WebTV claimed that the Internet functionality is the same as you get with a PC. And it's not.

Just starting with the Internet Protocol address, and how to access the IP addresses quickly through the internet. And we're just getting started with the seminar!

The consumer interactive experience is owned by the Internet, mostly because of the provision of useful functionality. Internet companies start offering something useful for free to begin with, then charge for other services later.

[The preview is] a release for everyone involved in making the Internet work [so that] before we release a consumer-focused beta, we want to make sure anyone with a Web site can look at the changes we've made.

We were concerned that their advertising campaign conveyed to consumers that WebTV allowed consumers to access all the Internet's content.

It sends a message to the marketers of competing services not to overstate their benefits.