Apparently providing free internet access isn't as big of a gold mine as the companies had
originally expected. Each company that has gone out of business has had press releases or
they have sent out an e-mail explaining what has happened.
If you have any other information, please feel free to Contact Us with it.
| Bluelight: |
Since July 26, 2001, BlueLight.com no longer accepts new BlueLight Basic Service subscribers. The free 12-hour service ended on August 29, 2001. |
| Excite: |
Since March 1, 2001, Excite's free Internet access service, Freelane, has no longer been available. They now offer their users access through pay isp Worldshare.net. |
| WorldSpy: |
http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,16615,00.html
http://yahoo.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2206868.html
http://yahoo.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2212519.html |
| FreeWWWeb: |
http://yahoo.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2302803.html |
| FreeInternet.com: |
http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,19204,00.html |
| Spinway: |
Taken over by Bluelight, which no longer provides free internet access.
http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,20356,00.html |
| 1stUp: |
http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,20244,00.html |
| • Some companies affected by 1stUp: Altavista.com, freelane from excite.com, Lycos.com, myfavoritei.com from NBCi |
| FreeAtLast: |
E-mailed that they could no longer afford to provide free internet access, and due to a lack of interest, they would not provide pay internet either. |
| BigGuppy.net: |
Their website stopped working for a while, and then began forwarding to evisionlink.com. |
| iFreedom: |
E-mailed they could no longer afford to provide free internet access, their site now forwards to NetZero. |
| 1NationOnline: |
Now charges for internet access. |
| DialFree: |
They stopped providing free internet access and started forwarding visitors to their site to Talarion, their parent company. The site now says that free internet is coming soon, but for now visitors should sign up with WorldShare. |
| WorldShare: |
Was originally free, but now has several different pay internet packages. |
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Please contact us if you have any other information, thank you.
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