# Netzero and cnet, what a suprise

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**Created:** [March 17, 2004, 5:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/netzero-and-cnet-what-a-suprise/45696 "2004-03-17T05:12:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 5:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/netzero-and-cnet-what-a-suprise/45696/1 "2004-03-17T05:12:58Z")

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I was watching tv tonight and saw yet another ad for netzero high speed internet As well as I understand it, they offer a ‘normal’ service and a ‘highspeed’ service, where the normal service must just be slowed down from a normal dialup rate, since there are laws and such about how much data can be passed through a regular phone line and at what rates (if I understand correctly). But this time the commercial told me to not’ take just their word for it’ and had a quote from [cnet.com](http://cnet.com): ‘blazingly fast’. Well, I decided to head on over to cnet and see what I could pull up, and yep, just as I suspected:

> Sponsored Matches  
> Save with NetZero  
> High speed & free plans avail. Download in 2 min. Sign up today!  
> [www.netzero.net](http://www.netzero.net)

I can’t believe people take dialup service seriously; I myself have dialup (not for long though!), but I remember a time when netzero was free and I used it, along with it’s crappy ads placed all over the place… anyway, is it even legal that netzero use a quote from cnet if they are a sponsor?