I saw in one of your posts (closed now or I would have put this there) that you use NetZero for internet. I use FreeInternet from http://www.freei.com . After I set everything up, I didn't like the ads either, but I noticed something. When registering, you get a username, password, and phonenumber to dial. It just so happens that that is all you need for a dial up connection. So I started a new connection, put in the phone number, the password and username, and haven't seen an ad since.

I suppose this isn't ethical, or probably even legal, and I even feel kind of guilty when I do it, but I like the ads even less.

bob