Vintage Rare 1999 NetZero V2.01 CD-ROM, New-in-Sleeve, 2nd Millennium Cool!
Back in the waning days of the 20th Century, FreeInet was the first free national internet service provider (ISP). NetZero bought FreeInet in 1998 and began service in October, 1998. In an attempt to compete for customers with the much more ubiquitous America Online, NetZero began distributing their software installation discs to the public.
This NetZero disc with a copyright date of 1999 is in Very Fine condition in its simple paper sleeve with a glassine face. The artwork on the disc is a gaggle of egghead scientists (very DEVO) promising us that we’ll save $250 per year! NetZero offered the user FREE Internet Access Forever!, although NetZero began charging for excessive usage a mere two years later (the Invisible Hand wins again).
Did you and your loved one meet on NetZero? One of our customers bought an AOL disc as an anniversary gift because the copyright year of the disc matched the year that they met on AOL, so think about that!
How about a Birthday? Wedding Anniversary? First year that you ______? (Fill in the blank.) Or just a memento of the Millennium…
If you have fond memories of the AOL, Prodigy, NetZero, EarthLink, and Juno discs that you turned into drink coasters, mini-Frisbees, or skeet targets, or if you’re too young to know anything but streaming and downloads, you can own this superb example of physical mass-advertising from a vanished era.
Postage: Computer discs qualify for USPS Media Mail rates. Yay! (I can’t send them 1st Class Letter rate because they are rigid.)
Dimensions of disc & sleeve are:
- Height: 5″
- Width: 5″
- Weight: 0.9 oz.
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