Remember Netzero? The free dial-up company from, like, 10 years ago? Well, I hesitate to say “They’re back”, because it’s more likely they never left. They just, kinda, slid to the background while wireless, cable and DSL took over as the pipelines to the internet.
Well, they’re rolling out a new “4G” offering. Engadget has the details. It looks like they rely on existing infrastructure to pull it off. If I were to guess, I’d say it won’t turn out well for them. But still, flyers like this is what it will take to break the current cell-carrier stranglehold on cell-based wireless data. It’ll be interesting to see where this leads.