Free Internet Access
Greetings! You found the most frequently updated list of Internet Service Providers offering FREE dial-up access in the United States.
During 1999 and 2000 there were nearly 200 sites providing free nationwide, regional or local Internet access. The "dot com bubble" burst on March 10, 2000, when the NASDAQ Composite Index peaked, followed by a declining roller coaster. Most free ISPs quickly disappeared. Some vanished without advance notice - just gone! By mid December there were very few ISPs providing free dial-up access.
Free Internet access
is still available in the USA
but your options are VERY limited!
This list features 24
free dial-up service providers:
2 Nationwide, 7
Region/State, 15 Local
plus 175 dead free ISPs...
Nationwide Access
NetZero
Free
The first free nationwide ISP and the most popular
service during and after the free ISP frenzy. You
do NOT need a credit or debit card to sign-up for NetZero 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. Other free perks include
Instant Messaging compatibility with all popular IM services. Personalize
your start page. Get free technical help by email or from extensive support
pages. Limited to 10 hours (600 minutes) usage per
month.
You can use this link
NetZero
Free
to sign up - or to just learn more about NetZero's free features. 529
people used the link to sign up during June (6/1 to 6/28). We
are very proud of that!
While visiting NetZero look for this link:
You will find a comparison of NetZero's free and paid services.
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NetZeroTM
History
Are you a free ISP veteran? Do you remember the NetZero slogan,
Defenders of the Free WorldTM?
Those were the glory days of free unlimited Internet
access!
Retired creative property of NetZero, Inc., a United Online company. All rights reserved. Displayed with permission, per usage restrictions. On October 19, 1998, NetZero launched the first free
ISP featuring unlimited nationwide Internet access. By
mid-January a new member signed up every 45 seconds! |
Juno
Free
NetZero's silent twin. Back in June,
2001, NetZero and Juno merged to create United Online, Inc. (NASDAQ: UNTD).
Both ISPs offer the exact same account features. However, some users
who have tried both services claim NetZero provides faster connection speeds.
If you use the free version of both NetZero
and Juno,
please tell
us about your experience, after you've tried both services for a
month. Limited to 10 hours usage per month.
| Free AOL July 2008 We still receive one or two emails every week from people who heard AOL is now free. They want to know how to sign up for a free dial-up account. AOL does NOT offer a free dial-up service plan! AOL's free offer refers to online access to many popular AOL features, but only if you already have a connection to the Internet through another service provider. |
| TIP Use an online timer to log your monthly usage. No Frills Timer and ISP Timer are popular free and quick software downloads. There are other free online timers but many contain spyware... |
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State / Regional Access
FastFreeDialup.com
Most recent
addition to the list Thursday, April
10, 2008
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
FastFreeDialup officially launches tomorrow, Friday, April 11. The free
service provides extensive coverage in California. No limits or restrictions.
No email service. No phone support (email support only).
DialInFree.net
Michigan
MI Area Code 231, 248, 269, 313, 517, 586, 616, 734, 810, 906, 989
[May 11, 2007] Now 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
Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island
ME, 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
Washington and Massachusetts
WA and MA Area Code 206, 253, 360, 413, 425, 508, 781
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.
LAFN.org
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
Los Angeles Free-Net is now free only for students
(K-12) and for classroom accounts. All other accounts require a donation
based on the LAFN
Donation Schedule.
| Free ISPs usually do not provide email (POP3/SMTP) accounts. See our list of the most popular free webmail services. |
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Local Community Access
If you live in one of these communities you
might qualify for free Internet access!
William
P. Faust Public Library
Westland, Michigan
MI Area Code 734
Monday, January 7, 2008
Press Release:
Westland To Provide Free Dial-Up Internet Service
The City of Westland will begin providing free Internet service for its
residents, effective today. The first residents allowed to sign up for the
program will be those 50 and older. In April, those under 50 can sign up
to surf the Web from their home computers for free.
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.
Donna Public
Library
Donna, Texas
TX Area Code 956
You must be a library patron and a Donna resident to qualify for a free
dial-up account.
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.
Metro
Net
Michigan - Bloomfield
Township, Canton
Township, Independence
Township
MI Area Code 248, 734
A service of the Metro Net Library Consortium. Dial-up access only. No 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.
Prairienet
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.
Free dial-up accounts are available to low-income households through the
NetNeighbors
program.
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.
| 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 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
AzTeC
FreeNet Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona
SEORF
SouthEastern Ohio
Twin Cities
FreeNet Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota
Nyx®
Denver, Colorado. Also provides 56k/v.90 access.
SCN
Seattle, Washington
Many public libraries and schools across the nation still use the TELNET
protocol for public access to library catalogs.
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Free ISP Memorial
NetZero
introduced the first free nationwide ISP. Since that day many sites providing
free dial-up have come and gone.
Some of these sites still exist but none
currently offers free Internet access. We do not provide links
since many of these sites are dead. We don't want you to waste your time
chasing dead or redirected links...
March 27, 2008
1access.org
Another one bites the dust. 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 County, New York
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
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
This free ISP had a very short 5 month life!
We hoped it would make a come-back, similar to recovering from a coma.
We still provide this listing due to frequent questions
(way too much email!). Hey people,
GDU is DEAD! If GreatDialUp miraculously comes back
to life you will read the great news right here!
Members dialed into a modem pool using a toll-free number. Users began experiencing
connection problems around 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."
If you know of a deceased free ISP not already listed here, PLEASE
tell us so we can honor it's past existence. By the way, this
is the longest dead free ISP list on the Internet!
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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 OnePaper.com OneRamp.com OnlineFree.us OurHouse.net Outtech.com Payout.com Picosito.com PghConnect.com* PowerInternet.net ProtelNetwork.com Pro-USA.com* Qualguard.com ReachFree.com 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 Spinway.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 WeblandInternet.com WebLandMall.com WebFlyerNet.com WFAA.com WHTM.com WinFire.com WJLA.com Worldshare.net Worldspy.com WSresource.com Xoom.com Yahoo.com Yellowstone.net ZubeeFree.com 123act.com 1Access.org 1NOL.com 1stUp.com 10102000.com 2Trom.com 3-web.com |
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