Could this be the beginning of the end for AOL? Their numbers have been declining quarter after quarter. They only have 5.4 million subscribers left, down from 7.5 million subscribers last year.
If they continue to shed 2 million subscribers a year and layoff significant numbers of workers, it won't be long before they disappear entirely. -- -Jason Levine Support a children's charity. Buy a calendar and/or a photo book.Shooting For A Cause
reply to Jason Levine While that's off 80% from it's highest number of subscribers, what is scary that it's still the 5th largest ISP.
Doubt they shed 2 million per year. 2.1 mil from 7.5 is 28%. So looking at it that way if they continue to shed 28% per year in 5 years they'll still have 1 million subscribers.
reply to Jason Levine They are going to die. It's inevitable with how long they always wanted to stick to dialup customers which is causing them to die. Just die already please. No one likes AOL (America Offline) anyway.
Just a matter of time. I say next year is their time. I just don't get how they are not filling for bankruptcy with how bad they are doing and getting worse. -- The Internet is about to go down....it is actually.
Q2 2003: 25.3 million Q2 2004: 23.4 million (down 1.9 million) Q2 2005: 20.8 million (down 2.6 million) Q2 2006: 17.7 million (down 3.1 million) Q2 2007: 10.9 million (down 6.8 million) Q2 2008: 8.1 million (down 2.8 million) Q2 2009: 5.8 million (down 2.3 million)
So AOL's been losing 2 million or more members per year since 2004. (I think 1.9 million's close enough to count.) They are actually averaging 3.25 million members lost per year over the past 6 years. At that rate, they have less than 2 years left. -- -Jason Levine Support a children's charity. Buy a calendar and/or a photo book.Shooting For A Cause
