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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 21 Apr 1999.
Re: Please help?

Re: Please help?

.----- On Mon, 19 Apr 1999 08:05:49 -0400, Frank R Brower posted:
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|<html>
|<tt>Just some FYI...</tt><tt></tt>
|<p><tt>NetZero.net is great, but the reason is FREE is because you have
|an Ad Banner that is on your screen all the time, that and they do some
|statical reports from when you are online and offline.&nbsp; If you can
|put up with those 2 things(which most people can), then you have Free ISP.</tt>
|<br><tt></tt>&nbsp;
|<br><tt></tt>&nbsp;<tt></tt>
|<p><tt>Joe Fischer wrote:</tt>
|<blockquote TYPE=CITE><tt>Martin Atkins (zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz) wrote:</tt>
|<br><tt>: Over here in the UK we have Free ISPs where you just sign up
|for no cost.</tt><tt></tt>
|<p><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the US it is www.netzero.net</tt></blockquote>
|<tt></tt></html>
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*reads the text around all of the HTML tags*

Ahh, I see. In the UK the free ISPs work by exploiting a thing in the UK
phone system where they can use a special phone code (0845) and they get a
slice of the local call charge that it costs to ring it.
That way there is very little in the way of ads, apart from on the ISP's
websites and stuff.

*notices how off-topic this thread has become*

Whoops... sorry about starting this :o)

-Martin
|\/| _..__|_o._   /\_|_| o._  _   mart.atkins@--
|  |(_||  |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_>            --bigfoot.com

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From: zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz (Martin Atkins)
Subject: Re: Please help?
Date: 1999/04/21
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