Vamp
5c077
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join:2003-01-28
MD | Good...
I can't wait for their demise.  |
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X_Digit
Binary Enhanced
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join:2003-06-12
Mansfield, TX | I can't believe they've made it THIS long... and, I'm with you on that wagon.
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axess_denied
join:2004-07-23
Long Beach, CA | Glad I don't hold stock in AOL
Gotta say - jacking up prices on your primary money making product with the objective of driving customers to a product you don't even offer yourself is a real stroke of brilliance!!! I guess they intend to be a content only company. |
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OldschoolDSL
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join:2006-02-23
Indian Orchard, MA
 ·Dish Network
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| You've got mail, but its not from AOL
AOL as a ISP is failing and will continue to fail as everything they offer, you can already get for free.
Netzero & even Netscape (own by AOL) offer dial-up for 9.95 and there are some who even now offer for less.
Their only real hope now, would maybe to lower their prices (big time) and offer AOL free as a package deal in another company (Verzion DSL, ATT Online, Charter Cable, ect...).
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Jason Levine
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join:2001-07-13
USA
| 3 million down, 18.6 million left
Apparently, they still have 18.6 million subscribers left (in the US at least, don't know how many outside of the US). According to ISP Planet they're still the largest ISP in the US ( »www.isp-planet.com/research/rank···usa.html ). However, if they continue to lose subscribers at this rate, they won't be the biggest ISP for long. (I give it three years before we hear the news that AOL is no longer the US's largest subscriber.)
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Camelot One
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join:2001-11-21
Sarasota, FL
clubs: | reply to axess_denied
Re: Glad I don't hold stock in AOL
I only hope that one day I am valuable enough (or have enough dirt on) the company I work for that I can still hold my job after losing 3 million customers a year.  |
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tiger72
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join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
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Re: You've got mail, but its not from AOL
I agree that AOL should offer their services as a premium package for some users ($5/mo), or as an addon to RoadRunner's RRlite package which is priced at $30/mo. TimeWarner needs to get AOL and RR to play nicely and both companies can benefit. I've never been a fan of AOL, but there are people who use the internet and have absolutely no clue of what they're doing, and AOL is of use to those people. A service like AOL is great at bringing new users to the internet. They need to capitalize on that.
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ub355
join:2005-09-15
Brookfield, WI | reply to Vamp
Re: Good...
Aol was handy at it's inception. It was one of the first national providers which meant that when my daugher moved after college she could share my account without cost. |
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TKJunkMail
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Avalon, NJ
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Re: 3 million down, 18.6 million left
said by Jason Levine  :Apparently, they still have 18.6 million subscribers left (in the US at least, don't know how many outside of the US). According to ISP Planet they're still the largest ISP in the US ( » www.isp-planet.com/research/rank···usa.html ). However, if they continue to lose subscribers at this rate, they won't be the biggest ISP for long. (I give it three years before we hear the news that AOL is no longer the US's largest subscriber.) AOL will milk the dial-up customers for as much money as they can for as long as they can. They will retain millions of customers for many years to come. This allows them a lot of time to switch the focus of their business to something else. Unfortunately, they don't seem to have an inkling of what they can move into as an ongoing business. Everything they are doing is merely "ME-TOO" enterprises.
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Mospaw
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1 edit | Slow Acting is as Slow Acting Does...
If AOL wants out of the dwindling dial-up market, they should simply pull the plug. Sure, it's easy to pick on AOL for being the Internet on training wheels, but a lot of people got their first Internet experience on AOL. Like it or not, AOL is responsible for a good amount of the early success of the Internet.
What I can't believe is that despite years of people moving away from dial-up, that they haven't been able to really make a go at doing something else. Sure, lots of people will never, ever use AOL for a variety of reasons, but even discounting those non-users, you'd think the company would try to maintain some sort of business.
How can such a large company simply let their business slip away and (apparently) do very little to stem the tide? |
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cableties
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join:2005-01-27
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to TKJunkMail
Re: 3 million down, 18.6 million left
I still find folks unaware they can BYOC (Bring your own connection) and get lower priced AOL until they can migrate all their email contacts that they've a new email address with another ISP.
Most larger ISPs offer 800# dialup for extra for travelers and if you can use a browser, you can login about anywhere.
AOL doesn't offer anything new or unique; just the marketing that you think they do.
[I did like collecting those tins...farewell AOL pollution...fare thee well!] |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
| AOL...
... does have one item I like{SHUDDER}, In2TV.
Full On TV show downloads. I just wish they would add more shows/episodes to their list.
»television.aol.com/in2tv
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Ammler
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join:2005-04-19
Pittsburgh, PA | Never
I will never use AOL as a portal or a homepage. Never. |
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chakey
Premium
join:2004-06-14
Gladstone, NJ
clubs: | Not surprised
I bet they would be losing subscribers more quickly if it didn't take 3 months and 10 phone calls to India to cancel your account! |
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bwalker25
join:2005-12-20
Durham, NC
| Nope
I have to agree with everyone, AOL SUCKS! The days of dial-up is long gone for me. When AOL had the text based RPG's like FED and all that, I really enjoyed it, but that was like 10 years ago.
IF they need help pulling the plug on there crappy service I am sure that alot of us here can help them turn off the switch!
good bye and so long! |
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squashpile
join:2001-06-13
Birmingham, AL | Hmm
They just need to send out some more CD's. |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
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join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| said by squashpile :They just need to send out some more CD's. in those nice dvd cases too.
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whocares
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join:2003-07-26
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2 edits | reply to Vamp
Just wonder
The FASTEST WAY for a company to lower its price is for customers to avoid it. but I CANNOT understand-aol employees or stockholder-WHY would someone pay that kind of $$ for dialup service,when you could get DSL package & faster speeds at a lower price,*¿ô
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Plexxxy
join:2003-02-02
West Palm Beach, FL
| Bleh
About the only thing I ever liked about AOL was how many suckers populated the service. Used to hang out at a friends house whose parents subscribed to the service, where we'd spend hours phishing for accounts, perusing other peoples emails, and flooding adult-topic chat rooms (this was ohh around '96).
As an ISP, I've never understood what people found so 'great' about it. Busy lines, slow speeds (even for dialup), hangups for idling, overpriced, and a client loaded with advertisements are hardly appealing features :S |
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attsbcisgay
join:2003-03-18
Beverly Hills, CA | reply to X_Digit
Re: Good...
aol and msn are both buffoon. never mind their ironic. oh yea they are just dialup losers. |
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