This company is an excellent choice for free Internet access and offers no jargon content with relevant UK information. Their free "pay as you go" accounts provide 200MB Web-mail access (with spam filter) and a technical support helpline, available 24/7 at the price of 25p per telephone call. You must dial-up to UK Online at least once every 60 days in order to avoid account suspension. (UK Only) - Read more

The BBC's free Internet access service, Beeb.net is another fine example of how Internet access is taking Britain by storm. Here, you'll receive free access charged at your local telephone rate (e.g. 1p a minute weekends) and a truckload of other goodies, such as 30MB free Web space, numerous e-mail addresses and access to the BBC's most unique content. (UK Only) - Read more

This site started off as a popular free e-mail service and has since turned itself into a popular ISP. For a free, advert-supported 56K dial-up Net package, users can sign up here and also grab a free e-mail address and have access to 24 hour tech support (via e-mail or phone). Juno restricts its free package users to 10 hours of surfing per month, but on the other hand, provides a free 1GB e-mail account. (U.S. Only) - Read more

This fresh and funky ISP, aimed at the younger Internet generation provides a solid service and plenty of other features to boot. Their "pas as you go" Internet access service is amongst the most fully featured we've seen in the UK - you simply pay the price of a local phone call (connections are charged by the minute). Free e-mail access via the Web is available as well. (UK Only) - Read more

NetZero is an Internet service that provides consumers with an easy way to access to the Internet. They offer the usual tools you'd expect from a top ISP including e-mail and unrestricted WWW access for 40 hours every month. There's one catch though, you must surf with an advertisement bar to cover the costs of their free Internet access service. (U.S. and Canada Only) - Read more

Users of Linux are pretty used to obtaining things for free. Here, UK Linux (the UK's only dedicated Linux ISP) are offering free dial-up access for both modem and ISDN users, with speeds up to 128kb/s. The only thing you pay for is the local telephone call rate. You'll gain many more useful features by registering here: free e-mail, USENET access, 20MB free Web space with PHP and Perl enabled. (UK Only) - Read more

As the UK probably has the world's largest "free" ISP market, it's hardly surprising that their largest supermarket chain has got into the act. For a bog-standard, no-frills ISP, you can do far worst than signing up with Tesco. They offer reliable connections, 5 e-mail addresses and 15MB Web space. Calls are charged at local rate (0845), which works out at 1p/minute at weekends. (UK Only) - Read more

Our UK visitors can get free dial-up Internet access here without the need to set up an ISP account. You only pay for the local telephone rate on an 0845 number. Registering with Free-dialup.net is very easy and a username and password is all that's required, then you can access the Internet immediately. They also offer local rate telephone support. (UK Only) - Read more

Offers free online access with no setup or monthly fees. Technical support is charged at local rate and you'll receive unlimited free Web space plus unlimited POP3 e-mail addresses. A CD-ROM is not required to get online so you can connect by dialing 0845 604 3090, using "freeola" for the username and password. Their homepage provides lots of useful information. (UK Only) - Read more

A great site providing free and reliable "pay as you go" Internet access for UK residents. No monthly fees are charged here so you only have to pay the local call rate on an 0845 number in order to connect. If you register with UK Fantastic, you'll receive a free e-mail account (yourname@ukf.net) and also 20MB of free Web space with a sub-domain resembling "www.yourname.ukf.net". (UK Only) - Read more