OMNI: Catman - just a suggestion ...

If you are looking for FREE internet service, check out NetZero. They are a nationwide 56k dial-up ISP and you get unlimited surfing. The catch - no email, it is web only (so use hotmail, or yahoo mail, etc for your email), and you have to view a small ad window that floats over the top of your browser. (No bigger than any other banner ad, it is just outside the browser)

I am using it now, and it is pretty good for free - and you don't have to bother with Freeride or other programs.
see: http://www.netzero.com/