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AOL to Raise Dialup Prices

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the going-the-way-of-the-dodo dept.

United Bimmer writes "America Online has announced that it's going to raise the price on dialup users in an attempt to encourage them to upgrade to broadband. The new rates will near $26 a month, already drastically higher than the market norm for dialup access. This will bring the dialup prices to almost the exact same per month as broadband depending on your plan. However through this, they do still offer an unadvertised lower price for those who can't get or don't want broadband can request lower-priced plans, including an unadvertised offering of about $18 with a one-year commitment."

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  1. Ding! by darth_MALL · · Score: 5, Funny

    You've Got Inflation!

  2. Well that's nice of them. by andy753421 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Less AOL users and more boadband users.. how could it get any better?

    1. Re:Well that's nice of them. by phorm · · Score: 3, Funny

      Or the could use AOL broadband... which just makes them doubly scary (10x the bandwidth, 1/10 the brains!)

  3. Neat! by TheGhostOfDerrida · · Score: 5, Funny

    So now I can get dial-up for the same low price as broadband? Wait...

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  4. Re:I thought broadband was their enemy? by frodo+from+middle+ea · · Score: 3, Funny

    you haven't heard of kismet have you ?

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  5. I'm Worried... by Your+Anus · · Score: 5, Funny

    When I upgrade to broadband, and then cancel my service, will I continue to get billed for it anyway at the braodband rate or at the dial-up rate?

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    In the USA, we like stuff watered down, like beer, television, and freedom.
  6. Confession time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have a confession to make; I once tried the AOL free trial. The free trial wasn't woth the cost!

    1. Re:Confession time by seanvaandering · · Score: 4, Funny

      The free trial wasn't woth the cost!
      I'm also betting that you used to spell better?

  7. Re:I thought broadband was their enemy? by Andrew+Kismet · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do I know you?