>>>I have a friend in Maryland who doesn't have much money. What would be the cheapest dialup service I could recommend to him? And what's the catch? Does the service install adware, or anything annoying like that? Is it unreliable? The service would not need to include email service. I suppose he would just continue to use Hotmail or Yahoo.
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>>>Is there a website that answers this question?
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>>Bret;
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>>Check this out:
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>>http://www.netzero.net/np_us/netzero/netzeronps/juno_isp.html
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>>I know a few people using June and they like it.
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>>Tom
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>I see on that page that there is an ad-supported free netzero. I wonder what that's like.

If you give it a try that would be the best evaluation. Our daughter used the free version (college student) for some time. I guess it is a matter of what you can put up with and your budget! :)