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Acmlm's Board - I3 Archive - General Chat - Clunky AOL Software (1991-2006) | New poll | | |
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drjayphd Torosu OW! BURNY! Since: 11-18-05 From: CT Last post: 6433 days Last view: 6431 days |
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AOL giving it all away
Anyone feel like taking bets on how well this will work? From a cost-cutting viewpoint, probably, but... |
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Kingpin Since: 11-21-05 From: Amarillo, TX Last post: 6437 days Last view: 6430 days |
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Free or $25 a month, they still suck. | |||
Metal Man88 Gold axe It appears we have been transported to a time in which everything is on fire! Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6430 days Last view: 6430 days |
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I bet they die after another year. Seriously, they suck, and if they give it away for free, nobody will want it. How can they compete with Netzero? | |||
Kingpin Since: 11-21-05 From: Amarillo, TX Last post: 6437 days Last view: 6430 days |
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Netzero? Pshaw. They are around $9.99 a month right? My AT&T Yahoo DSL is $11.99 a month. I guess if you want to clog your phone line, NetZero is the way to go, but highspeed isn't that much more.
Also, AOL dying is pretty much impossible, thanks to all the stuff they own. (Not to mention people that are new to computers in general and think AOL is the way to go) |
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Omega Mole Since: 04-27-06 From: Los Angeles,CA Last post: 6434 days Last view: 6430 days |
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Originally posted by Kario Lol, that's what I have. We used ot have AOL but, after we got DSL we were gonna cancel them but, they begged us to stay and gave us a 1 year free sub.. Yay! time to hack AOL......... ..... ........no. (edited by Omega on 08-02-06 04:44 PM) |
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Sonicandfails 910 Since: 11-17-05 From: Mass Last post: 6431 days Last view: 6430 days |
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EL OH EL I GOT COMCAST CABLE.
6.2 Mbps DL, 852 Kbps UL Anyone with dialup and such are inferior. --- I had AOL once. It was my first ISP back in 1998. With the speeds they provide, it SHOULD be free. |
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Cirvania Cyball I guess this is as close as Xkeeper will get to spell it right. :< Since: 11-17-05 From: The Island of Puerto Rico. Last post: 6433 days Last view: 6431 days |
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Originally posted by Generic SchoolgirlQuoted for frickin' truth. You know your ISP is crappy when you have a 56k modem and all it'll get you is 35.5kbps, tops. Sure, it's got some notable features, but what good are they if AOL is slower than molasses? I now have 320k from my cable TV provider. (Hooray for customer discounts! ) |
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Cynthia Uh-huh. Since: 11-17-05 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Last post: 6430 days Last view: 6430 days |
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Just curious... when would AOL have jumped the shark? I'm thinking sometime in the late 90's but there had to be a point where things just started to disintegrate at a startling rate. | |||
asdf Link's Awakening ಠ_ಠ Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6432 days Last view: 6430 days |
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Originally posted by Personally, I think right when faster modem speeds came out. As far as I'm concerned, AIM is the only good thing to come out of AOL. Everything else is a festering pile of crap not worthy of existing. Although this is hardly the end for them. Countless dirt poor college kids, people with holes in their pockets, penny pinchers and idiots will still stick with it. (edited by asdf on 08-02-06 10:52 PM) |
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l0rca Since: 07-23-06 Last post: 6510 days Last view: 6452 days |
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So... does this mean the end of AIM?
*sniffs, cuddles AIM+* |
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Riku Sledge Brother Unpredictable. Watch your backs. Or not. Whichever. I want Metal Gear Solid 4 so badly. Since: 11-17-05 From: Tompkinsville Last post: 6430 days Last view: 6430 days |
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The only peice of software from AOL that doesn't fail, is AIM, mind you. | |||
Kingpin Since: 11-21-05 From: Amarillo, TX Last post: 6437 days Last view: 6430 days |
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Well, AIM is pretty clunky if you ask me. I use it, but on Trillian, so its less clunky. | |||
Alastor Fearless Moderator Hero Since: 11-17-05 From: An apartment by DigiPen, Redmond, Washington Last post: 6430 days Last view: 6430 days |
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Trillian. Less clunky than AIM.
Hahahahahahahahahaha |
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Kingpin Since: 11-21-05 From: Amarillo, TX Last post: 6437 days Last view: 6430 days |
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Originally posted by Alastor the Stylish Hey, all I know is it uses less system resources than AIM and is a lot cleaner looking. Other than that, on this crappy computer, I could care less. |
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ziffhasnoaim/password Snifit Since: 06-07-06 Last post: 6622 days Last view: 6622 days |
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I <3 my 5600/850kbps line profile. | |||
Cynthia Uh-huh. Since: 11-17-05 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Last post: 6430 days Last view: 6430 days |
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AIM probably makes them money since the majority of users probably use the default client with ads and that. It's not going away anytime soon and if it did, it would probably be sold. | |||
xpCynic Red Cheep-cheep Since: 03-29-06 Last post: 6430 days Last view: 6430 days |
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This just proves my theory that AOL is turning into adware. Seriously, that stupid HP Update thing that comes with HP laptops changed my homepage: when I opened lololol, it said "welcome to the new HP homepage yadda yadda powered by AOL!"
AOL truly fails. |
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Riku Sledge Brother Unpredictable. Watch your backs. Or not. Whichever. I want Metal Gear Solid 4 so badly. Since: 11-17-05 From: Tompkinsville Last post: 6430 days Last view: 6430 days |
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AIM, clunky? Compared to most other messengers (such as MSN, or Zango) AIM is pretty stable. | |||
Metal Man88 Gold axe It appears we have been transported to a time in which everything is on fire! Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6430 days Last view: 6430 days |
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IRC kicks AIM's butt.
But, anyway, if you must use AIM, I prefer to use GAIM, seeing as there are no ads or spyware. |
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Shadic The Adventure of Link Perfect Member Since: 11-18-05 From: Olympia, Washington Last post: 6437 days Last view: 6433 days |
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It's what they get for offering a terrible service, and not updating with the times.
Whoever decided to stay clinging to Dial-up services was a complete idiot. They should have seen the migration to high-speed internet. |
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