Epinions Recent Reviews for Worldshare

Worldshare: Worldshare is cheap, consistent, steady and good.

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:59:48 GMT

rating: 0/5 by: Epinions Author gccyphers - I have been a Worldshare user for over a year. As one who travels a lot, it is nice to have a good simple provider with a wide range of hook up phone numbers. It is good to call for help and have a real person answer the phone. Worldshare does what it...

Worldshare: Beware of Billing Practices

Sun, 6 May 2001 03:28:08 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author jryan32 - I had researched Worldshare and many other "free" ISP's quite extensively on Epinions and decided to give Worldshare a try. About the time I signed up the "free" changed to $9.95/month without ads...which was still a good price for a snowbird on the...

Worldshare: If at first you do suceed, fail fail again..

Mon, 1 Jan 2001 07:12:19 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Sas_T - A beloved isp for me, i used it for quite a while as my favorite, and almost considered writing a letter of thanks for a wonderful isp, but it suddenly went wrong... I became frightened at the fact that this isp had switched to pay, and at that, had...

Worldshare: Free ISPs meet cute, fluffy bunnies.

Sun, 10 Dec 2000 12:43:39 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author rds777 - Ah yes, cute fluffy bunnies. Who could like cute, fluffy bunnies? Maybe satan. And possibly Hitler. And my exgirlfriends. But other then that, who could hate fuzzy bunnies? Where am I going with this? Good question, as I have no idea. What I do know is...

Worldshare: This Love Affair Is Over For Seven Reasons

Wed, 18 Oct 2000 03:13:43 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author jankp - Love affairs are kept going by the presence of seven active elements that create the chemistry necessary for them, and for me, the love affair I’ve had for the past six months or so with the ISP, WorldShare.net, has gone stagnant or sour even, all of a...

Worldshare: Worldshare 'WAS' the best, but not anymore ;-(

Tue, 17 Oct 2000 20:43:41 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author debbie_missy - I was looking for a free ISP, so I read several of the reviews here on Epinions for an ISP that was rated at the top. I was impressed with most of the reviews written about Worldshare, so I decided to try it.

I joined Worldshare about four...

Worldshare: Worldshare..added insult to injury!

Fri, 13 Oct 2000 03:38:21 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author CEAWITCH - **I just had to post a P.S to this thread. I have been away over the weekend, and just checked my email. Worldshare sent mail stating that I can get an extension on my free service until the first of the year, if I open a Compubank account! I'm sorry,...

Worldshare: GOODBYE WORLD

Thu, 12 Oct 2000 17:16:15 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author krewcut - Worldshare is NO LONGER FREE. Members were given three days to pay or be disconnected. Breaking promises of guaranteed free intent access, Worldshare startled and shocked its members by sending them email messages saying their banner ad sponsered access...

Worldshare: Worldshare is now getting their share..

Wed, 11 Oct 2000 22:20:07 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author compewterknut - Having been a member of Worldshare from it's infancy, the year has brought around many changes. Starting with totally free internet access, then "progressing" to a sharebar, and now hopefully, the final stage of their metamorphosis, the novel...

Worldshare: Worldshare,promising at first,now just like the rest..

Tue, 10 Oct 2000 11:02:19 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author compewterknut - At one point in time, Worldshare had the opportunity to become the best free internet service provider in the fact that they were a banner free service, had options regarding connecting to the service (either a small download or a direct dial up...

Worldshare: A "World's Share" of problems.

Sat, 7 Oct 2000 00:44:26 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author syounker - I was very excited when I first came across WorldShare.Net. They offered free internet access($10 annual fee) with no banner ads. All you had to do was fill out a monthly survey hosted by rhinopoint.com. At first it was great. There were 3 access numbers...

Worldshare: WorldShare - Free No Longer

Sat, 9 Sep 2000 12:06:18 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author fordg - UPDATE ** I was notified by WorldShare on 10/14/00 that they would be discontinuing their "free" option (ad-banner microportal) entirely by the end of October. They cited difficulties in securing solid business arrangements to pay the costs for...

Worldshare: Share Barred

Mon, 4 Sep 2000 12:33:34 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author isomph - WorldShare, once the flag ship of free ISPs has shot itself and will most likely die of this self-inflicted wound. As of September 1, 2000, Worldshare requires those who used to enjoy great free service that was also free of banners and ads, to download...

Worldshare: Bait-and-switch comes to the internet

Mon, 21 Aug 2000 14:47:03 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author FormerWSUser - ...or is it called the drug dealer approach? Give it away for free [read full out a simple survey each month for free internet access], and once your hooked [read canceled your regular account, gave everyone your new email address, etc.], stick it too...

Worldshare: WorldShare is changing!

Sun, 20 Aug 2000 10:03:48 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author suncloud - WorldShare is jumping on the ad bar bandwagon. We have been notified by e-mail that if we want to continue to use the free internet access, that we will need to download the Share Bar, an ad banner that allegedly docks unobtrusively at the top or bottom...

Worldshare: Free Service Now with Ad Banner

Mon, 7 Aug 2000 17:24:38 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author DHernandez - I had only been with Worldshare for about 1 week (and loving it!) when their "major announcement" about no more filling out of surveys to get free internet service came out along with the promise of continued expanded services and continued...

Worldshare: Two Thumbs Up!!!!!!!

Sat, 5 Aug 2000 19:55:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ronmiles - I've been using FreeWWWeb for some time, but have recently switched to WorldShare.

The reason being the FreeWWWeb is in the process of switching its users to Juno, which has the toolbar/banner using up part of our precious screen space.
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Worldshare: 8/4/2000: The Final Outcome?

Fri, 4 Aug 2000 17:51:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jankp - I finally received the major announcement they promised a few weeks ago about how they are going to change. They had promised their dial-up service would remain free and reliably fast with unlimited access. That, I have found out, will happen only if I...

Worldshare: I've Gone to ISP Heaven

Tue, 1 Aug 2000 23:11:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mtomm - After the untimely demise of my favorite free ISP, Worldspy, and my next favorite and back up ISP Freewwweb, having been bought out by the most awful and terrible Juno, I was forced to go searching for another free ISP. Having gone to free I could never...

Worldshare: Share with worldshare

Mon, 31 Jul 2000 14:06:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author advent1 - Worldshare looks like a good alternative to worldspy and freewwweb which have both gone down. When you sign up for worldshare, you agree to fill out a survey every month in return for (free) internet service. They do request that you pay 15$ per year,...

Worldshare: WORLDSHARE NO LONGER REQUIRES TO TAKE ANY SURVEYS~~~UPDATED

Sun, 30 Jul 2000 04:16:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BAGLEY1 - I have been with Worldshare for a couple of months now after my service with worldspy was canceled. You see it was canceled because at first they dropped a bunch of their dial up numbers a few week before they went out of business. Mine being one of...

Worldshare: Made Me Feel Good! Updated 10/00

Fri, 21 Jul 2000 16:06:38 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ladylisab - NO BANNERS ON WORLDSHARE! I chose Worldshare when I started searching for a replacement for my Freewwweb service. Since Freewwweb has just been gobbled up by Juno (July 20, 2000), I am registering my protest here against Juno. They are buying out...

Worldshare: Net Access for $1.25 / mo

Wed, 19 Jul 2000 23:05:48 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author ruff - [Oopsie.

Yet another free ISP sells out.

WorldShare is now not much different than any other paid ISP. I leave my old review here for historical reasons, and so I can lower WorldShare's epinions score. They still claim to be...

Worldshare: Update 8/1:This ISP Has Changed For New Members

Wed, 19 Jul 2000 17:10:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jankp - I learned from a friend who went to sign up with Worldshare, that it will cost him $15 a year and they wanted his credit card number. This is disappointing to me, but there will still be no banners and they have quite a home page. One of their...

Worldshare: Discrimination against Linux users

Tue, 18 Jul 2000 13:05:08 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author warp9 - From what I see of the opinions here, WorldShare looks like a great service, IF and only IF you are a Windows user. I am not a Windows user. I am a Linux user. On the WorldShare.com registration help page (http://www.worldshare.com/new/help.htm) it is...