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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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