# free & cheap ISPs
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-cheap-isps/157914
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [February 27, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-cheap-isps/157914 "2003-02-27T16:52:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fish_in_the_sky)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-cheap-isps/157914/1 "2003-02-27T16:52:22Z")
I was wondering if anybody here had any experience with free or cheap ISPs. I’m paying $20 a month for dial-up to a local service provider and it doesn’t seem terribly worth it – the connection’s slow (if I’m really-really lucky I get 56K, although it’s usually closer to 33K, and for a while this morning I was clocking in at a whopping 12K. Grrr.) I certainly don’t expect to get something faster for less money, but if I’m going to suffer with a slow connection anyway, I’d really rather pay something closer to $10 a month, or less.
I’m looking over [http://www.freedomlist.com](http://www.freedomlist.com) right now, but I thought I’d run this by the dopers to see if any of you have any suggestions.
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### Author:  [@skaterboarder87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skaterboarder87)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-cheap-isps/157914/2 "2003-02-27T17:51:16Z")
Well, I live in Washington and use No Charge, a free ISP. No ads, no banners, no hassle, I love it.
However, since you don’t live in Washington, I can recommend Net Zero for $9.95 a month. The only thing is that it places a small banner (not an ad banner, it’s only about 15 pixels high) across the top of your screen.