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 oliphant5Got Identity?Premium
join:2003-05-24
Corona, CA
| reply to storm64007
Re: Bigger, stronger, -cough- faster said by storm64007:
YOU PAY FOR THE REALPASS...10 bucks a month. YOU PAY FOR CNN..ect. And you are totally wrong that you can get the AOL concerts, the filesharing, ect anywhere else on the web..YOU CANT.
[text was edited by author 2003-07-31 13:46:06]
Oh yeah, there is no filesharing outside AOL. Yep, Launch.com doesn't have music. Guess we all NEED AOL to get content.
And as far as realpass goes...that's my point. Realpass is worthless. Who needs to pay higher ISP rates just to see CNN.com's 2x2" video streams when you can get news from CNN TV or free from other online sources.
As a former AOL customer, I'm just not seeing anything special in AOL's content to warrant dealing with their crappy client, bad customer service and high ISP rates.
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| said by oliphant5:
said by storm64007:
YOU PAY FOR THE REALPASS...10 bucks a month. YOU PAY FOR CNN..ect. And you are totally wrong that you can get the AOL concerts, the filesharing, ect anywhere else on the web..YOU CANT.
[text was edited by author 2003-07-31 13:46:06]
Oh yeah, there is no filesharing outside AOL. Yep, Launch.com doesn't have music. Guess we all NEED AOL to get content.
And as far as realpass goes...that's my point. Realpass is worthless. Who needs to pay higher ISP rates just to see CNN.com's 2x2" video streams when you can get news from CNN TV or free from other online sources.
As a former AOL customer, I'm just not seeing anything special in AOL's content to warrant dealing with their crappy client, bad customer service and high ISP rates.
Realpass is worthless to you but not to the millions of people signed up for it and enjoy it. First off, not everyone can get CNN on tv and not everyone has cable TV in the world but do have a broadband connection. As for the streaming..it streams at 350-400k and looks great at full screen(not no 2x2 lil screen). You also get exclusive content that you might not like or need but others OBVIOUSLY want (realone has millions of subscribers) such as MLB games, NASCAR, 24 hour big brother feeds, ect. The same goes for AOL content..there are reasons why people enjoy the content and pay for it.. being able to watch cnn clips or full news at work on their comps, ect. Many, many different reasons..not everyone has your tastes or likes or access to your cable tv programs.
[text was edited by author 2003-07-31 14:37:25] | |
oliphant5Got Identity?Premium
join:2003-05-24
Corona, CA
| Yep...overpriced bloatware. And full screen? So what. I consider myself having a pretty pricy monitor with the 19" viewsonic DFP...now that is compared to a typical television. 19" isn't crap...even a large screen, say 21" what's the point. Concerts are about entertainment. You're going to get entertained by a 19" picture and computer speakers? If you are satisfied with spending extra money EVERY month for this type of stuff...more power to you...but I'd rather put that $10 toward a Netflix subscription or something that gets me way more "content" for my money.
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