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AOL To Be Free For Broadband Users?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the already-have-the-intertron-thanks dept.

mikesd81 writes "AOL may give away more services including its AOL.com accounts reserved for paying customers. They have a proposal under consideration which calls for Time Warner's online unit to stop charging subscription fees to users who have high-speed Internet access or even dial-up service from a rival provider. Under the plan the company would continue to charge the fees for those needing dial-up access through AOL. The AOL software also would allow subscribers to continue using instant messaging, Web journals and other services without having to download separate software or figure out Web-based options. That would ease the transition and encourage them to keep using AOL services, the person familiar with the matter said."

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  1. Yea, but... by Bakadan · · Score: 5, Funny

    then you'd have to use AOL.

    1. Re:Yea, but... by WCD_Thor · · Score: 3, Funny

      LOL! AOL is a burdon on society and needs to be shot in the head, or at least given the leathal injection (but I think if it went to a vote, a shot in the head would win in a landslide). I have no idea why anyone would ever consider using AOL. Only stupid idiots that are tricked by adds use AOL, or those poor bastards who's only option for internet service is AOL, those people need charity.

  2. If AOL were free . . . by cashman73 · · Score: 5, Funny

    . . . only newbies would use AOL. Oh, wait! ;-)

  3. Q: Does it still suck? by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 5, Funny

    A: Yes, but it sucks 10 times faster.

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  4. Re:Can someone tell me? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    me too!

  5. So? by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    I could get AIDS for free, too. That doesn't make it desirable.

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    1. Re:So? by Jesus+IS+the+Devil · · Score: 4, Funny

      You're on Slashdot. Your left hand can't give you AIDS. So, no... it won't be free for you.

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  6. Strings attached! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The AOL access may be free, but they are going to start charging for the install CDs.

  7. AOL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess too many people figured out AOL wasn't 'The Internet'?

    1. Re:AOL by cashman73 · · Score: 3, Funny
      I guess too many people figured out AOL wasn't 'The Internet'?

      Now I see what Dubya was talking about when he referred to, "The Internets," back in the 2004 campaign! There's the "normal internet" and the "AOL internet" ... two "Internets." ;-)

  8. How can I lose? by Kev_Stewart · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bang that crayon a little further up my nose, Moe. Woo hoo! AOL! How can I lose?

  9. Wasn't AOL always free ? by Sohil · · Score: 5, Funny

    I mean they never let you cancel. "Please try AOL free for 50 more days"

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  10. Re:It's tradition. by AndreiK · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm eagerly awaiting the point when their software passes 700MB, so they can start using 1GB usb keys.

  11. Re:Can someone tell me? by JustNiz · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe its just me but every time I see AOLers written down I confuse it with the word 'assholes'.

  12. Its STILL over-priced. by sizzzzlerz · · Score: 4, Funny

    So now what is AOL gonna do when one of these free accounts wants to cancel? Offer 6 months of double-secret free service?