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by thinkmassive 1604 days ago
> In the 90s, there were little banner ads that ran on your pc in the same app that helped you connect to the internet.

NetZero & Juno, the good ol’ days of free dialup!

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NetZero was the best. When you created an account with their custom dialer it generated a username and password pair (that the user didn't know) for the local dial-up POP in your town. The credentials were stored in a text file using a substiution cipher, so you could extract them and create your own Windows Dialer profile to get free internet without having to use their dialer that showed ads on your screen.