johnny_t
Premium
join:2004-03-21
Palo Alto, CA | I...
Still can not get over people with a Broadband connection.
Who pay extra every month to use AOL's extras.
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Nerdtalker
Working Hard, Or Hardly Working?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-02-18
Tucson, AZ
clubs: | Just die already
When is AO-hell finally going to die?
They still don't get it. |
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Zimfie
join:2001-09-06
Bensalem, PA | A sinking ship!
AOL is one big sinking ship. |
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keeping it real
@comcast.net
|  Useless anyway
As far as I am concerned, they are a middleware application anyway.
They are moving towards a web based experience anyway... and I doubt you will see a user application much longer in the future.
I don't need their service, so to me it's a luxury (if you call it that) anyway..
I dropped to the BYOA back in 1997 when they went to that so-called unlimited access program.. remember? when you coudn't ever log in any more?
Anyway, I am supposed to be paying the $14.95 BYAO anyway, but somehow, they dropped my rate to a $8.95 a month plan about 6 months ago. Same thing happened to my roomate about a year and a half ago as well.
If they raise my rate, they will loose my business all together. (afterall, I use it mainly to chat and it's not worht $15.00 a month.) |
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P Ness
You'Ve Forgotten 9-11 Already
Premium
join:2001-08-29
Mineola, NY
clubs:
| reply to Zimfie
Re: A sinking ship!
THIS sinking ship is still worth 20billion and generates 1billion in free cash a year. sounds like barry diller would pay that much at least!!
with these number they are still a great divison to have as part of a company.
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joetaxpayer
I'M Here Till Thursday
join:2001-09-07
Sudbury, MA | Great news
They are a dinosaur, and I'll be glad to see them fade away.
$24??? Plus cost of phone line. For 56K?
I may be spoiled by broadband, but is it even possible to surf the web at 56K?
JOE |
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Defcon888
Premium
join:2003-07-22
San Bruno, CA
 ·AT&T Yahoo
·DSL EXTREME
|  AOL...
Dialup should be like $1/month now.. if you compare it to DSL or other types of high speed broadband...
Too bad morons are still subscribing to their one year contracts... Heck, I was a moron for AOL a few years ago, but now I'll never go back 
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defcon888@gmail.com
proud user of sbc services
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Phil
Rojo Sol
Premium
join:2001-06-11
Camarillo, CA | >Insert AOL hate here
*yawn* |
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Pz_
join:2001-03-31
Brownsburg, IN
clubs: | reply to Defcon888
Re: AOL...
I think they will always have a customer base.
I've never even used their free hours, but hey, that's just me. |
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AtomicZero
join:2004-11-24
West Palm Beach, FL
| the clarity returns
the point of AOL is to bleed suckers dry like a bloated swamp leech. you are just paying 25 bucks so you can get a bunch of Buddy Emoticons and other trivial extras.... if people are really willing to pay for that then good for AOL for leeching as much as they can get |
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dslwanter
Why would I want DSL? I have FTTH
Premium
join:2002-12-16
Lowellville, OH | Are they clueless?
Does AOL not realize DSL is going for $19.99 a month and that $20 is still a jacked up price for dial-up? |
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Johnny Moon
join:2004-08-30
Northridge, CA | People are Stupid -- AOL Proves It
You'll never lose by underestimating the intelligence of people. AOL proves it. Look at all the money they've made, all the businesses they've bought. Just think... Their idiot customers have made them rich! |
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AtomicZero
join:2004-11-24
West Palm Beach, FL | reply to dslwanter
Re: Are they clueless?
Well....Crack is a helluva drug. |
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LaZ3R
Premium
join:2003-01-17
 ·Rogers Hi-Speed
| LOL - AOL IS TEH LAUGHING STOCK!
Not only do they suck, and don't realize it, They raise prices on their crappy internet, but people are STILL GLUED TO THIS HORRIBLE ISP AND IT MAKES ME SICK!!! 
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NetDroid2
join:2004-08-16
Excelsior, MN
| reply to AtomicZero
Re: the clarity returns
I am just wondering how much does it really take to run an dial-up ISP these days? Does anyone know?
Do you really need to charge your subscribers $25 a month just to run the whole system??? Well sure every company wants more $$.
I tried PeoplePC for a while when my broadband was down and I noticed that they give you many extras also but for only $10.95 a month.
Does the AOL break down work like this? One has to wonder?
AOL Dial-up access: $10
AOL Content (all that BYOA junk): $15
Total: $25 |
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JustinF325
join:2004-09-19
Erie, PA
clubs: | I wish someone would make a count down clock
Something that would show the current users of aol real time. I could slowly watch aol die. |
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Tsume
join:2004-02-23
Johnson City, TN | reply to johnny_t
Re: I...
Rather do that than go through the bigger hell of changing your email address...
Remember, AOL's been around for a long time. That means some people have had their email addresses for a long time, and they don't want that to change. |
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cahiatt
Premium
join:2001-03-21
Smyrna, GA | reply to JustinF325
Re: I wish someone would make a count down clock
Sorta like the national debt clock, but in reverse..... |
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Mark Z
Premium
join:2002-10-14
·TekSavvy Solutions..
·Bell Sympatico
·Primus Telecommuni..
| US prices too!
$24 US is almost $30 CDN. We can buy ILEC DSL for that price. Unbelievable. As has been said over and over, just die already.
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ItsTheAmericanWay
@shawcable.net
| It's a brand thing
People like to buy brands. Is Dell a better computer because you can phone a 1-800 number in india 24 hours a day and get some sucky "value added" software preloaded that you'll never use. Of course not. But it makes some people feel more comfortable.
AOL has brand recognition. That is their ONLY value but it's still worth something. It's gonna be awhile till their brand recognition fades away and until that happens, some corporation somewhere will always be willing to bleed it dry. |
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