A Brief History of the Ingenuity of NetZero
NetZero was launched in late 1998. It was the first free internet service provider and in only 6 months had an astonishing 1,000,000 users. The idea of free internet was to attract an audience for advertising. The original NetZero service monitored web surfing patterns and showed ads conforming to the interests of the individual person. The NetZero ad serving technology has several patents. After the .com bust in late 2000 early 2001 NetZero bought out all its competitors as each one went bankrupt. NetZero went public on the NASDAQ in September of 1999. In 2001 when internet advertising took a dive, NetZero again had a great idea in mind when they directed many of their customers to their Platinum service. In 2005, NetZero introduced a service called “third generation of Internet” more commonly known as 3G HiSpeed. NetZero claims the service is so fast that you wouldn’t believe it’s not broadband. This new service uses unique technology described in a previous article (3G Works Like This). In under 6 months NetZero’s ingenuity launched them into the spotlight of the internet world, and their increasing ingenuity has kept them there for almost 10 years.