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  1. Simpsons to the rescue!! by Lxy · · Score: 1 · on Net Access on an American Road Trip?

    I don't remember where I found this link, it may have been posted on /. awhile back. I personally have struggled with this since I got my laptop. Whenever I go on extended out of town stayover I need internet access. The solution?

    The Simpsons ISP!

    It's one of those freebie ISPs where you need to click a banner ever 15 minutes or something but they have a HUGE supply of access numbers in every state. It's COMPLETELY free. No calls to AOL to attempt to cancel, no AOL adapters to remove when you get home so you can use your normal ISP, none of that. Just an honest to goodness free ISP. God bless America :-)

  2. Re:Repeat? by Bad_CRC · · Score: 1 · on Let the Simpsons be Your Free ISP
    yes. I'm fairly sure I first read about it on /. a few weeks ago. I think it was a post in a thread, though, and not it's own topic.

    I set up my parents with that service (through altavista, who also is just a front-end to 1st up) about a couple of months ago and it works pretty nicely for them. They can spend their 10-15 minutes a week online to check their email or do a little web browsing, and it doesn't cost them anything.

    No complaints from them, except when the time runs out on the ad banner and they get interrupted.

  3. If you like spam (not the tm), you'll love 1stUp by SlydeRule · · Score: 2 · on Let the Simpsons be Your Free ISP
    From 1stUp's Policy on Subscriber Information :

    Disclosure of Subscriber Information

    Much of the subscriber information we gather is provided to 1stUp.com's sponsors in exchange for their financing of your ad-subsidized Internet service. Of the subscriber information we collect, only individualized information on the dates, time and duration of your online sessions is not subject to such disclosures.

    It sure looks to me like they reserve the right to sell your name, address, e-mail address, etc.

    Contrast this with the policies for NetZero, FreeI, FreeWWWeb. In fact, FreeI doesn't even collect personal identification data in the first place.

  4. Also Available,.. by pen · · Score: 1 · on Let the Simpsons be Your Free ISP
    Also available, Gay.com free Internet access, Senior.com free Internet access, AltaVista free Internet access... basically, they just slap a different logo on it and sell it.

    Explanations here:


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  5. Also Available,.. by pen · · Score: 1 · on Let the Simpsons be Your Free ISP
    Also available, Gay.com free Internet access, Senior.com free Internet access, AltaVista free Internet access... basically, they just slap a different logo on it and sell it.

    Explanations here:


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  6. Re:Buy 'em out boys... by CleverNickName · · Score: 5 · on Let the Simpsons be Your Free ISP
    If you click on the Signup Page, and look at the "small sponsor-oriented navigation bar", you can see that in order to keep your connection alive, you have to click on an ad to refill your "health meter"!

    I think this is only a good idea if you have one of those novelty, drinking birds that Homer used when he worked from home to keep clicking it for you.

  7. You don't have to use Internet Explorer. by Rakarra · · Score: 2 · on Let the Simpsons be Your Free ISP
    According to the site, you must have Internet Explorer installed, but you can surf with any browser

    Why do you have to have remote access services installed with NT?