Free AOL for broadband users

[helloedchen]

I suppose this is hot for people who still use AOL on broadband?

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- One of the worst kept secrets in the business world finally became official Wednesday: AOL is now going to offer many of its services for free to broadband customers.

The announcement was made as AOL's parent company, Time Warner, the world's largest media company, reported that it swung to a profit in the latest quarter. (Time Warner also owns CNNMoney.com.)
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Time Warner is going to give away many of its AOL services for free. But will that lead to a gain in sales and profits at AOL?
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AOL said the free products would begin to be available in September. The company also said that people who've left AOL during the past two years will also be able to get their old e-mail addresses back for free.

Finally, AOL, contrary to some market rumors, also said that it's decided to continue offering dial-up access (for a monthly fee) to existing dial-up subscribers.

Link to article - http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/02/news/companies/aol_reaction/index.htm
Link to Free AOL - http://free.aol.com/tryaolfree/thenewaol/

 

[sflahavin]

AOL would have to pay me to use their service, and my rates aren't cheap.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

i wouldnt use aol even if it came with free blowjobs

 

[helloedchen]

yes yes yes, AOL sucks, doodoo dada.

I find it's great for the parents or grandparents who are still on AOL, but are on broadband. That's one less monthly fee to pay now.

 

[bigboxes]

Haha... yeah, a friend of mine switched to broadband and was still paying an extra $10/month for AOL. I seriously told him to get a grip on reality and cancel that waste of space. There are other portals out there if you need them.

 

[blazerazor]

Originally posted by: bigboxes
Haha... yeah, a friend of mine switched to broadband and was still paying an extra $10/month for AOL. I seriously told him to get a grip on reality and cancel that waste of space. There are other portals out there if you need them.

I've try'd to explain that SO many times to [gf's family] and they just look at you with this dumb puzzled look like 'what'. It's like they dont even realize there is a I.E. browser, much less F.Fox or Opera (that is beyond comprension).
It's like they LIKE all that cheesy spam mail, send this to 10 ppl letters and all those viruses that they get at least every other month (it seems).

 

[EKKC]

i may finally be able to get rid of my aol website after telling them 40 times to delete it, now that i can log back on via AOL instead of AIM only, i can FTP in there and delete my website and post up another one saying "dont use AOL, even if it's free" website, bet you it will be taken down without me asking them to

 

[Tarpon6]

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
i wouldnt use aol even if it came with free blowjobs

I would.

 

[knightc2]

Originally posted by: Tarpon6

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
i wouldnt use aol even if it came with free blowjobs

I would.

I'm no fan of AOL but for that I could certainly change my mind. Hell yeah!

 

[Monotaur]

Originally posted by: EKKC
i may finally be able to get rid of my aol website after telling them 40 times to delete it, now that i can log back on via AOL instead of AIM only, i can FTP in there and delete my website and post up another one saying "dont use AOL, even if it's free" website, bet you it will be taken down without me asking them to

/Cue up audio of guy asking to have his AOL account cancelled...

 

[Cstefan]

Not even free... no.

 

[Xyclone]

How the FVCK can you think of this as a hot deal, OP?! :thumbsdown:

 

[UDT89]

Originally posted by: GideonX
yes yes yes, AOL sucks, doodoo dada.

I find it's great for the parents or grandparents who are still on AOL, but are on broadband. That's one less monthly fee to pay now.

agreed. my mom still uses aol and loves it. i think their customer base is my parents age and up.......granted i've had aol since 1996 and still use that email for certain things.

its a good deal regardless, b/c my mom would never get rid of it.

 

[Kenny0829]

Oh WoW.guess this means I have to get rid of Roadrunner, and go back to AOl
since they lowered their rates also



sorry, I've had too much to drink, Brain Fart

Think I'll just go buy some Ford stock instead

 

[helloedchen]

Originally posted by: Xyclone
How the FVCK can you think of this as a hot deal, OP?! :thumbsdown:

Originally posted by: UDT89

Originally posted by: GideonX
yes yes yes, AOL sucks, doodoo dada.

I find it's great for the parents or grandparents who are still on AOL, but are on broadband. That's one less monthly fee to pay now.

agreed. my mom still uses aol and loves it. i think their customer base is my parents age and up.......granted i've had aol since 1996 and still use that email for certain things.

its a good deal regardless, b/c my mom would never get rid of it.

That's how

 

[tamasrepus]

So, how do existing customers switch? The OP's link seems to be a sign-up for "new" customers.

My father still uses AOL for e-mail, and is paying $15/month for their Broadband access option. It'd be nice to get him switched off and save that $15/month.

 

[ELopes580]

I found out that if you sign on AOL, go to keyword "Change Plan", and it does it right there. Just click on free button.

 

[John]

Originally posted by: tamasrepus
So, how do existing customers switch? The OP's link seems to be a sign-up for "new" customers.

My father still uses AOL for e-mail, and is paying $15/month for their Broadband access option. It'd be nice to get him switched off and save that $15/month.

Call their 1-800 number and speak with a knowledgable CSR.

 

[RelaxTheMind]

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
i wouldnt use aol even if it came with free blowjobs

not sure about this one... i imagine a big box arriving at my door labled "1. Punch out hole 2. Place under computer desk."

 

[mumu9876]

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
i wouldnt use aol even if it came with free blowjobs

I don't know; blowjobs would be a pretty good incentive.

 

[Eeezee]

cooooooold

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
i wouldnt use aol even if it came with free blowjobs

I would.

 

[shoRunner]

about as hot as free a virus..

 

[buck]

Originally posted by: John

Originally posted by: tamasrepus
So, how do existing customers switch? The OP's link seems to be a sign-up for "new" customers.

My father still uses AOL for e-mail, and is paying $15/month for their Broadband access option. It'd be nice to get him switched off and save that $15/month.

Call their 1-800 number and speak with a knowledgable CSR.

NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

 

[joshw10]

I've thought about this and it would probably require AOL paying me $50 a month before I would install their software on my main PC.