Freei Networks, Inc. (also known as Freei.net, FreeInternet.com) was a free Internet service provider from 1998-2000. 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.
Services
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.[2]
IPO filing
Freei filed for an IPO on March 31, 2000. It went public on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol FREI.[3]