Comments on: NetZero reinvents itself as a 4G ISP – and yes, there’s a free plan

By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:12:11 +0000

Remember, the point of the free service for NetZero is to get customers to buy their priced packages. They need the free service to be premium. If it was lagging out, customers would obviously be less likely to upgrade to the paid service.

By: Ajay Gupta

Ajay Gupta — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:37:53 +0000

In May’2011, I tried Clearwire for my home and had severe connection/speed issues. Hoping that both Clearwire coverage (and the new equipment from Netzero) has somehow improved the situation, I would like to try Netzero 4G service but the cost of trial seems to be $50 (the cheapest hardware I can get, and given the fact that there seems to be 0 trial period). Bummer!

By: Ginger

Ginger — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:37:27 +0000

If it works, I think it’s a great deal. If I’m traveling and just want to check email and look at some web pages, even the paid version is still less than the $10+ a day that most hotels charge. Sign up for the monthly free plan and then upgrade for the months when you’ll be traveling.

By: Kevin Fitchard

Kevin Fitchard — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:04:07 +0000

Yep, Anon,

It’s not much. Pretty much enough to check email and do some low-impact Web browsing each month. But hey, it’s free (for a year)

By: Kevin Fitchard

Kevin Fitchard — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:02:50 +0000

Hi Anon,

I did ask that question. Apparently the free trial is tied to the device so once you use up it’s “freeness” it can only be used as a paid device from then on out.

As for buying multiple devices I suppose you could, but at $50 to $100 a pop it hardly seems worth it, since a $10 plan gives more than double the data, and when would run you about the same cost over a year.

By: anon

anon — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:55:26 +0000

200Mb is nothing. especially for 4G.

with the tiny cap why not do something with 3G or even edge/1x since the cap is so small anyways and the coverage would be much better?

even if it was super slow with a giant ad window something without the cap would be a massive hit. this i do not htink so.

let’s see what freedompop comes up with.

By: anonbbuser

anonbbuser — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:38:34 +0000

what stops someone from getting a bunch of these and balancing the traffic between them?

also can a device that has gone past the 200mb be released and setup on a new account?

in the dialup days there were people who setup a new account every couple days using the free disks from different providers. will something similar be possible here?

By: Råvarumarknaden.se

Råvarumarknaden.se — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:14:45 +0000

There is a new player in Sweden, Joors is offering free 3G mobile broadband. 2 GB free traffic per month. Up to 10 Mbit download speed.

http://www.joors.com