You still had to pay for the phone line, you still had to pay for the electricity to run the computer.
To keep something like NetZero working you still have to buy products from their advertisers, clearly people weren't buying enough. Nothing is ever free, nothing. > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Dawson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 10:26 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: The end of the free Internet > > >>The internet has never been free, there have always been costs, you may > >>not have realized them, > REALLY? > > But there is (was) a business model to support a free for "consumers" > Internet service. It seems no one can support that model to make it work > but > that makes me curious. > > I believe in free Internet. I am just not sure what the model is that will > make it work. > > Eric ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
