Free Dsl!

[i3OSS]

Hi, im currently on 56k msn, and i was wondering if i should get a dsl modem and get free dsl. do you guys no where to get free dsl? because freedsl.com isnt there anymore

Thanks,
Boss Pedals

[audiyoda]

I don't think you'll find "free" dsl. Bandwidth costs too much these days as it is -- most providers/ISPs lose money on most broadband contracts.

-Craig

[ktkendall]

I'm not even sure you'll find any of those free dial-ups anymore!! It didn't pan out for them like they thought they could run like public TV off of the advertising dollars.

[glc]

Netzero still offers the 10 hour a month free dialup service, I think they are the lone survivor along with their Juno affiliate.

[Kubie]

Along with what glc said, anything over the 10 hours and you are considered a "power user".
My neighbor went over the 10 hours and Netzero restricted his access times to 1:30am to 4:30am.
Carl

[SARGE]

Bottom line = you get what you pay for, right Carl?

[Kubie]

Yessir Sarge!
People not familiar with the internet feel that they don't need inlimited access. They want to "just email" alittle.

That is until they see the internet.

Cark

[LawyerRon]

i3OSS,

Bottom line is broadband, either dsl or cable, is gonna cost about 50 bucks a month. I'm with Adelphia cable and they supply the modem.

btw, I love your quote from Willy Wonka.

[i3OSS]

because i remember when there "was" free dsl when dsl first came out so i got excited but forgot to get a modem and it got complicating to sign up

well i guess cant save money this time

[LawyerRon]

You didn't miss anything; the "free dsl" never materialized.

[kcbhiw]

You didn't miss anything; the "free dsl" never materialized.

I was one of the (un)fortunate few that actually got it. Let me tell you, it was probably the worst product I'd ever experienced. The customer service was pretty good though. Very unreliable and to boot, had to pay $200 for a cheeseball modem. On top of it all, it was throttled at about 300kbps. The ads were quite annoying. The adbar took up about 1/8th of the screen at 800x600 (even tho I routed the service through a server so that I didn't have to view any of the ads).

[Harry]

In my area, there is free wireless internet but you have to buy a wireless modem and have to live near what they call a node or have a laptop and then position yourself in the area of the node.
Why this is being offered is because there are a lot of people who have strong convictions that the Internet should be free and accessible to everyone and so they have these wireless sigs which are pushing this technology more and more.

[kittyfire]

::sees the vision of World Peace flowing away as people begin having fist fights for "hot" spots::

[Confused]

Internet is not free. If someone wasn't paying for that wireless node it wouldn't exist.
Chas

[BURL]

netzero and juno do not have a free service anymore they did a way with the free service two weeks ago.

[glc]

Burl: The free Netzero signup page is still active - where did you get this information?

[BURL]

it will not work for free and has not work for free here in ft worth texas for abovt two weeks now they said we can still use it for free at 4am but just try to log on it .

[glc]

Are you sure that it's not just you? They WILL limit your logon times if you run over the 10 hours.

[BURL]

no it not me i have never use more than a hour or two of juno, i use aol or msn all the time some time i use juno just to be useing it. it i can get connected it will ask to upgrade to juno platinum or not to try to log on befor 4am.

[Confused]

I'm putting together a PC for my sister and loaded Netzero and logged on yesterday Dec. 4. I live in Louisville, KY.
Chas

[BURL]

am going to try to download netzero and see if it will work,logged on to juno a few mins ago did the same thing ask to upgrade to juno platinum.

[glc]

Burl: Check the access numbers you are trying to use - some are only for the pay service, they are limiting the free numbers.

[BURL]

download loggerd netzero tonight it work but dam the popups.popup afther popups.

[glc]

If you want something for nothing you have to pay in one way or another.

[RayH]

I'm not going to cry. I survived THREE FULL YEARS on free internet. Paid not a dime. Now I'm in my second year of MSN dialup. I sold my soul last year for $200! Given that they gave me $200 up front and spent it for something I was going to buy anyway, I guess I've really only been paying for the internet for 2 months now! That would make it four years of cheapskate!

BTW, the free internet services in the heyday were definitely better than the discount services. In fact, I had better connections with the free Juno than the pay. I tried their pay for a week and dropped it!

[i3OSS]

boy this thread got pretty big. i signed up with msn broadband and got a palm 515 and $200 cash back for the next 3 years im stuck with msn broadband

[ktkendall]

I know, I was using winfire which was what freedsl gave me while I was waiting for my free dsl. I found that it even worked if I bypassed their software and just used it from dial-up connections, and my own choice of browsers. No add or pop-ups, then I gave it to someone else after I got verizondsl, and as far as I know they used it for quite some time! Also went to freewwweb.com for quite some time, but am quite happy with dsl for 39.99!