Internet access companies are not non-profit organizations.
Somebody has to pay for the equipment and the staff and the
phone lines and the software development and .........
If you want free access to the 'net, then you have to put up with
the ad banners.
Of course the banners are in the way! If they didn't deliberately
place them in strategic locations, you would just ignore them.
By putting the banner over top of buttons and/or menu items,
you are forced to look at the ad.
In my experience, NetZero has the smallest banners of the services
I have experimented with, but I haven't tried ALL the free services,
so that statement is nothing more than my opinion.
Jim Meagher
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Neitz" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 1:33 AM
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Bannerless free email/web
> Bill,
>
> If NetZero has the least blatant ads...then this free stuff won't catch
on.
> While I like NetZero, as something usable for free in emergencies, I find
> the ad banner really, really bothersome. I'm forever moving it around
> because it is always hiding a menu item or text/image that you are trying
to
> read on the internet. As a result I very rarely used NetZero, even though
it
> was faster than Bellatlantic. Now with cable, I'll only use it when the
> cable is out for extensive periods.
>
> Ted
> [log in to unmask]
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim Meagher
> >
> >
> > Rosanne,
> >
> > Some are less obtrusive than others, but they ALL have ads.
> > It's an old saying but it holds true....
> > There ain't no free lunches.
> >
> > I believe NetZero is one of the least blatant with the ads.
> >
> > Jim Meagher
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Rosanne Cleveland-King" <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> >
> > > A friend is using Juno, and hates all of the ads that take up
> > so much real
> > > estate. I believe I read that there is a free email/web program that
> > > doesn't have banner ads.
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