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There was an ISP called NetZero that used this business model to provide free dial up and I think later on, free DSL in the 2000s. So this isn't a new concept,
by delbel 9y ago
There was an ISP called NetZero that used this business model to provide free dial up and I think later on, free DSL in the 2000s. So this isn't a new concept, except what everyone is saying they (the ISPs) are now doing it without any kind of exchange of value apparently.
- bobwaycott 9y agoOh, man, I remember NetZero. Hadn’t thought about them in ages. There was another similar company called Juno, iirc. I almost miss the days of free dialup services—where I explicitly chose to see ads in exchange for a free service, and the company was upfront that this was the exchange being performed.
- paulie_a 9y agoI used both of those services and it is really amazing that the quality of ads from Google and Facebook 16+ years later is pretty much the same as NetZero/juno