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My wife uses Netzero. I've experienced the problems indicated below. Yes
they are irksome. But if I really need to download something big, I go to
my ISP. But it meets her needs (light internet usage).
Jim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: robertbu [SMTP:robertbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 1999 6:50 PM
> To: Brian Elkins; Robert W Cummings
> Cc: Omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Free Internet ISP
>
> I've use NetZero as an alternate ISP, and my mom uses it as her
> primary ISP. How annoying the window is depends on the resolution
> you run your machine. At 600 x 800, I find it really annoying and
> cannot find a good place to park it. At 1162 x 864 or 1280 x 1024
> there is enough screen real estate to park it out of the way (though
> a few of the flashy advertisements are annoying no matter what
> the resolution). Note there are selections to turn off the window
> title bar and selections making the window smaller.
>
> My two complaints with NetZero are that 1) it spawns a browser and
> takes you to a site at startup, and 2) it does not recognized any
> activity but NetZero activity to keep it running. That is if I download
> files, check email, or browse, eventually I get a "NetZero will terminate
> due to inactivity in 60 seconds, press to stay connected" or some
> such thing. If I am in the middle of a large file download and fail to
> catch the message, my download is toast.
>
> == Rob ==
>
> > Netzero is indeed a free ISP. With the way I understand it, when you
> sign
> up
> > for an account you also agree to have a small window (2" x 2" or
> something
> > close) on your desktop that is advertising and is updated as well. I
> believe
> > you can move the window around on your desktop but you cannot close it.
> > Still, it's a great deal for free service.
> >
> > Brian Elkins
> >
> > > I'm going to try this free ISP as a back up just to see what the heck
> its
> > > about. It has a local number for my area which is unusual.
> > >
> > > Robert
> > >
> > > At 10:53 AM 4/17/1999 -0500, Robert W Cummings wrote:
> > > >Found this while looking for something else. Somebody may want it.
> > > >
> > > >Robert
> > > >
> > > >http://www.netzero.net/
> > > >
> > > >
> >
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