| AOL Broadband will never succeed! The don't own the lines for DSL. AOL doesn't own any phone lines. To get their service on the DSL's they have to pay something to someone. There at the mercy of other companies. I agree with one post earlier, if they were really wanting to get into broadband, they should've purchased a baby bell somewhere instead of TimeWarner. Granted they bought some cable outlets, but they bought a cable company with a better/cheaper product. Why would someone switch from RR to AOHell?
No reason, RR is cheaper and a better product.
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They can put a man on the moon, but I can't get two-way adelphia cable internet service |
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| They don't don't own any of their POP's either. And that never hurt their dial-up business. AOL's path to riches was an easy, simple way to setup an inet connection, that and chat. Then efficiency of scale kicked in, and the more customers they got the better the price they could get from their wholesalers. Owning the lines isn't their problem. It's poor management. Their business model just doesn't work in a broadband world. Why do you need an easy way to setup your inet or to dialup when you do it once and you're always online? |
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They don't don't own any of their POP's either.
Some national ISP's don't own anything. They are really marketing companies that resell others' product (like Earthlink). Their dialup POP's are owned by companies like Worldcom and Level3. |
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 mrchrisOut and aroundPremium
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North Babylon, NY
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What's the average speed for an AOLBB user? I used speedguide.net's TCP Optimizer and I'm like at least 3000/1000 on my OOL connection. And my dad pays around $50 each for 2 lines in the house
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The dont own the lines ? get a life the own roadrunner anyway! Don't drink 'n post. |
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