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« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2005, 02:24:33 PM » |
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lets join juno or netzero way cheaper than paying $23.00/month for aol
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« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2005, 03:41:03 PM » |
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or if sbc dsl is available for any of you, subscribe to it for only $19.95 for 1500 Kbps down/and around 350 Kbps up. which is cheaper than aol dialup already
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« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2005, 03:43:40 PM » |
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they are just a pile of S#!t anyway  good they are losing people |
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« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2005, 04:02:24 PM » |
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I hate thoes damn aol commericals, they make it seem that they're the only ones offering spam/virus blocker and that you have to get them. its so funny  and when you try to cancel the service they offer you 6 months free as a bribe, I know someone who got over a year of free service |
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« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2005, 09:55:40 AM » |
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AOL continues to loose subscribers because they suck. the charge you $10 extrax a month to use aol with your exsing broadband connection, and since most broadband connections cost $40-$50 a month its just way to much money. you can get verizon FIOS for $49.99 a month and get more speed then ever. and still use your AOL IM.
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« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2005, 10:00:54 AM » |
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lets join juno or netzero way cheaper than paying $23.00/month for aol
Or all you aol users could spend $7 more and get a broadband connection form one of the bell, companies. |
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« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2005, 12:47:17 PM » |
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I'm suprised they have lasted this long... Maybe they should have thought about broadband earlier than they did.... maybe they should have put less money in advertising and more money in quality of service...... MAYBE they shouldn have tried to sell people S#!t every time they tried to log into the internet "Would you like to buy a PRINTER today?" ---'ummmm, does it look like I'm tring to buy a printer... did I ask for a printer... I'm already paying you f*&^ers, can you let me at least sign in before bugging the f$@# our of me'  |
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« Reply #8 on: May 08, 2005, 01:04:23 PM » |
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the only reason that AOL keeps their customers is because it keeps them stupid about the internet and basically everything else having to do with a computer. AOL customers are likely afraid to switch ISP's because they feel they are so far outside the real internet bubble that they are afraid they will be shunned by the rest of the world
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« Reply #9 on: May 08, 2005, 01:18:02 PM » |
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Most of the people that aren't switching are older people that don't want go though the hassle of changing ISP's and E-mail addresses. As for everyone else I agree with FallowEarth, they're probably afraid to switch. Most other ISP's don't have their own software separate from a web browser.
Oh, how I miss the days of Prodigy Classic.
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« Reply #10 on: May 08, 2005, 06:10:44 PM » |
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the only reason that AOL keeps their customers is because it keeps them stupid about the internet and basically everything else having to do with a computer. AOL customers are likely afraid to switch ISP's because they feel they are so far outside the real internet bubble that they are afraid they will be shunned by the rest of the world
This is so true. My clan was addicted to AOL for years. My fault. Back in the mid 90s I was pushing my wife and kids to get online and use email. I was using the old compuserve (AOL ruined that!) back then and I got them an AOL account to make it easier for them. I dumped AOL in '02 for Verizon DSL and MSN. They all use MSN now. I don't think any of them use a straight browser to access the web. There was a whole generation raised on that AOL crap. MSN provides the security blanket, but does a better job. AOL is all about advertising, like CA3LE said above. They make most of their money thru Ads, so that's their main thrust. They NEVER have been about customer service. I've gotten into discussions about this with AOL emplyees here in Northern VA, and they stood by their company, insisting that AOL cares....well they lost their jobs because AOL didn't care enough about customer service to keep them. ***END OF RANT*** |
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« Reply #11 on: May 08, 2005, 08:57:49 PM » |
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A friend of mine just dumped AOL and asked me to get it off her computer, and I swear it's worse than any spyware to get completely rid of.
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« Reply #12 on: May 08, 2005, 09:05:54 PM » |
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welcome to the forum marc57  yup, thats the way AOL is, even putting the cd in your drive makes icons all over the place... |
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« Reply #13 on: May 08, 2005, 09:16:41 PM » |
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PHP Is right they put icons all over the place, even on AIM they put icons all over the place. Thats why i use trillian Pro 3
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« Reply #14 on: May 08, 2005, 09:20:44 PM » |
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PHP Is right they put icons all over the place, even on AIM they put icons all over the place. Thats why i use trillian Pro 3
same... i like trillian pro better than aim anyway... as a bonus, theres no ads or icons appearing all over  |
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« Reply #15 on: May 09, 2005, 01:43:08 AM » |
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welcome to the forum marc57 yup, thats the way AOL is, even putting the cd in your drive makes icons all over the place... Thanks for the welcome, Yeah it took me the better part of 3 hours to get completely rid of it,And of course the antivirus that came with AOL (McAfee) stopped working, so I had to get rid of it also. |
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« Reply #16 on: May 09, 2005, 03:18:50 AM » |
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Why would anyone want to get rid of AOL? It is the best! |
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« Reply #17 on: May 09, 2005, 05:35:03 AM » |
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Why would anyone want to get rid of AOL? It is the best! You're absolutely right peepnklown....great speeds, great service, awesome browsing and security software...i mean, what more could you ask for in an ISP?? LOL |
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« Reply #18 on: May 09, 2005, 05:59:09 AM » |
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You may also want to run a registry cleaner. When I ran one on one of my old computers (I forget the name of the program), there were literaly dozens of AOL entries in the registry.
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« Reply #19 on: May 09, 2005, 10:26:16 AM » |
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« Reply #21 on: November 02, 2005, 08:58:18 PM » |
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same... i like trillian pro better than aim anyway... as a bonus, theres no ads or icons appearing all over Trillian Pro owns. I love it. |
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