The possible end of AOL.
http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=2555314
Not sure if many of you heard it, but AOL is leaving the broadband company, with 9 southern states affected until Jan 17th. I'm kind of surprised AOL would "give up" so easily. Granted, I much more prefer paying $30/month for broadband than AOL's $54/month...but their $24/month dialup service is absolutely overkill. Netzero charges $10/mo and I paid $8/mo before switching to DSL.
My local news station reports that AOL will move into the travel business, meaning all of it's dialup customers will eventually be left out in the cold. I'm not disappointed, I first got AOL in 1994, and I still remember how AOL 1.5 looked like...which is just scary. The service was undependable and charging twice as much for the same service as other competitors were charging was a no no. I remember when Netzero was free, they had a unblockable ad that was always on as you were connected to the internet, but there were scripts around to remove that. Netzero initially became unlimited, then it came down to 40 hours a month before you were disconnected. I still used it over AOL, even though at the time my mother was paying the AOL bill. Now fast forward about 5-6 years.
I still like Netzero and hope their dial-up service stays, as $10/mo is $240 less a year that I'm paying for DSL. I doubt AIM service will be affected, it's probably too popular to take down, and it's pretty profitable considering how many people use it and how much advertisers are willing to pay to display the ads.
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Originally Posted by NewBlackMage
