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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?

  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. 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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  5. People can't let go of AOL by hirschma · · Score: 5, Interesting

    AOL is actually being pretty crafty about this.

    They know that there's a huge number of subscribers that are scared shitless about leaving the warm embrace of AOL, and they just won't leave. They figure that some folks will upgrade to AOL broadband, and AOL makes more money on this folks. Others will pay double, even triple for phone dial-up. Just to not lose that wonderful interface. They'll even suffer pain, case in point:

    I'm seeing this girl that's just scared to death of computers. AOL auto updated to the new version, and just totally screwed her computer in the process. This is not enough to get her to quit AOL. I fix her computer, requiring a complete OS reinstall, and set it to an older less toxic version... her stupid brother pops in an AOL 9.0 CD to upgrade it. It upgrades to 9.0, and then the cheap ass CD shatters from the high rotation rate of her 56x CD-ROM drive immediately post-install - totally destroys it. Then the software again does a number on her computer... and she still will not quit AOL.

    Hell, AOL is now learning what drug dealers have know for a while, and are going to make bucks on it.

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

    Do I know you?