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storm64007
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join:2001-05-21
Freeport, NY


Free good broadband content..uhmm where?

Uhmm..where is the better broadband content that i can get for free? Can you get CNN streaming news without paying for a pass? Where else can you watch daily concerts streaming at 400K? MLB live?
ECT ECT..tell me where i can get all this for free. I really would like to know.
If you want that broadband content you PAY for it.
This article was written by a brainless twit.

[text was edited by author 2003-05-09 13:22:01]


Minister

join:2002-01-02
Fleeting


Oh. Insults when you don't agree. The sure sign of advanced intelligence.

Don't see where it says free anywhere in there, firstly.

Second:

You can get music and entire films free via peer to peer music services.

You can get MLB content packages straight from MLB.com.

YOu can pay for a wide variety of news services from a ton of content providers like Reuters now.

You can get Quicktime movie trailers at Apple's website for free.

Via Google you can find any information you need, 24/7.

RealPlayer, Yahoo, Microsoft....they all offer the same redundant $hit, and most of it's garbage.

There has ALWAYS been this Bull$shit PR spin out of the mouths of AOL marketing execs that they offer this exclusive experience....which is nonsense, and they're trying to pass the same idea off AGAIN on a matured market that KNOWS BETTER (at least most of us do).

So tell me. What exactly, for 55 dollars a month or $14.95 (plus the cost of your original connection which is probably at least 40$, nearing sixty bucks a month + itemized fees for their voicemail and many other services which don't get included in the monthly cost) are you getting that you can't get for free, or from fifty other providers for probably less money?

If a live 400kbps streaming 30 minute copy of several Foo Fighters songs really impresses you that much, you must be a very happy fellow.
[text was edited by author 2003-05-09 13:32:25]


storm64007
Premium
join:2001-05-21
Freeport, NY


YES..you pay for all that. Add it up buddy.
Quicktime trailors..lol..dont make me laugh.
As for foo fighters..it was a live two hour concert. I love people who comment on something they never seen or experienced. Sort of like religous right wing nuts protesting a movie they never seen. If you want good broadband content..YOU PAY FOR IT.
Downloading movies???..what the hell does stealing copywrited material have to do with an isp that provides broadband streams to watch hassle free.

[text was edited by author 2003-05-09 13:42:20]


Minister

join:2002-01-02
Fleeting

It's spelled "trailers" champ.

And the truth is very little of what they offer can't be found elsewhere either for fee and for free. It's INSANE to pay them $55, or 15 bucks a month on top of what you're already paying for your broadband connection, and quite frankly, anyone who's doing so is...to be polite...a tool and easily sold to.


storm64007
Premium
join:2001-05-21
Freeport, NY

said by Minister See Profile:
It's spelled "trailers" champ.

And the truth is very little of what they offer can't be found elsewhere either for fee and for free. It's INSANE to pay them $55, or 15 bucks a month on top of what you're already paying for your broadband connection, and quite frankly, anyone who's doing so is...to be polite...a tool and easily sold to.
LOL you have no idea what your talking about. OOOOHHHH. I AM A REAL INTERNET SURFING NERD WEEEEEEEEEE..wheres my pocket protector..i hate aol becouse its not the real internet or bradband.
LOL..WHAT A JOKE


Minister

join:2002-01-02
Fleeting
Err...yeah. A joke at least one of us won't ever get.


storm64007
Premium
join:2001-05-21
Freeport, NY

said by Minister See Profile:
Err...yeah. A joke at least one of us won't ever get.
The joke is this brainless article.


Minister

join:2002-01-02
Fleeting


I know it must suck that your Mom only lets you have AOL broadband or some other crappy ISP like a low speed telco. But when you grow up you'll be able to choose like the rest of us! So don't feel sad, and don't take out your teenage angst on an article that paints AOL for what it is. Behind the times and too expensive for what they provide.
[text was edited by author 2003-05-09 14:07:13]


storm64007
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join:2001-05-21
Freeport, NY


said by Minister See Profile:
I know it must suck that your Mom only lets you have AOL broadband or some other crappy ISP like a low speed telco. But when you grow up you'll be able to choose like the rest of us! So don't feel sad, and don't take out your teenage angst on an article that paints AOL for what it is. Behind the times and too expensive for what they provide.
[text was edited by author 2003-05-09 14:07:13]

HAHA! What a joke. You havent a clue

twiz20
Rip- You World

join:2002-04-09
DFDubb

oops I walked into a strange neighborhood take me back. .
[text was edited by author 2003-05-09 16:23:43]

xrobertcmx
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join:2001-06-18
Sterling, VA
clubs:
·Verizon FIOS
·Comcast

reply to storm64007
Alright highspeed, I had AOL early on I am ashamed to say. But still having family that does, and one who has AOL broadband all I can say is that I think it is a waste of money.
So you can stream CNN, I have Direct TV.
Free live Concerts? Ok, can probably find that if I wanted to watch the Foo Fighters, but then they aren't free, you pay $55 month or close to it.
All of AOL's resources and the funky software that takes how many tries to finally turn off? Don't want it.
But this is my opinion. And I'm not a computer geek, and I have people skills:)
I like my Verizon dsl line (most of the time) and my price now being 34.95 soon to drop another $5, no contract, own the equipment.
I like launching Mozilla and going where I want, and when I'm done clicking the X and watching it close and not needing another 3 tries before shutting down.


one_bored_si

join:2003-03-10
Montebello, CA
·AT&T Yahoo

so so true..I remember the days when i logged on to A(L)OL with a 9600 baud modem. With all the crap that will come down that "revolutionary" broadband they offer, it will seem like your using a 9600bps modem. LOL, ur N idiot to pay for AOL.


morbo
Complete Your Transaction

join:2002-01-22
00000
clubs:
·Charter Pipeline
·AT&T Southwest

reply to xrobertcmx
said by xrobertcmx See Profile:
And I'm not a computer geek, and I have people skills:)
sure, we believe ya. anyone that has to say that is obviously the world's biggest computer geek.

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Hayward
K A R - 1 2 0 C
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join:2000-07-13
Key West, FL

reply to storm64007
said by storm64007 See Profile:
YES..you pay for all that. Add it up buddy.
As for foo fighters..it was a live two hour concert. I love people who comment on something they never seen or experienced.

But you assume it is all of interest... who gives a about rats whatever about Foo'd Up Fighters.

If I want to see CNN I turn on the TV

It's still all AOhelL marketing crap... they care nada about providing anthing, except as a means to MARKET YOU to partners. AOL wouldn't even offer a WWW connection if they did HAVE too, to have any customers. Their prime goal is to have your demographics all to themselves to sell you to the highest bidder, and charge you top dollar for the disservice to boot.

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»haywardm.com (Hayward's Key West)

xrobertcmx
Premium
join:2001-06-18
Sterling, VA
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reply to morbo
Appreciate the compliment:) I'm working on it.
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