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1 posted on 11/21/2009 8:22:46 PM PST by bruinbirdman
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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.


2 posted on 11/21/2009 8:30:09 PM PST by FlyVet
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Good riddance .
I am looking forward to seeing the unemployed hard core leftists that formerly worked at AOL News ( aka Obaam AOL News ) !


3 posted on 11/21/2009 8:30:24 PM PST by ncalburt (San Fran Nan , Your Harvey Milk was gunned down by a fellow Dem-RAT)
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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!


10 posted on 11/21/2009 8:46:00 PM PST by Harpo Speaks (Honk! Honk! Honk! Either it's foggy out, or make that a dozen hard boiled eggs.)
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bump


18 posted on 11/21/2009 8:54:57 PM PST by Ghengis
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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.


19 posted on 11/21/2009 8:56:59 PM PST by doc1019 (Obama, not so much.)
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It wasn’t the worst deal in history if you owned AOL stock!


21 posted on 11/21/2009 9:01:01 PM PST by Fractal Trader
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26 posted on 11/21/2009 9:23:21 PM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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"As one of the top bankers who worked on the deal told me, trying to merge AOL with Time Warner was 'like trying to mate a horse with a dog'."

They're talking about your friends on this thread.

39 posted on 11/22/2009 5:29:26 AM PST by Zakeet (Libtards are like a wet saddle -- both tend to chap your a$$)
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