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AOL To Be Free For Broadband Users?
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."
then you'd have to use AOL.
. . . only newbies would use AOL. Oh, wait! ;-)
A: Yes, but it sucks 10 times faster.
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I could get AIDS for free, too. That doesn't make it desirable.
Trolling is a art,
The AOL access may be free, but they are going to start charging for the install CDs.
I guess too many people figured out AOL wasn't 'The Internet'?
My mother (in spite of my protestations) has used AOL for years.
She's stopping now though, because even though she pays a high monthly subscription, she gets bombarded with adverts from AOL, even while their addware and spyware 'zapper' is running.
There are even usually two adverts on the logoff screen.
I can't beleive it, but they've actually managed to suck more.
Bang that crayon a little further up my nose, Moe. Woo hoo! AOL! How can I lose?
I mean they never let you cancel. "Please try AOL free for 50 more days"
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I'm eagerly awaiting the point when their software passes 700MB, so they can start using 1GB usb keys.
What is the point of AOL?
Those who have been saying for years that AOL content adds no value to what can be had in the wilds of the internet now have proof: Time-Warner will stop charging for AOL content.
What a long, embarrassing fall for the online company whose stock was once so valuable that it could buy a major cable company!
"We reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals." --The American President (20.1.2009)
Got me. AOL is one of those things that, even free, still isn't worth it.
At one point, my company had a "strategic business partnership" with AOL to provide personal Internet service for its employees. Everyone got free AOL accounts for a year. Most of the IT group didn't use them, we knew better. The people I know who did had nothing but trouble, and I don't know anyone who renewed their subscription when the free year ran out. The company didn't do it again. I think that the plan got nixed when all the employess started calling our help desk asking why their Internet at home wasn't working.
Oh well, lesson learned, I suppose.
So now what is AOL gonna do when one of these free accounts wants to cancel? Offer 6 months of double-secret free service?