Private company

Freei

Internet service provider

Freei Networks, Inc. (also known as Freei.net, FreeInternet.com) was a free Internet service provider from 1998-2001. In 2000, FreeInternet.com was acquired by United Online, Inc. (owner of NetZero, Juno, Classmates.com and others). In 2008, United Online re-launched FreeInternet.com as a website dedicated to free and discounted retail offers.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Dec 1998Founded1

Freei Networks, Inc. (also known as Freei.net, FreeInternet.com) was a free Internet service provider from 1998-2001. In 2000, FreeInternet.com was acquired by United Online, Inc. (owner of NetZero, Juno, Classmates.com and others). In 2008, United Online re-launched FreeInternet.com as a website dedicated to free and discounted retail offers.2

Products and brands

Freei provided a free alternative ISP, allowing users to anonymously log on to the internet using the Freei software and dialer. It reached over 2 million registered users nationally by 1999, and 3.2 million by the summer of 2000. In lieu of a subscription fee, the software displayed ads on the user's computer.

From Wikipedia’s article on Freei, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. Dec 1998Founded Founded1

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