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how is it AOL is even in business?
why haven't their servers been carpet bombed yet?
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@KingPsyz here for HappyFunKingPsyz©: AOL realized that on-line services like theirs were doomed to the trash heap of 1990's technology a while ago. They've spent the last decade buying into other technologies like advertising (hence the AOL/Time Warner deal). They now own a number of advertising companies so you can do one-stop advertising campaigns that cover print media, web, mobile devices, etc. They claim to run the largest advertising network in the US and one of the largest in the UK. See [www.platform-a.com] for all the gory details.
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@KingPsyz here for HappyFunKingPsyz©:
In truth, the writing is on the wall for companies like AOL and NetZero. AIM is still relatively popular, if not as much as it was 10 years ago, but I'm afraid NetZero doesn't have much of a leg to stand on anymore once the last few stragglers finally join the rest of the world and embrace broadband.
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@WraithSama: Ya I havent used dial up since high school like 9th and 10th grade... ive been out of high school for 2 or so years now...
Its sad that people are still using it. I mean, you can get a two year agreement or one year agreement with verizon DSL and get a DSL Modem free to keep, and pay exactly what you are paying for crappy dial up but have respectable speeds and not have to clog up your phone wile your on the net... or even worry about taking up your internet minutes (as I remember AOL had plans where you would have limited speeds on the net, which was already to slow). its really foolish not to get DSL and keep paying AOL. You save money, save time, and save the frustration of dealing with the jerkoffs at AOL. On top of that, the internet has changed since 2000 (when dialup was acceptable), there are more and more implementation of flash in webpages which demand a decent computer and broadband, and of course larger and larger downloads for updates to keep safe on the net. People who use dialup are not likely to update their machines due to large update sizes...
The choice is clear, your a fool to keep using this outdated service...
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@SegamanXero: ...or you have no other choice. I live in a major metro area (Boston) and haver had DSL or faster since the late '90's and would never go back to dialup.
My sister-in-law lives in rural central Maine and has no other option than a dialup service. No broadband, no DSL, not enough need to pay for a satellite dish-based service. Until there are better options, she either has dialup or doesn't have internet access.
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once JUST once, i wish a CSR would just say \"yeah this is messed up\" instead of playing stupid.
@RB_Bhoy: Unfortunately, some of them are not playing.
@RB_Bhoy: unfortunately they would only be able to say it once. Then they would be fired. It's not the CSR's fault it's the idiots who don't give them any power's fault.