Nationwide Free Internet Access

NetZero Free
The first free nationwide ISP and the most popular free ISP since 1998. You do NOT need a credit card to sign-up because NetZero Free really is totally free. Features include a huge 1 gigabyte email account with powerful spam filtering and email virus protection. Use MySite to easily build your own web page and express yourself! Share photos with family and friends with PhotoSite. Personalize your start page. Free technical help is available via email or extensive online support pages. 10 hours per month limit. Thousands of access numbers across the U.S. and Canada.

You can use this link NetZero Free to join -- or to just visit and learn more about NetZero's free features.




Juno Free
NetZero's silent twin. Back in June, 2001, Juno merged with NetZero to create parent company United Online, Inc. (NASDAQ: UNTD). Both ISPs offer the same features. If you use the free version of Juno and NetZero, please tell us about your experience. Limited to 10 hours usage per month.

Free AOL We still occasionally receive email from people who heard AOL is free. Many are current AOL members hoping to switch to the free dial-up service plan... AOL does NOT offer a free dial-up service plan! AOL's free offer provides non-member access to many popular features, but only if you have an Internet connection from another service provider!

Tip: Keep track of the total time you spend on the Internet each month. ISP Timer and No Frills Timer are popular free software programs. There are other free online timers but most contain spyware. Note: These products have not been tested with Windows 7 or Vista.

State / Regional Free Internet Access

FastFreeDialup.com
California
CA Area Code 209, 213, 310, 323, 408, 415, 510, 530, 559, 562, 619, 626, 650, 661, 707, 714, 760, 805, 818, 831, 858, 909, 916, 925, 949, 951
No limits or restrictions. No email service. No phone support (email support only).
December 11, 2009 Update:
FastFreeDialup is expanding! Now available in the following areas:
New Jersey
NJ Area Code 609, 856, 973
Pennsylvania
PA Area Code 267, 484
Delaware
DE Area Code 302

DialInFree.net
Michigan
MI Area Code 231, 248, 269, 313, 517, 586, 616, 734, 810, 906, 989
Available throughout Michigan, including the upper peninsula.
No time restriction. No email service. Tech support is $5 per incident via a toll-free call.

FreeDialup.org
Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island
MA, NH and RI Area Code 401, 413, 508, 603, 617, 781, 978
No time restriction. No email service. Blocks SMTP port 25. No technical support.

NoCharge.com
Western Washington
WA Area Code 206, 253, 360, 425,
Unlimited access. No email service. Blocks SMTP port 25. Telephone support is available for $10 per incident.

Sailor® Internet Services
Maryland
MD Area Code 301, 410
Sailor is Maryland's Public Information Network, supported by state funds provided to Maryland Public Libraries to assure all Marylanders have free and equal access to the Internet (assuming they can afford a computer and phone service). 90 day accounts. You may apply for renewal. No email service.

SoCalFree.net, A.K.A. sdfree.net and sdfreenet.com
Southern California
CA Area Code 213, 310, 323, 562, 619, 626, 661, 760, 805, 818, 858, 909, 949
Unlimited access. No email service. No technical support.

CdotFree
Canada
Nationwide unlimited service. No email. Ad-based. Be sure to check the Access Areas page to see if Cdot serves your city, before installing the dialer software.

Local Free Internet Access

If you live in one of these communities you might qualify for free Internet access!

ACORN
Akron, Ohio
OH Area Code 330
Akron Community Online Resource Network, a service of the Akron-Summit County Library System. Usage is limited to one hour per day. No email.

BPL CivicNet
DeRidder, Louisiana
LA Area Code 337
Provided by the Beauregard Parish Public Library. Limited to 2 hours each day. Includes email service.

Chester County InterLink
Chester County, Pennsylvania
PA Area Code 610
Usage restricted to 1 hour or up to 3 hours per day, depending on the time of day. Includes an email account. You must be a resident of the county to qualify.

Cape May FRAS
Cape May, New Jersey
NJ Area Code 609
A service of the Cape May County Library. 1 hour sessions. No email.

MetConnect
New York City
NY Area Code 212, 347, 516, 631, 646, 845, 914
Internet access only. No time limit. No longer providing email service.

Naples Free-Net
Naples, Florida
FL Area Code 941
Four hour daily limit. POP3/SMTP email account. Webmail access is a premium service, requiring a donation. You must be a resident of Collier County.

Nyx®
Denver, Colorado
CO Area Code 303, 720
This site claims to be the world's oldest free public access Internet Service Provider. Includes an email account, Usenet newsgroups access and 2MB web space to create a home page. 1 hour daily time limit.

RollaNet
Rolla, Missouri
MO Area Code 573
Free public accounts are limited to a 33.6k maximum connection speed. 1 hour session limit, up to 10 sessions per day. 1 email account. 5 MB web page storage.

Speer Memorial Library
Mission, Texas
TX Area Code 956
Available to library patrons. Access is limited to 2 hours per day. No email account.

William P. Faust Public Library
Westland, Michigan
MI Area Code 734
The City of Westland began providing free dial-up Internet service for its residents on January 7, 2008.

Vancouver Community Network
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Area Code 604
Dialup sessions are limited to 90 minutes at a time. After 90 minutes, you will be disconnected to allow others to connect. You can re-connect to start a new dialup session.

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Many libraries provide "dial-in" access to their catalog. It's not the same as "dial-up", which provides access to the entire Internet. The services listed above provide free dial-up Internet access.

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FreeNets

During the mid 90's there were 135+ non-profit community FreeNets providing free access via the TELNET protocol, a non-graphical text-based interface. [Note: FreeNets should not be confused with "Freenet", the free network project.] FreeNets offered online resources before AOL and other commercial ISPs became widely popular. There are very few FreeNets still online. Most of the survivors continue to serve as community information sites and no longer provide free access, or now charge a fee.

These sites may be the last of the FreeNet dinosaurs providing free TELNET connections. Links are provided for historical reference only. We do NOT recommend using these services. You may not have full access to the Internet. Also, a raw TELNET connection is not capable of encrypting data, including passwords.

Arbornet Ann Arbor, Michigan
SEORF SouthEastern Ohio
AzTeCfreenet Arizona - Deer Valley, Phoenix, Tucson.
Nyx® Denver, Colorado. Also provides 56k/v.90 access.
SCN Seattle, Washington

Many libraries and schools across the nation still use the TELNET protocol for access to library catalogs.

Free ISP Death Notices

December 31, 2008
Prairienet.org
Champaign, Illinois
IL Area Code 217
The Prairienet Community Network is a service of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign since 1993. Free dial-up accounts were available to low-income households through the NetNeighbors program. Statement from Prairienet: "The proliferation of spam -- which accounts for 99% of all email and grows in volume by 50% every year -- generates millions of pernicious messages each day. In order to operate efficiently in this environment, Prairienet would be required to implement cost-prohibitive spam filters. Likewise, the cost of offering dialup Internet access is no longer financially feasible."

November 10, 2008
CritPath.org
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PA area codes 215, 610
The Critical Path Project suffered a serious cut in funding. The organization provided free dial-up Internet access with no ads and no restrictions to over 10,000 low-income families.

March 27, 2008
1access.org
No longer accepting new free sign-ups. Existing users will be able to log-in to use their free dial-up account until April 30. 1access.org introduced their free dial-up service plan eight months ago on July 29, 2007. They provided 600 minutes (10 hours) per month.

January 1, 2008
SuffolkWeb
Suffolk.lib.ny.us
Suffolk County, New York
NY Area Code 631
A service of the Suffolk Cooperative Library System. Registered library patrons were eligible for a free dial-up account, which included 30 hours per month (one hour/day). Although the county library system no longer offers free dial-up, patrons can access unlimited free Wi-Fi at 53 library locations.

November 24, 2007
PghConnect.com
PghConnect has dropped their free service plan. It was an almost  free nationwide service, requiring a one-time $9.95 set-up fee. Members received 25 hours of monthly off-peak access (mostly late night to early morning).

January 31, 2007
GreatDialUp.com
BORN: September 7, 2006
DIED: January 31, 2007
This free ISP had a very short 5 month life!  We hoped it would make a come-back, much like recovering from a coma. If GreatDialUp miraculously wakes up you will read the great news right here!  Members dialed into a modem pool using a toll-free number. Users began experiencing connection problems on January 22, 2007. This notice was posted on the GDU website on January 31, 2007: "The company providing us with our 1-877 number has shut it down. We are currently looking for a new 800 provider."

Free ISP Memorial

NetZero introduced the first free nationwide ISP. Since that day many free dial-up ISPs have come and gone.

Some of these sites still exist but none currently offers free Internet access. We do not provide links because we don't want you to waste your time chasing dead or redirected links...

Do you know of a deceased free ISP that is not on this list? Please tell us so we can honor it's past existence.



This is the longest list of dead free ISPs on the Internet!

ABC3340.com Access4Free.com AccessMicro.com AccessToledo.com ACNinc.net Address.com AFN.org AfroNet.com AllLaw.com Allshak.com AltaVista.com Ameranet.com Ameritrade.com AmExOL.com Auric.net AZfamily.com BN.com BigGuppy.net Blinks.net BlueFrog.com BlueLight.com BootBox.net Britannica.com BuzzLink.com CanyonTelecom.com CBQ.com Channel6000.com Click10.com CloseoutVideo.com ClubCharlie.com ClubComputer.com CollegeClub.com Communication1.com Costco.com CritPath.org Cymo.com DallasNews.com DialFree.com DialFree.net* DotNow.com elotteryFreeWay.com EverythingChristian.com Excite.com FamilyConnect.com* Fanz.net FEDWorkplace.com FreeAtLast.com FreeDem.com FreeDialNow.com FreeI.com FreeI.net FreeInternet.com FreeLane.Excite.com Free.Lycos.com Freenet.msp.mn.us FreeNSafe.com FreeNYlink.com Free-pc.com FreePPP.com Freesitex.com Freewwweb.com FunCow.com F2accessnet.com Gay.com GCFN.org GetMax.com Globalkore.com GoDigitalPlanet.com Goesonic.com GoIWin.com GolfCities.com GreatDialUp.com HiFusion.com Highstream.net Homestead.com iDialDirect.com iFreedom.com I-Love-Cats.com Intergov.net Internet4Free.net InternetComplete.com IrishAbroad.com ISP4Free.us Iwin.com Iwon.com Knox.net KTVB.net KTUL.com LAFN.org Latino.com LindyWeb.com LTDinternet.com Mach-Speed.com Madona.com

MailTag.com Maryland-Internet.com MBNO.com McGlen.com MicroAV.com MillionEyes.com MovieHit.com MunicipalInternet.com MyBizGate.com MyFavoriteI.com MyFreeCom.com MyPoints.com NBCi.com NBC38.com NetTaxi.com NewsChannel8.net NoPay.net NY4Free.net OnePaper.com OneRamp.com OnlineFree.us OurHouse.net Outtech.com Payout.com Picosito.com PghConnect.com* PowerInternet.net Prairienet.org ProtelNetwork.com Pro-USA.com* Qualguard.com ReachFree.com RedGoose.net RhinoPoint.com* RockyMountainNews.com RuralFree.net Senior.com SeniorsInFree.com SevenMidgets.com Seventeen.com ShopAndSupport.com Sina.com Snowball.com SNSconnect.com SoYouWanna.com Spiegel.com SplatterNet.com StartFree.com Stoweltel.com Suffolk.lib.ny.us SurfnFree.com* SurfTheWebFree.com Surfy.com Talk.com TalkCity.com Techsumer.com TheBostonChannel.com TheKansasCityChannel.com TheSimpsons.com TheStream.com TheWPBFchannel.com TheXfiles.com TopResources.org Tritium.net Tutopia.com uPath.com UrbanJoeGalaxy.net UTS.net WCIV.com WHTM.com Web.com WebFlyerNet.com WeblandInternet.com WebLandMall.com WebNowInternet.com WFAA.com WHTM.com WinFire.com WJLA.com Worldshare.net Worldspy.com WSresource.com Xoasis.com Xoom.com Yahoo.com Yellowstone.net ZubeeFree.com 123act.com 1Access.org 1NOL.com 10102000.com 2Trom.com 3-web.com

Spinway.com, 1stUp.com and Brand3.com provided the Internet 'backbone' for many of the free ISPs on this list. *Almost free ISP (charged a set up fee).

July 2010 Edition

Dial-Up ISP Bargains | Accelerated  Dial-Up | Free Internet Access | Free Webmail Services | Free Anti-Spyware | Free Anti-Virus | Top of page

Low Cost Dial-Up ISPs Our Top Picks BasicISP $6.95/month. Your first month is free. Currently the most popular dial-up ISP, based on sign-ups during May and June. Includes email account with virus protection and spam filter. Or sign up for accelerated dial-up for only $9.95 per month and get up to 5 email accounts. Toll-free USA support. Instant online activation. Works great with Windows 7, Vista, XP, ME, 2000, NT, 98, 95, Apple Mac OS 8+ and Linux. Learn more at BasicISP Turbo USA Get accelerated dial-up for $8.95 monthly. 100% American owned and operated! They do not outsource jobs to other countries like some large ISPs. Includes up to 5 email accounts with spam and virus protection. Totally free toll-free phone support. Compatible with Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000/NT, ME, 98, 95 and Mac OS 08+. Easy instant account set-up. Risk free 30 day money back guarantee. Learn more at Turbo USA NetZero Platinum Best package for the $  Lowest price for NetZero Platinum. $6.95 monthly for the next 12 months (usually $9.95 per month). Unlimited dial-up access. No banner ads like on NetZero Free. Features include a HUGE 1 gigabyte mailbox plus personal web space to create your own website. Or get NetZero HighSpeed 3G for $9.95 monthly (regularly $14.95/month). 2 gigabyte mailbox. Pop-up blocker. Norton AntiVirus™ included. No credit card required (charge to your phone bill or direct debit your checking account) Learn more at NetZero Copper 50% Discount. $4.97 per month for 3 months and then $9.95 monthly. Or get accelerated dial-up for $7.47 per month for 3 months and then $14.95 monthly. No contract, cancel anytime. Includes flexible spam filtering plus email virus protection. Toll-free and friendly USA (Ohio) phone support. A trusted and reliable ISP since 1997. Compatible with all Windows operating systems and Mac OS 8+. Learn more at Copper Toast $9.95 monthly includes web acceleration. Check out a simulation of Toast's web accelerator. Provides 2 email accounts with anti-spam and anti-virus protection. Plus 100 MB web space to create your own web page or store files. Use Photo Manager to organize and share photos. Access thousands of Usenet news groups with GigaNews. USA based unlimited tech support via toll-free phone, live chat or email. A top-rated ISP since 1996. Learn more at Toast

Free Software

Firefox empowers you to browse faster, more safely and more efficiently than with any other browser.

Thunderbird makes email safer, faster and easier than ever before.

OpenOffice is a full feature office suite, compatible with Microsoft Office.

Wise Words

“As the most participatory form of mass speech yet developed, the Internet deserves the highest protection from governmental intrusion.”

- Judge Stewart Dalzell

ISPBargains Consumer Tip AVOID EXCESSIVE PHONE CHARGES! Contact your phone company before you change dial-up access numbers. Confirm the new number is charged to your phone bill as a local call.