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Connecting to the Internet
2005-03-14, 5:56 PM #1
Technically the Internet is free, all that ISPs provide is a means to connect to the Internet. Is there any way to connect for free? Or like be your own ISP? How does this work exactly? Etc....
"When it's time for this planet to die, you'll understand that you know absolutely nothing." — Bugenhagen
2005-03-14, 6:00 PM #2
I think the ISPs probably have to pay whoever owns the actual cable that the data goes over.... for maintenance and stuff.
Stuff
2005-03-14, 6:02 PM #3
The internet is a collection of colleges (at least last I checked) and businesses that host a gigantic pipeline all around the world. The ISPs pay for maintenance and whatnot.

In other words--no.
D E A T H
2005-03-14, 6:03 PM #4
Isn't there some like abandonned thingy like in Swordfish or some movie, and stuff?
"When it's time for this planet to die, you'll understand that you know absolutely nothing." — Bugenhagen
2005-03-14, 6:06 PM #5
It's called Google. For computer-related topics, it can provide far better information than you might suspect.
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2005-03-14, 6:09 PM #6
The internet is only free in the sense that were you to gain access to a backbone, you wouldn't have to feed money into a slot for each bit that passes in and out. It's sort of like a water company, you pay to get hooked up to the main lines.
2005-03-14, 6:33 PM #7
Google is useless. :(
"When it's time for this planet to die, you'll understand that you know absolutely nothing." — Bugenhagen
2005-03-14, 6:34 PM #8
I found a good article instantly...
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2005-03-14, 6:37 PM #9
Care to share? :D
"When it's time for this planet to die, you'll understand that you know absolutely nothing." — Bugenhagen
2005-03-14, 11:06 PM #10
More like free as in "free speech" and not "free beer"
2005-03-14, 11:08 PM #11
more like cel-da!
</sarcasm>
<Anovis> mmmm I wanna lick your wet, Mentis.
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2005-03-15, 12:04 AM #12
You used to be able to get free dial-up through Juno, and if you knew certain tricks you could get it without ads. I did that for a good 2 years before we got DSL.
gbk is 50 probably

MB IS FAT
2005-03-15, 5:31 AM #13
If I remember how it works right:

A long time ago... in a galaxy... uh... right here...

To connect to the internet, one would have to pay a one-time fee to the government. Since this fee was too much for the average user, some clever entrepreneur created the first ISP.

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