 RobIn Deo speramus, God Bless the USAPremium
join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
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Re: AOL? said by aaronwt:said by Rob:AOL, back in the day, wasn't that bad. AOL v. 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0 were great. Then 7.0-9.0 were terrible. Except they wanted you to install their software. Which is the main reason I would not use them. Why? The service was kick ass. The chatrooms, the instant messaging, the "keywords". It's a great program, and great service. The later versions of the program made it terrible, but in the early days AOL was king, and for a very good reason - the service was great.
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 aaronwtPremium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
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| said by Rob:said by aaronwt:said by Rob:AOL, back in the day, wasn't that bad. AOL v. 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0 were great. Then 7.0-9.0 were terrible. Except they wanted you to install their software. Which is the main reason I would not use them. Why? The service was kick ass. The chatrooms, the instant messaging, the "keywords". It's a great program, and great service. The later versions of the program made it terrible, but in the early days AOL was king, and for a very good reason - the service was great. Except I had great internet service without AOL for less. Although I only got online(not counting my Prodigy use in the early 90s) in 1995 with dialup and in 1997 moved to broadband and never looked back to dialup. |
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 VanPremium
join:2009-07-08
New Orleans, LA | reply to Rob
Agreed. Loved 3.0-5.0 used it all the time and was my basic introduction to the world of the internet socially and entertainment wise |
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| AOL should be defined as a Virus 3,4,and, 5 were great?...have you ever tried to remove them? That crap was everywhere in the registry. However AOL did one thing for me....it got me into the habit of wiping clean the hard drive of every pc I bought. Now I just build my own desktops, but I still wipe new laptops.
Someday after Armageddon around 2 million years from now, the future cavemen will still be digging up AOL discs!
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VanPremium
join:2009-07-08
New Orleans, LA | I honestly never did because I always used them.
When I left AOL and went with broadband, I got a new computer because my old one died
So no, I never had the removal issue |
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 morboComplete Your Transaction
join:2002-01-22
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Re: AOL? said by Rob: the service was great. it made the internet easy for people to jump into. a baby step. the walled garden, in that way, was helpful. |
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 FBGuyyippee ki yayPremium
join:2005-03-19
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Re: AOL should be defined as a Virus formatting your computer is one of those things i do every 6 months.. tends to freshen things up.
S_engineer is right though, if you don't want to deal w/ crapware just learn to build your desktop machines.
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | reply to Rob
Re: AOL? said by Rob:Why? The service was kick ass. The chatrooms, the instant messaging, the "keywords". It's a great program, and great service. The later versions of the program made it terrible, but in the early days AOL was king, and for a very good reason - the service was great. Never used AOL. But I remember when various companies advertised their keywords on TV, not their web address. I remember being angry some companies had keywords on AOL with NO HTTP website. If I did a Yahoo search for them I found a websites told you to goto the AOL keyword!!!!
AOL used to BE the internet!!! |
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said by Rob:said by aaronwt:said by Rob:AOL, back in the day, wasn't that bad. AOL v. 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0 were great. Then 7.0-9.0 were terrible. Except they wanted you to install their software. Which is the main reason I would not use them. Why? The service was kick ass. The chatrooms, the instant messaging, the "keywords". It's a great program, and great service. The later versions of the program made it terrible, but in the early days AOL was king, and for a very good reason - the service was great. Word up. Yes it did rule. When your the first chat room that works in town you rule. |
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said by Rob:said by aaronwt:said by Rob:AOL, back in the day, wasn't that bad. AOL v. 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0 were great. Then 7.0-9.0 were terrible. Except they wanted you to install their software. Which is the main reason I would not use them. Why? The service was kick ass. The chatrooms, the instant messaging, the "keywords". It's a great program, and great service. The later versions of the program made it terrible, but in the early days AOL was king, and for a very good reason - the service was great. There was NEVER ANYTHING GOOD about their service or their proprietary, crap software. In the early days, there were simply to many 'tards who didn't know and didn't want to know what they were doing. It was all a matter of hand holding. Not to mention, there wasn't 850,000,000 different dial up ISP's, at first.
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 OlegBellsouth FastaccessPremium
join:2003-12-08
Birmingham, AL
2 edits | said by cork1958:In the early days, there were simply to many 'tards who didn't know and didn't want to know what they were doing. It was all a matter of hand holding. Not to mention, there wasn't 850,000,000 different dial up ISP's, at first. There are still too many of those tards using AOL like it's the best thing ever made and people like this know crap about how to use a computer you have to come to their house and teach them how to send an e-mail or how to use MS Office. |
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aaronwtPremium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA Reviews:
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1 edit | WOW! I just looked on the AOL site. They charge between $10 a month and $26 a month for dial up. And the $26 a month gives you Mcafee and Up to $10,000 identity theft insurance coverage and
Up to $1,000 PC Hardware insurance coverage.
What a rip off!
Then they have backup, dial up access.
No thanks, I use a cellular broadband modem for backup and get 1 to 3mbs download speeds.
I'd rather have no service than even consider using dial up. Not that I have a modem in any of my desktops. I don't even think my laptops have a modem, well I think my oldest one might. |
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OlegBellsouth FastaccessPremium
join:2003-12-08
Birmingham, AL
1 edit | Yea that is a mess with AOL.I can get hardware insurance coverage from SquareTrade for up to 3 years for less than $20 as for Mcafee security suit they offer if i wanted it i could of gotten it for free from my ISP and dentity theft insurance coverage is not needed if you are careful.
Edit: Forgot to say if i needed Dial-Up ISP i could get it for $5.95 unlimited. |
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 Doctor FourMy other vehicle is a TARDISPremium
join:2000-09-05
Dallas, TX | reply to S_engineer
Re: AOL should be defined as a Virus AOL is what could be called Digital Kudzu.
This is an application which places small files in every nook and cranny of a computer's OS. Any attempt at removal leaves some bits and pieces behind, which then forever (barring a reformat) interfere with other processes or applications .
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KearnstdElf WizardPremium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to Oleg
Re: AOL? said by Oleg:said by cork1958:In the early days, there were simply to many 'tards who didn't know and didn't want to know what they were doing. It was all a matter of hand holding. Not to mention, there wasn't 850,000,000 different dial up ISP's, at first. There are still too many of those tards using AOL like it's the best thing ever made and people like this know crap about how to use a computer you have to come to their house and teach them how to send an e-mail or how to use MS Office. the thing is those people should never be allowed to touch a pop3 client to begin with. webmail is good enough for 90% of the users out there imo.
if i didnt use Thunderbird id almost wish residential service ISPs to get rid of pop3 and only use their webmail portals lol.
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OlegBellsouth FastaccessPremium
join:2003-12-08
Birmingham, AL | I know how to use a mail client,but for me Webmail will do. |
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