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AOL Not Alone In Subscriber Decline

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the losing-ground-on-dial-up dept.

E-Rock-23 writes "Our registration-hungry friends at the New York Times are running this article with a few more details on the AOL Subscriber Decline, covered in a recent /. post. And it looks like they aren't alone, as Earthlink and MSN are experiencing similar troubles. The article cites a major reason being that users "are buying broadband services offered by cable and telephone companies." Looks like broadband is finally gaining some significant ground with home users..."

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  1. Not such great news? by PhysicsGenius · · Score: -1, Troll
    I have broadband and I love it. I can download my pr0n at speeds unheard of in the 18th century. I would sooner give up TV and cellphone (including all the girls' numbers I have recorded in there) than my DSL.

    Which is why I don't like this development one bit. More cable and DSL users == less bandwidth for me. There's only a certain amount of backboniness available for the customer base and I want as much as I can get. In fact, I've taken to telling people to stay on dialup because broadband is such a boondongle.

  2. Mean, but effective by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    While I don't enjoy the prospect of purposefully pulling the bull over someone's eyes, I have to say the prospect of my DSL going as slow as my 58k modem used to be is even less enjoyable.

  3. Re:Here's a thought -- less disposable income! by isa-kuruption · · Score: -1, Troll
    Let's not forget that the economy is in the crapper.


    Falicy. Truth is, the unemployment rate is only at 6% which is close to the average since World War II (average I believe in 5.8%)



    In fact, in 1997 when the jobless rate was at 4.8% (which is actually very good), the DJIA was at about 8100 points. That's not far off from what it was this morning as I looked at it (before market open, 8053).



    <warding off bush criticism>

    Oh... and don't blame George Bush on the decline. In 2000, when Bill Clinton was still president, the DJIA dropped nearly 2000 points. In the two years following, it has dropped another 2000 points. The single largest drop in the economy since the dotcom era occured under the final year of the Clinton presidency. While, in the two years following, it dropped a similar amount.


    </warding off bush criticism>