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 sNaKeYeZNES GeekPremium
join:2002-07-11
Chunky, MS | Reason for being... The only thing I see that keeps AOL afloat at all is this:
I bet 75% of their subscriber base has never had another ISP, and all thier friends use AOL as well. They are afraid to go anywhere else, especially to a world without "keywords". Having never subscribed to AOL or anything like it (minus Prodigy waaay back in the day), I guess I wouldn't understand. 
I have tried to convert many over from AOL, but trying to teach someone about "the internet" without using AOL is cumbersome. Not too long ago, my wife was trying to tell a family friend how to do a Windows update. Upon connecting to AOL dialup, she told her friend to minimize the AOL window and double-click the Internet Explorer icon. This girl had never done this before, and was amazed! She said "how do I pay for Internet Explorer?" LOL
Now for the topic issue, maybe AOL getting away from broadband will help their users get mad, leave, get another ISP, and begin learn more about what the internet could really be like...without AOL.
Sad to say, but I bet broadband of any kind (minus expensive satellite service) is still unavailable here to at least 60% of Mississippians. It's so bad here, nearly everyone I know still uses dialup out of necessity. I'm so thankful that BellSouth brought DSL to my tiny, tiny town.
Death to AOL!
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 TheMetrixR.T.F.M. - P.E.B.K.A.CPremium
join:2002-06-15
Utica, MI | I had my time with AOHell, only due to it being the only ISP in my area at the time with a local number.
Calling their customer service is pathetic. CS has and still does, to my knowledge tell customers that it costs extra to use Internet Explorer outside of AOL's software. That is most likely where you wife's friend got that impression.
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When I tried to just use Internet Explorer, AOL would disconnect me after about 20-30 minutes (no activity in the AOL software I suppose) That was when I was using AOL software 4 years ago for about 6 months in length.
We quit using AOL because of the frequent disconnects during the evening peak usage times, and often it also took as much as 30 minutes to even be able to connect to AOL was the other reason to switching ISP's. | |
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