AOL To Dump All Broadband Customers Within The Next Year...

[BlamoHammer]

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven
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AOL is telling its broadband customers in nine southern states to hit the road.

AOL broadband subscribers in Florida, Kentucky, Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina have until Jan. 17 to find another provider. If they don't, they'll get switched back to an AOL dial-up account.

Grandma's favorite ISP is expected to phase out all its broadband customers over the next year. "Want a better Internet?" Indeed, just not over AOL broadband, apparently.

I wonder if they are going to run a mindless commercial hyping this new feature?

 

[IEC]

I used AOL for about a year back in the late 90's. Too bad connections sucked and it was so bloated it wasn't funny... I'd get dropped every 20 minutes or so. Switched to Earthlink dial-up after that, quit that within a few months, used some various free ISPs for a while and then finally got cable internet. Haven't looked back since (except with intense dislike of dial-up)

 

[TreyRandom]

Originally posted by: mpitts

Originally posted by: TreyRandom

Originally posted by: J0hnny
I never understood the hatred for using AOL, I could pretty much do anything I need with AOL vs. any other ISP...

Yeah, anything except...
1) Using plain-old Dial-Up Networking rather than their bloated software
2) Dialing into a VPN
3) Using a third-party e-mail program to download messages locally, such as Outlook
4) Accessing Anandtech
5) Keeping your personal information private
6) Cancelling service immediately upon request without having to argue with three people or challenge unauthorized credit-card charges
7) Paying less than $23.90 for dial-up access

While I agree with the other items in your list, I have connected to a VPN through AOL in the last 6 months.

I stand corrected. Haven't tried to connect any AOL customers through VPN in forever. Most business customers know better nowadays.

 

[Apathetic]

I think I can safely speak for the rest of the net when I say "WHOOOOHOOO!!!!!".

Dave

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
AOL users don't deserve broadband...

I could not have said it better myself!

 

[dquan97]

time for me to sell my shares in AOL