Juno was great. There was another company similar to Juno with the same idea which I think started with an "N" if I remember correctly.
My dialup of choice was MetConnect. It was entirely free and fast no ads just dial in and use the Internet.
My dialup of choice was MetConnect. It was entirely free and fast no ads just dial in and use the Internet.
That gave me the key to the Caesar cipher they used for the password.. so I could create a fresh account with a scrambled password any time I wanted.
At runtime, in the OS-provided ad-free dialer, I'd use the unscrambled password.
I also pre-created some accounts with unscrambled passwords like "apple" and "bicycle" to share with friends.
NetZero* ceased operations mere weeks after I started this.. Hm.
(* Was it NetZero specifically, or some clone? I forget..)