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AOL to Launch Discount "Netscape" Internet Service

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the nothing-left-but-brand-recognition dept.

BigJimSlade writes "AOL is planning to launch a discounted internet service. The service will have less of the 'extras' that AOL users are used to, but will only cost $9.95 a month. In a move to cash-in on name recognition, AOL will be naming this service 'Netscape'."

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  1. Re:Bells + Whistles = Bad by grasshoppa · · Score: 0, Troll

    This marks the first time I have EVER considered AOL as a potential ISP.

    Feel free to go stick your head in the oven, it amounts to the same thing.

    When all you want is a basic connection, AOL used to be the absolute worst way to go. This new option may be more suitable to advanced users.

    I've got 5 bucks that say AOL still messes this up. Seriously, an advanced users would shutter at the thought of using aol-anything. Hell, MY MOTHER shutters at the thought, and we are talking about a woman who uses a 6 year old mac with a 28.8k dialup.

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  2. WTF? WTF? by butane_bob2003 · · Score: 0, Troll

    They charge $23 per month for dialup and some crappy TCL apps? For fucks sake. You'd think it was 1997. With all the "25000 hours Free AOL!" littering the gutters, you'd think everyone in the civilized world could get as much free dialup time as they can stand. Now they're whoring the Netscape name. Unabashed, shamless moneygrubbers.
    1. Profit!! :)
    2. Don't profit. :(
    3. Call it Netscape!!
    4. Profit again!! :)

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