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Free Internet Access BY RYAN HICKS © 1999 Ryan Hicks |
Due to the fact that many people are paying an average of $20 a month for internet access through services like AOL, CompuServe, and many small internet providers, I thought that it would be good to give the addresses of various companies that give away internet access for free. Generally the only catch is that you have to put up with advertisements, but as the old saying goes, "Beggars can't be choosers" 
Free PCTV is the only service that is unique from all the rest of them in that it offers a WebTV type system in which you browse the internet and send and receive e-mail via the internet on your television. They give you the box to go on your TV and the free internet service! Also, VirtuallyFreeInternet.com pays you $5.00 per month per person you refer to their service! The catch to their service is that you must pay $15.00 a month for the internet service after the first month if you have not referred at least three people to their service. The up side to this is that if you can refer 3 people then you avoid the advertisements of many of the other free internet services. (I suggest trying one of the totally free services first and see how they work for you before trying VirtuallyFreeInternet.com).
FreePC.com actually give you a free computer and free internet access. I signed up for this and actually got one of their computers. The computers are pretty good and the internet access is superb! The catch is that on the computer the right side of the screen and the bottom have advertisements that are there no matter you are doing on your computer. This is not as bad as it may sound and considering the cost (nothing except making sure to use the internet for ten hours a month and filling out personal information). This is the best thing on the internet if you are one of the blessed that gets one of these free computers with the free internet access.
1) FreePC - http://www.freepc.com
2) Altavista FreeAccess - http://microav.com
3) Freei.net - http://go.freei.net
4) No Charge - http://www.nocharge.com
5) NoPay.net - http://www.nopay.net
6) FREE PCTV - http://www.freepctv.net
7) VirtuallyFreeInternet.com - http://www.virtuallyfreeinternet.com
8) FreePPP - http://www.freeppp.com
9) Tritium - http://www.tritium.net
10) Net Zero - http://www.netzero.com
11) WorldSpy - http://www.worldspy.com/freeisp/isp.html
12) FreeI - http://www.freei.net/
Hopefully some of these services will be a blessing to you and save you some money. If you also get services such as the ones below will pay you to browse the internet. They show advertisements, but they pay about 50 cents a hour, which means that if you and your family browse the internet for 40 hours a month you will more than pay for your internet access. If you use the free internet access services above, then you will be making money to browse the internet. (Seeing, that these things do not cost you anything, they are worth trying.)
