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bobbdobbs
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:10 pm
Posts: 5490
Location: just behind you!
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After 14 years of having an aol account I have finally got around to cancelling it
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am
Posts: 12700
Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Never had any desire to join AOL back in the day. Mainly because of all the crapware you had to install on your PC to use them.
I assume that changed when ADSL came along though. I've stuck with Force9 (or the companies that bought them out) since I first got on the internet in 1997.
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james016
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 5:52 pm
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When I started working a number of my clients had AOL. Their software took forever to load. We gradually moved them away to other ISPs.
One company had Compuserve accounts. Got rid of them too.
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brataccas
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:14 pm
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Location: Scotland
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AOL is a masonic company, if you look at their logo its the all seeing eye with pyramid  coincidence I think not  _________________
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm
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I was never with AOL either, I had a connection to the real Internet.
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bobbdobbs
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:10 pm
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Location: just behind you!
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I was originally with compuserve (1995-1998) before I switched to Aol. _________________Finally joined Flickr
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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:04 am
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Location: London
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I think you're assuming AOL could just be used as as ISP. You didn't have to have AOL as an ISP to be able to use other facikities and you don't need their software to access the facilities. I still use my AOL email address which I can retain for free for the rest of my life as all my IT contacts know it so it will be essential if I need to look for another job.
I haven't used AOL as an ISP for about 9 years.
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm
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I recall when we had the internet enabled at our house. We bought a modem and we used an AOL CD with 30-days trial to go on the internet. We were with them for a year or two before we moved to freeserve.
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
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Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Isn't that a US bank note?
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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm
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I remember Freeserve being pretty good  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am
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Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Anyone else remember the sound of a modem dialing up?
I used to be able to tell by the noise pattern whether or not the connection was successful before the notification popped up in Windows.
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brataccas
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:14 pm
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Location: Scotland
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what have you been drinking?  _________________
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pcernie
Legend
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It reminded me a bit of a Spectrum loading _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:26 pm
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That's cos they're basically doing the same thing, you'd have thought.
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pcernie
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Nah, the Spectrum was much faster. _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/
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