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The Return of Free Internet

Posted by timothy on from the probably-browser-limited dept.

valdean writes "Remember the days of ad-supported dial-up Internet access from the likes of Netzero and Altavista Free Access? Those days, and the business model that supplied them, are long gone... or perhaps not. A new effort is being explored by California-based FreeFi Networks. Last week, the company launched what will be a nationwide network of ad-supported wi-fi hotspots. Ads will appear in what FreeFi calls a "narrow, persistent band of content" across the bottom of the user's screen. To provide incentive to America's coffee shops, they'll share advertising revenues with the hosting venue. Has 'free Internet access' finally arrived?"

4 of 260 comments (clear)

  1. omg by Vacant+Mind · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    OMG FIRST POST I WIN

  2. WOOT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Post!

    1. Re:WOOT! by Vacant+Mind · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      you lose

      http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=140238&cid=1 17 42911

  3. well... by GroeFaZ · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Are you with us, chuck?

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