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join:2002-12-23
Plano, IL | Die already!!! Do I need to say more? | |
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mrchris
Stop deleting my posts
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join:2002-10-01
North Babylon, NY | Re: Die already!!! 18 million? Didn't they have like 20 million last year? | |
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mrchris
Stop deleting my posts
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join:2002-10-01
North Babylon, NY | Re: Die already!!! Good riddance. | |
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artulo
Fish Hook Guy
join:2003-07-11
Madison, WI | Subcriber Counts I wonder how many of AOL's subscribers are those who actually use the dialup/broadband portion of their service versus the number who just have the ability to access the special AOL stuff? | |
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JTRockville
Data Ho
Premium,MVM
join:2002-01-28
Rockville, MD
clubs: | Who thinks bigger is better? I don't!
My provider is quite small, but very responsive. Suits me fine.
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Camelot One
Premium,MVM
join:2001-11-21
Austin, TX
clubs:
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| Re: Who thinks bigger is better? The best service I've ever had from a company was Tampa Bay DSL. I doubt they have more than a few thousand users, and I think that helps them pay attention to those they have.
The flip side would be the beast with 18 million customers.......
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oliphant
I Have 8 Boobies
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join:2004-11-26
Corona, CA | Re: Who thinks bigger is better? $450...they better be nice. I'm more hip to the $15-$30 be treated like crap plan myself. | |
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JTRockville
Data Ho
Premium,MVM
join:2002-01-28
Rockville, MD
clubs: | Yes, my provider now is MidAtlanticBroadband. I was very sad to see Air Net Link go, but MidAtlanticBroadband has been every bit as good. | |
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BillTager
join:2000-09-20
Charlotte, NC | Re: Do you realize.... It's also location.
AOL is available EVERYWHERE.
Comcast, SBC, and Verizon are regional providers.
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join:2002-01-28
El Paso, TX | ...have you every tried to quit AOL? You are on hold for hours sometime. Thats how they keep their numbers up...
Joe in El Paso | |
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Argies
@comcast.net
| Personally I think their email is far and away the best, not only spam filtering but just the interface. It's the main reason I use it.
Their content is good and so is there stock and money pages, but you can also get that from the aol.com site even if you aren't a member. Their IM is still the best imo, but you can use AIM of course. | |
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oliphant
I Have 8 Boobies
Premium
join:2004-11-26
Corona, CA | Re: AOL's Customer Retention Strategy Didn't they get fined by NY State over that stuff? | |
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khetting
join:2001-07-20
Columbus, OH | Cool My ISP is the third largest in the world. I hope AOL get's bought out some day and lose all their customers! | |
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oliphant
I Have 8 Boobies
Premium
join:2004-11-26
Corona, CA | Re: Cool Let them keep their DU subs...just that many less people on the services the rest of us use. | |
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bchris02
join:2006-05-25
| AOL and age I wonder if you broke it down by age demographics, how many of those AOL users would fall into the over 50 crowd.
Most older people I deal with choose AOL because either they don't know broadband exists or they heard of it but are afraid to try something new. | |
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timex18
join:2002-10-14
Davis, CA
 ·AT&T DSL Service
| Don't like AOL? Don't use them. Yes, it's popular to hate on AOL. I only keep them for my email address because I have had it for 12 years. The biggest plus is I don't get any spam. I average ~30 emails a day from different mailing lists, friends, etc and I maybe get 1 spam email every 2-3 months.
Compare that to some of my other email addys I keep and the amount of spam that gets through and it's worth the $15 a month for me. Unless you pay for their service, why do you care if AOL is still there?
I don't like comcast, but rather than call for their death, I don't buy their services. | |
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Jeffrey
Bye George, 1937-2008
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join:2002-12-24
Long Island
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| Re: Don't like AOL? Don't use them. said by timex18  :Yes, it's popular to hate on AOL. I only keep them for my email address because I have had it for 12 years. The biggest plus is I don't get any spam. I average ~30 emails a day from different mailing lists, friends, etc and I maybe get 1 spam email every 2-3 months. Compare that to some of my other email addys I keep and the amount of spam that gets through and it's worth the $15 a month for me. Unless you pay for their service, why do you care if AOL is still there? I don't like comcast, but rather than call for their death, I don't buy their services. Oh, I don't care if AOL is there. In fact, I'd like them to stay around, as any competition is good competition. Some of their exclusive content - music and so forth - was very good.
I'm just saying that the way the handle subscribers that want to leave is rather absurd. | |
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courtjester5
join:2002-06-17
Clementon, NJ
·Verizon Online DSL
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June 15th, @04:04PM
| Re: Don't like AOL? Don't use them. Surprise, surprise someone mentioned AOL and all the DIE AOL people got a new thread to ruin, why is it everytime someone mentions AOL that all these negative comments come out. So what if you dont like AOL, great no one is asking you too why turn every board that mentions AOL into a big bash session, GEESH.. its old already get over it! AOL had its day and some people still like it, I personally dont care for it now especially since all the premium stuff is now free. But why keep bashing them all the bashing in the world isnt going to kill them so get over it.. | |
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join:2003-12-05
Mesquite, TX | Re: Don't like AOL? Don't use them. It's wishful thinking combined with disgust with which I can also relate...though I understand how fruitless it is. | |
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Twc Mpl-E
@rr.com
| Its funny how noone likes to pay hommage to innovators like AOL,believe or not they are innovators and at one time,especially 12-13 years ago,if you were online,most likely you used AOL,and it was fine then.Typical spoiled brats,screaming Die AOL!.In the beginning,it was you're only way to access the web.Us americans have a really big problem turning on someone/or something we praised.If you don't like AOL,don't use it.Old people use it because they feel safer browsing,don't knock a company for making money off someone that uses their product Verizon does, TWC does. | |
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printscreen
join:2003-11-01
Juana Diaz, PR
| Re: Don't like AOL? Don't use them. 12-13 years ago there was Compuserve, Delphi, GEnie and by then many local ISPs were starting to spring around. There were already alternatives to be online. AOL was not the first to offer Internet access as part of their offerings neither was it the best in town. They only had better marketing (remember the ubiquitous AOL floppy disks and CDs?) and a user interface that was easier to use than the text-bases interface most online services were still stuck. They trully innovated in that sense. I was already online at the time and AOL has always been subject to bashing from AOL haters for different reasons. The first versions of their software incorporating Internet access were infamous for breaking your connectivity if you happened have use a regular ISP becuase it messed with the winsock configuration used by the other providers. | |
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vinnie97
join:2003-12-05
Mesquite, TX
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AnnaS8
join:2005-05-26
Annapolis, MD
| Bottom line... The reason AOL still has so many subs is that a good chunk of the US is still without consumer grade HSI. A lot of folks don't have access to anything but dial-up. They also like how it is a one stop shop to keep it simple. People who travel also like how they have national access numbers so they aren't on long distance to get online. They have the largest file transfer capacity, unlimited mail storage and so on. I am not saying that is the greatest. In places like where my Dad lives where you only have a choice of dial-up or dial-up it isn't all that bad. Now to the people that say that they could do Sat Internet...Get out of my face. That is such a waste of time. I have it at work so I know how god awful it is and I wouldn't give it to my worst enemy. | |
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T1 Rocky
join:2002-11-15
Dallas, TX
·tw telecom
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| Re: Bottom line... AOL makes it easy. That's why they are still around. You get a disk and you put it in and it automatically launches into your software. Plus they got in the market early and grabbed market share. They are your parents / grandparents ISP. But I don't think the younger generation embraces them as they are more technologically savy.
Personally, I'm rooting for them and Earthlink since I was an ISP guy and our whole industry was crushed by the ILECs and cable companies in their anticompetitive policies.
My prediction - the ILEC's will crush the cable companies for the next 4 years and buy them for pennies on the dollar in 2011. The worlds most popular search engine and website at that time will be Verizon.com with AT&T.com not far behind. Sprint and Qwest will have merged with AT&T and Verizon and there will essentially be 2 telecom companies. Google and yahoo will be purchased by the ILECs in 2010 and in order to get your website seen, your will have to pay ebay like fees to the ILECs. All of this will be allowed and go unnoticed by the general public because of the intense lobbying put forth by the ILECs.
None of this will be beneficial to the American public by the way. | |
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aliasrlz
Premium
join:2000-09-01
the world | AOL Who? People still use this service? I can't believe people still use AOL? Thanks unbelievable with Cable and local DSL available almost anywhere.....
Why? Why? ROFL!!!  | |
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Tinstre
@comcast.net | Re: AOL Who? People still use this service? They have alot of broadband users now too, don't get confused on dialup only. | |
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join:2006-05-25
| Re: AOL Who? People still use this service? I am in the sticks, and I'm so fortunate to be in a rural community right along Cox HSI's fiber connecting two populated areas that are like 40 miles apart, so they service my community. In all actuality, my area should be a dial-up only area and would be if it wasn't for that line.
Having high speed Internet is the only thing that keeps me sane out here where most people have never seen a computer. | |
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grandpinaple
join:2006-01-03
New York, NY | How many I think it is how many people that they are billing not how many actually use the service. | |
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ITALIAN926
join:2003-08-16
Stratford, CT
| and............ Keep in mind.. many of these AOL subscribers are on the "bring your own access" plan.
You can have AOL over your HSI provider.. You cannot have HSI over your AOL dialup. 
DEATH TO DIALUP ! | |
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Re: Who thinks bigger is better?
AOL's Customer Retention Strategy
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