bubbly, fondant fancies, ice cream - anything, in fact, to denote that today marks the launch of a major new flat-fee ISP. ®