Free ISPs are Internet Service Providers (
ISPs) which provides service free of charge. Many free ISPs display advertisments while the user is connected; like commercial television, in a sense they are selling the users' attention to the advertiser. Other free ISPs, often called
freenets, are run on a nonprofit basis, usually with volunteer staff. There are also
free shell providers[?] and
free web hosts[?].
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