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| 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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| 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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 DaMaGeINCThe Lan ManPremium
join:2002-06-08
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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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said by fAcEtIOUs: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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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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Many of us have friends that we hook up with on AOL. People that we have met, etc. there are numerous reasons why one would wish to pay $7.95 for BYOA, even if you dont happen to have any.
On top of which, AOL has excellent mail controls. AOL radio, which includes XM satellite, is also quite good. The chats can be excellent sources of entertainment, not to mention being able to set up private rooms that you control and where no bots come so your group can congregate in peace.
Overall, 7.95 is peanuts, especially if you are on the 12.99 plan from at&t, both of which cost less than AOL dialup together.
What it amounts to is to each their own. No one says you have to like AOL, or, use it and bashing it with the same stupid posts time after time every chance you get is meaningless in the end.
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 Chris 313Come get somePremium
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Houma, LA
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said by moonpuppy:said by fAcEtIOUs: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. I had a MSN.com address when I was with them. I canceled them 2 years ago when I tasted RoadRunner Cable internet for the first time. A few weeks after I canceled MSN Dial Up, I noticed my MSN.com address was still active and receiving mail, although it was taking me to the hotmail.com site instead.
Have your parents back up any important emails and addresses then cancel MSN. I think you'll be glad to tell your parents they don't even need MSN to keep the MSN.com address.
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| said by Chris 313:I had a MSN.com address when I was with them. I canceled them 2 years ago when I tasted RoadRunner Cable internet for the first time. A few weeks after I canceled MSN Dial Up, I noticed my MSN.com address was still active and receiving mail, although it was taking me to the hotmail.com site instead. That's because you don't loose the msn email address when you cancel. The guy told me the same thing when I cancelled about two years ago.
I will even have the 2gig email service for some reason. My brother in law still gets his msn mail but they dropped the amount of storage back to what it would be with hotmail. But, he still gets to use the msn email address.
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...You can get email anywhere for free"
Indeed you can, but with what you're paying AOL, why not just get a domain for 10 bucks and have it hosted for 5 and you could have: IusedToBeAnAOLluserButNowImNot@IusedToBeAnAOLluserButNowImNot.com
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One word for ya Trillian! |
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Re: You've got mail, some where else Radio@AOL is also available for free using Winamp. No need to use AOL for that. Besides, there are tens of thousands of other stations on the Net that are completely free and require no particular player. |
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join:2004-05-13
Prince George, BC
kudos:10 | I'm seriously considering paying the 10.00/mo for aol simply to be able to access the radio@aol using my Dlink dsm320 media center. I've been using the 6 month trial and it's freaking awesome.
You can use live 365.com with it for free but it's just not the same quality.
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Ah, news flash; free program which allows use of Aim, MSN, Yahoo, and several other chats, private chats, IM's, file send. Also, AOL radio w/XM is now free on aol.com. All the folks who continue to make up an excuse to stay with AOL, will stay no matter what choices people will show they have.
My sister, just finally get rid of AOL dialup, after this price rip-off. They now have Cox cable, and WIFI in the house. Best part, they can all finally use their individual PC at the same time. They finally go it and see the LIGHT.
I told them to make a second SN before they canx AOL, signup with AIM, and now they can stay in contact with their aol buddies, all without paying for silly dial-up with aol. |
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| said by Stop the bleeding :
Ah, news flash; free program which allows use of Aim, MSN, Yahoo, and several other chats, private chats, IM's, file send. Also, AOL radio w/XM is now free on aol.com. All the folks who continue to make up an excuse to stay with AOL, will stay no matter what choices people will show they have.
My sister, just finally get rid of AOL dialup, after this price rip-off. They now have Cox cable, and WIFI in the house. Best part, they can all finally use their individual PC at the same time. They finally go it and see the LIGHT.
I told them to make a second SN before they canx AOL, signup with AIM, and now they can stay in contact with their aol buddies, all without paying for silly dial-up with aol.
A second SN is ok, but why? I canceled AOL 5 years ago after the free year and billing screwup and 2 years later I found out my AIM name was still active and usable even after my AOL Dial Up account was long dead and cold.
P.S. I've also seen the light of Cable internet (RoadRunner) and will never go back. |
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