netmasta Posted May 7, 2005 CID Share Posted May 7, 2005 America Online lost another 549,000 subscribers last quarter and saw overall revenue decline, despite a gain in advertising sales. http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2005/05/02/daily20.html Only 21.7 million to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull481 Posted May 7, 2005 CID Share Posted May 7, 2005 lets join juno or netzero way cheaper than paying $23.00/month for aol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhiscus Posted May 7, 2005 CID Share Posted May 7, 2005 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just- Posted May 7, 2005 CID Share Posted May 7, 2005 they are just a pile of shit anyway good they are losing people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristan9669 Posted May 7, 2005 CID Share Posted May 7, 2005 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted May 8, 2005 CID Share Posted May 8, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted May 8, 2005 CID Share Posted May 8, 2005 lets join juno or netzero way cheaper than paying $23.00/month for aol Or all you aol users could spend $7 more and get a broadband connection form one of the bell, companies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA3LE Posted May 8, 2005 CID Share Posted May 8, 2005 I'm suprised they have lasted this long... Maybe they should have thought about broadband earlier than they did.... maybe they should have put less money in advertising and more money in quality of service...... MAYBE they shouldn have tried to sell people shit every time they tried to log into the internet "Would you like to buy a PRINTER today?" ---'ummmm, does it look like I'm tring to buy a printer... did I ask for a printer... I'm already paying you f*&^ers, can you let me at least sign in before bugging the f$@# our of me' :evil6: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted May 8, 2005 CID Share Posted May 8, 2005 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted May 8, 2005 Author CID Share Posted May 8, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwt1953 Posted May 9, 2005 CID Share Posted May 9, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc57 Posted May 9, 2005 CID Share Posted May 9, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted May 9, 2005 CID Share Posted May 9, 2005 welcome to the forum marc57 yup, thats the way AOL is, even putting the cd in your drive makes icons all over the place... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted May 9, 2005 CID Share Posted May 9, 2005 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted May 9, 2005 CID Share Posted May 9, 2005 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc57 Posted May 9, 2005 CID Share Posted May 9, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepnklown Posted May 9, 2005 CID Share Posted May 9, 2005 Why would anyone want to get rid of AOL? It is the best! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted May 9, 2005 CID Share Posted May 9, 2005 Why would anyone want to get rid of AOL? It is the best! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted May 9, 2005 Author CID Share Posted May 9, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted May 9, 2005 CID Share Posted May 9, 2005 ptthhbt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted May 10, 2005 CID Share Posted May 10, 2005 Why would anyone want to get rid of AOL? It is the best! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersteven Posted November 3, 2005 CID Share Posted November 3, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostmaster Posted November 3, 2005 CID Share Posted November 3, 2005 PPPPPFFFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTTTTTT... man I just farted and thought I smelled AOL.... then i saw this thread.......funny...seems like you pay AOL to advertise to you.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbaker397 Posted November 3, 2005 CID Share Posted November 3, 2005 Thread Resurrection! But i totally agree, i used AOL for years, so did my family and what not. But then we dropped it for Wal Mart connect which was only 10 bucks a month for unlimited dial up usage and it was perfect for my dad who traveled a whole hell of a lot back then. Then came Satellite which is a pain in my d*ck to get to work with AOL then cable and NO aol.... been smooth ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MttFrog13 Posted November 3, 2005 CID Share Posted November 3, 2005 my uncle wont switch from aol because then u cant do parental controls easy, cus he has a lot of kids, and even my dad still uses aol because of his businesses e-mail, so we actually have aol and dsl right now, which is a complete waste of money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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