Posted on 11/21/2009 8:22:46 PM PST by bruinbirdman
I remember when AOL was charging 24.95/month for dialup when all the upstarts were charging 10.00/month, and the cheap service was just as fast and reliable, in my experience.
Good riddance .
I am looking forward to seeing the unemployed hard core leftists that formerly worked at AOL News ( aka Obaam AOL News ) !
AOL still charges $24.95 a month for dialup.
AOL was one of the shiite=itist companies every invented. I can remember being on the phone with AOL customer service about their crummy service and got a call on my other line from their sales about getting an account. I quite literally put them together on a conference to explain to me how they could be signing up more clients in my area when the servers were completely overloaded.
I have a couple of clients that have AOL.
They won’t leave due to fear and stupidity - and they believe they need to keep their AOL email address... which is probably going away soon anyway.
I’ve never used AOL, even back in the late 1990s when they were popular. I always used a local dial-up.
i once decided to keep every AOL promotional sign-up CD that came my way; through the mail, at computer store check-outs, at booths, etc. I never passed an opportunity. Before I tossed them, I had close to 50. Them things was ubiquitous!
It is amazing, isn't it? Few things in life say "I'm just stupid" more than "@aol.com". With the notable exception, of course, of "I'm a Democrat".
Every company was better than AOL for connecting to the internet.
I predicted that this merger would suck and I was proven right within 2 years. Its been dragging on since then.
I got at least six months free out of them. They used to give out those free trial months all the time. Once, when I called to cancel, they gave me several months’ free extension. They must have been desperate for customers. All the wildcat providers were undercutting them big time.
My father had to cancel his credit card to keep them from continuing to charge him. After 6 months, that seemed to be the easiest option.
Back in ancient times, we used to ban *!*@*.aol.com from IRC channels and servers to cut down on visitors from the Army Of Lamers.
I know I'm dating myself, but I used to collect the AOL 3-1/2" disks, unlock them, and use them to record my own files. Saved me $.50 to $1.00 each!
We'll talk about the Radio Shack audio cassettes I first used on my RS Model 1 in another thread... LOL!
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They started out as Quantum Link (?), designed for the Commodore Computer. They then split into several components Commodore, Apple and PC. Eventually they merged into a common link for all computers as an access to the Internet. Our first and, at the time, our only access to the Internet. Then they got greedy, the rest is history.
Yes, but if you have a pre-existing plan it’s still $24.95.
There are still people out there with AOL accounts paying $49.95 a month.
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