Google Free Zone is a global initiative undertaken by the Internet company Google in collaboration with mobile phone-based Internet providers , whereby the providers waive data (bandwidth) charges (also known as zero-rate) for accessing select Google products such as Google Search, Gmail, and Google+. In order for this service to work on your mobile phone, you are required to have a Google account and a phone that has access to an internet connection.
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In order to activate Free Zone internet, you first have to subscribe to the service by visiting this website or by sending an SMS containing "LIBRE" to 8888 and after that, you will receive a SMS with a link which you have to access in order to subscribe to the Free Zone Service. Each user gets 1 GB of data each month and if the website you're visiting isn't included by the service, the system will send you a pop-up message telling you that if you continue you might have to pay for it.
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Reception and impact
A number of Internet commentators viewed Google Free Zone as both inspired by and a potential competitor to Facebook Zero.
The Subsecretaria de Telecomunicaciones of Chile ruled that Zero-rating services like Wikipedia Zero, Facebook Zero, and Google Free Zone, that subsidize mobile data usage, violate net neutrality laws and had to end the practice by June 1, 2014.