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kudos:5 |  RE: Why Is Eric Schmidt Stepping Down at Google
This link elaborates on the New Yorker article:
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kudos:2 | Re: RE: Why Is Eric Schmidt Stepping Down at Google With Schmidt filing yesterday to start selling off some of his GOOG shares (even if it's a small portion), things begin to get interesting. It'll be interesting to see if he has any more filings in the relatively near future. If so, it could signal is lack of confidence in Page as the new CEO. | |
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Glen Carbon, IL | AOL's "Dirty Little Secret" Doesn't AOL have a BYOB (Bring your own broadband) option that costs less? It would be useful for anyone who wants to access AOL specific content, for whatever reason (though I can't imagine what that reason would be). | |
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Miami, FL | Re: AOL's "Dirty Little Secret" They have a BYOB that costs zero. There is no reason to pay AOL unless you are still on dialup and they are your isp. | |
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Glen Carbon, IL | Re: AOL's "Dirty Little Secret" said by Zoder:They have a BYOB that costs zero. There is no reason to pay AOL unless you are still on dialup and they are your isp.
They gave up the pay-for-access walled-garden concept they once had? For a long time they used to have content that was AOL specific, and could only be accessed via their proprietary AOL software (remember those floppy disks and CDs?). So when did that change?
I thought there was still some specific special content that was subscriber only. I also think I remember a BYOB option that did cost extra money and AOL was basically a pay-site.
I remember back when those CDs were everywhere. I bet sundries manufacturers saw their drink coaster sales drop during that time. | |
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join:2001-08-11
Warwick, RI
kudos:8 | Re: AOL's "Dirty Little Secret" Chat groups through the application are not the same as what's available through a regular browser to aol.com
Also, even if you do have BYOB, if you do use the application and you have a question about its use, there is no one you can call about it. Some folks may pay the fee to maintain the phone support.
My friend Raymond is 90, and knows how to use the AOL application. At least I took him off the dial-up subscription plan. He now gets internet from my FiOS connection, through a focused beamed wireless connection across 300 feet of mostly open field.
I've been trying to get him off a slow Windows/Celeron platform, but he's really not ready for Ubuntu. Yet.
I have a lot of respect for him just being on the computer. It ain't easy when you're 90. | |
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join:2002-04-16
Miami, FL | It's been awhile. Since 2006 I believe. They still offer a pay BYOB but that only gets you human techincal support and the ability to download their branded McAfee security software. | |
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Naples, FL
kudos:1 | Re: AOL said by brianiscool:They should at least let the customer know they have not used their dial-up server for x amount of months. They are just milking the remaining customer's which is really sad.
Why would they do such a thing? | |
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I'm not sure what is sadder: AOL 'milking' dumb customers of money or dumb customers not realizing they can dump AOL to save money. | |
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Canyon Country, CA | Western Electric Phones Did Not Wear Out They were literally built like tanks. | |
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join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | Re: Motorola rolling out iPad competitor on Verizon competition is always a good thing. It appears to have good stats and well from my experience with Verizon here in the Delaware Valley its on a good network.
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Actually AT&T and the local exchange carriers treated their customers worse than AOL when subscribers were allow to own their telephones in 1982. In many states the local exchange carrier continued to charge customers to rent their inside wire and AT&T rented telephone sets at outrageous prices. Most customers did not know how to return their telephones or had the skill to convert their hard wired terminals to modular connectors. In some cases customers discarded their AT&T telephones rather then returning them for credit because they did not know they were renting them and continue to pay for them. When they tried to move they received a notice to return their telephones or pay outrageous prices for the worn out telephones. 
