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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.

  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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  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'?

  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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