Mac OS X
join:2006-03-11
Washington, DC | AOL? Do you mean AOHELL?
HA, those morons.
I would have gone to a cheaper dial-up service a long time ago if I still used AOL and it was my only choice.
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paranoidxe
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join:2002-03-29
Ogden, UT
| Oh God
AOL really thinks their shit doesn't stink don't they? The service has gotten worse and worse..I've been using BYOA for $7.95 a month..and EVEN paying at that price I don't think its even worth it anymore. The service just gets worse and worse while their prices get higher and higher.
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odreian615
join:2006-01-18
Chicago, IL | if you can get dsl or cable in your area
there is absolutely no reson to still have dail-up basic dsl in most areas that can have it is only 15 bucks |
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
 ·Comcast
| pretty sad
it's quite a reflection on the state of broadband service in the U.S. that a strategy for pushing people to broadband is to raise the price for dial-up.
If we had any sort of competitive market at all there would probably at least be "broadband lite" tiers at $15-20/mo. |
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OldschoolDSL
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join:2006-02-23
Indian Orchard, MA
 ·Dish Network
 ·Verizon Online DSL
·Charter Pipeline
·Comcast
 ·Clearwire Wireless
·Cox HSI
 ·Vonage
| You've got mail, some where else
AOl bring up there prices was a very bad move and it was only a matter of time before some tried to play off it. I currently am using BYOA (Bring your own access) for 9.95 and they seem to offer even less then when I first tried them sometime ago. The only reason why I'm trying them now, is because my Grandfather sent me a link (he gets 25.00).
MSN is smart for trying to cash in on their prices. I know I would.
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Harddrive
Premium
join:2000-09-20
Norwich, CT
1 edit | reply to paranoidxe
Re: Oh God
yeah, AOL still thinks they sh*t ice cream. with push-pricing like this, their competitors are going to be handing them spoons.
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
Premium
join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·Comcast
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Re: You've got mail, some where else
said by OldschoolDSL  :I currently am using BYOA (Bring your own access) for 9.95 and they seem to offer even less then when I first tried them sometime ago. I see others that pay for BYOA. I have only 1 question - WHY?
You can get email anywhere for free. And everything else AOL supplies with BYOA can be had elsewhere.
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tmcb82
Premium
join:2002-04-16
Columbus, OH
| reply to odreian615
Re: if you can get dsl or cable in your area
Keep in mind that DSL still has a relatively small footprint (particularly in more rural areas) compared to cable and dialup. So for many people it's either dial-up for ~$20 or cable for $40+. For casual users it's, I imagine, had to justify the added expense of cable.
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DaMaGeINC
The Lan Man
Premium
join:2002-06-08
Greenville, SC
clubs:
1 edit | reply to OldschoolDSL
Re: You've got mail, some where else
Ya. I never got why you would pay EXTRA just for thier crap???? You are already online, and have full access to the internet. Wtf are you thinking? |
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GilbertMark
Premium
join:2001-05-02
Gilbert, AZ
·Cox HSI
| Hmm
I'd be interested in hearing how many people out there who use the internet just don't care about broadband? I'm sure it's a high number.
Not everyone who goes online is a pimply faced teenager who can't get a date and still lives at home with his parents and whose only connection to anything is via a computer.
$9 a month dial up is more than enough for the baby boomers and other more rural people in America and many inner city people. In many cases the TV and the radio serve all the entertainment needs of a great majority of people.
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GlenQuagmire
Giggidy Giggidy Giggidy Goo
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join:2004-02-16
Grand Rapids, MI
| That closed minded idea. When I first got a cable modem I was in college and still living at home. When I moved out I moved my account to my new place. It was not more than 6 months my father (who is 50) had a cable modem installed in his name. He hated how slow dial-up was. My point is that he is not a pimply faced teenager but he still has a use for broadband. Just because some one is old does not mean that are not going to keep of with technology. Think before you make stereotypical comment like that. |
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moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to TKJunkMail
Re: You've got mail, some where else
said by TKJunkMail :You can get email anywhere for free. And everything else AOL supplies with BYOA can be had elsewhere. It all depends on the person.
My parents, who recently moved in with me, still pay for MSN dial-up. I have Comcast HSI. They hook in via my router and never use dial up. They ONLY reason they keep the dial up is for the email. I have already informed them of the free email thing but they don't want to change. (Sidenote: I am going to see if MSN has a BYOB option.)
Look at the whole cell phone number portability issue. People wanted to change service providers but wanted their old phone numbers. That is what drove those laws through. I still wish they would keep certain exchanges for landlines (or VOIP) and certain ones for cell. |
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Pirate515
Premium
join:2001-01-22
Brooklyn, NY
|  reply to DaMaGeINC
said by DaMaGeINC :Ya. I never got why you would pay EXTRA just for their crap???? You are already online, and have full access to the Internet. WTF are you thinking? It's their so-called "content," plus 12-year old 1337 h@x0r w@nn@b35 need their chat rooms.
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Default_Uzer
join:2006-02-13
Springville, NY
clubs:
| Damn
25 bucks a month!!! Dialup is readily available in almost all of the USA for about 5 (five) dollars a month. access4less, 650dialup, all2easy.net. For 25 bucks a month I can get Verizon DSL 3mb/768.
To those who are using AOL, ask yourself... is it worth it? |
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Mac OS X
join:2006-03-11
Washington, DC
| It used to be free
Hell, it used to be free. I used to have Access4Free as a backup for when my broadband ISP went down. Of course I have no POTS now so that doesn't count anymore.
They charged a $5 activation and gave you 10 hours free per month then $1 per additional hour with a maximum of I believe $10.
Of course around April or May last year they went out of business.
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Default_Uzer
join:2006-02-13
Springville, NY
clubs: | Out of business eh? I was just reading off the top of my head. But my mom uses all2ez.net 4.95/mo. unlimited access. you cant beat that for dialup. |
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techjoe
Premium
join:2004-02-20
Schererville, IN
| reply to paranoidxe
Re: Oh God
They only have their current customer base because of the @aol.com email addresses. I do my part and migrate at least two-three users/month off of AOL, and have done so as long as I can remember.
Anyone that runs a mail server knows how great AOL email service is..  Every mail server I have had anything to do with has had chronic delivery issues with AOL claiming the emails are spam and refusing to accept them. There's a solution, granted, but AOL can go fsck themselves with a rusty pipe before I pay them to send mail to their freaking customers.
AOL's going downhill, and I don't think anyone can fathom a legit arguement against that..
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wilbywilson
join:2001-02-24
Arlington, VA | reply to Default_Uzer
Re: Damn
$29.95 for the Verizon 3.0/768 plan, but you're right, it's not much more than AOL dial-up. (Verizon's 768/128 plan is only $14.95.) |
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RadioDoc
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join:2000-05-11
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to nasadude
Re: pretty sad
There are "broadband lite" tiers at that price point in SBC and Verizon territory at least. $12.99/mo for 1536/384 (SBC) and that includes a free unlimited nationwide dialup account you can use a the same time while travelling, etc. Even factoring in the cost of the phone line (which you need with dialup anyway) it's less than what AOL wants to charge for dialup alone.
It's not broadband availability, it's inertia keeping these folks on a $25/mo dialup.
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