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- sockpuppets, on 04/30/2009, -0/+36You've Got Fail!
- quadrant6, on 04/29/2009, -1/+35Wait, why is AOL still alive? And how??
- papashawn, on 04/29/2009, -2/+28AOL survives today as a conglomerate of sites that do their best to hide the fact that they're owned by AOL.
- HeDiggMe, on 04/30/2009, -0/+18Impossible. AOL customer service will keep trying to talk them out of it.
- loudhowie, on 04/30/2009, -0/+8Perhaps I could help out by sending them back their AOL floppies, I'm sure they are worth something.
- SlipStream89, on 05/01/2009, -0/+7*cough* Engadget....
- codpiece23, on 04/30/2009, -0/+6Can't wait to see time warner dismantled. AOL is just the first brick to crumble.
- RealmDown, on 04/30/2009, -1/+6AOL = Training wheels for the internet
- phrozted, on 04/30/2009, -1/+6It's free now, and has been for years. Your remark doesn't make any sense, although I agree that AOL sucks.
- inactive, on 05/01/2009, -0/+5That was one of the worst deals ever. I'm surprised they didn't ditch AOL years ago.
- inactive, on 04/30/2009, -0/+4Remember when AOL bought time warner with stock shares? LOL!
- inactive, on 05/01/2009, -0/+4Kill it, kill it with fire!!
- 8FoldPath, on 04/29/2009, -1/+5No kidding. I'm pretty sure AOL has been struggling for years. Broadband probably delayed their downfall a bit.
Oh, the shenanigans we used to pull in those warez rooms...I'm waxing all nostalgic. - inactive, on 04/30/2009, -0/+3I cant imagine anyone rushing to buy AOL. The only people who pay for it are the one's who don't know its free or dialup users.
- mnpilot, on 05/01/2009, -0/+2AOL was fun for about two years in 1995 - 1996.
- Elranzer, on 05/01/2009, -0/+2Time Warner had the Road Runner internet service before the AOL merger. Perhaps its the AOL execs that are making Road Runner so crappy lately? It used to be one of the best ISP's around. Now it's just the only monopolistic option for cable broadband in most areas.
- Arsenard, on 04/29/2009, -0/+2Again? How many times have I heard this? Time will ride it 9into the ground! The only apparent certainty!
- s0nicfreak, on 05/01/2009, -0/+2Well aren't you special.
- alpharaptor, on 05/01/2009, -0/+2What's an AOL?
- ScrewedThePooch, on 04/30/2009, -0/+2or the people that they keep charging after they try to cancel their accounts...
- orthodoxDrew, on 04/30/2009, -0/+2hopefully one of the parts is the 'sending cds in the mail' dept
- demizer, on 05/01/2009, -0/+2I remember those days as well. Took all night to download bryce 3d, a 100 mb setup.
- mendeznoel20, on 05/01/2009, -0/+2AOL? are you serious? who still uses AOL?
- thorndike, on 05/01/2009, -0/+2AOL only costs if f you have to dial in...that part of the infrastructure costs a lot to maintain.
- Dragular, on 04/30/2009, -0/+1And we all remember RhyDin.
... right... we all do? - Cossie76, on 11/26/2009, -0/+1Here is an email I recently sent to AOL's CEO;
Dear Mr Tim Armstrong,
Congratulations on your recent appointment as CEO of AOL.
If you get chance to see this email and it doesn't get passed to file 13, this will give you an insight from one
disgruntled ex-customer.
I have had ongoing problems with diabolical speeds when using AOL, (see attached evidence.) I contacted your
customer department on several occasions to try and resolve the problem and unfortunately they fell on deaf ears
because nothing was ever resolved, even to the extent of contacting ISPA to try and see if they could help.
I was later informed after the 3rd complaints procedure that nothing could be done because AOL are no longer signed
up to ISPA, so I tried Otelo, but received no replies.
I am now in the process of switching my broadband due to the poor service from AOL and am now receiving calls
everyday from AOL demanding I pay the final payment, even though I have explained that it will have to be paid at
the end of the month, and am now being held to ransom because AOL will not release my phone until the bill is paid.
Please be aware that I insist on a reply from the CEO.
And here is the reply that I received;
I am sorry about the problems your partner has had. I will ask one of our high level service team to look into it
and contact you to resolve matters. Ian Livingston.
I was then sent this email;
Good Day,
I received a message regarding the issues you have been experiencing with AOL. Please leave me your phone number so
we may contact you to discuss this. Also please let us know the AOL screen name. Again our apologies for the
inconvenience, and I appreciate your time and patience.
Thanks, Lothar AOL Executive Escalations
I sent these details to Mr Lothar and guess what, I am still waiting for a reply.
So personally, I will never go with AOL again and will advise everyone that I repair, upgrade and install computers
for to do the same. Also, AOL would not release the phone line either, so we were held to ransom for nearly 3 weeks
while BT tried their damned hardest to get us back online.
Update:
I have now paid the oustanding bill, AOL then put me back online.....for an amazing two days. I have now got no
internet, even though I am paid up for another 2 weeks and have to wait yet another 10 days to get back online with BT. - Altanar, on 04/30/2009, -0/+1What are you talking about? Spinning off AOL has nothing to do with the health of Time Warner. AOL's been ***** for years.
- fury420, on 04/29/2009, -2/+3AOL was only ever decent when you could get it for free, I'm in awe it's still around 15 yrs later
- demizer, on 05/01/2009, -0/+1Aaahhh how I miss hitting the "Chat Now" button and instantly being inundated with spam messages. Those were the good ol' days!
- inactive, on 05/01/2009, -0/+1Great. Hopefully, we'll start getting those CDs again.
- Andrwmorph, on 05/01/2009, -1/+2I installed a keylogger on my Mom's computer when I was like 13 to get her AOL password because she had parental controls on my account and I wanted to play EverQuest for more than 2 hours a day.
- TheLeffer, on 09/29/2009, -0/+0Wow, go AOL lol! http://www.cheaplinksys.com
- Altanar, on 04/30/2009, -4/+4AOL internet service still costs $25/month. It's far from free.
- jackson32, on 05/01/2009, -0/+0I assumed AOL was already dead.
- eloestea, on 05/01/2009, -3/+2AoHell, Magenta, coldice.
I had a TON of fun with the early days of AOL.
hell, I was around when that mess was 5.99 an hour!! I mean who doesnt remember having to use windows 3.1 on that 386 33 megahertz beast of a PC that they had back then. when sharing files was just trading fake celebrity nude pics, when another member would email you the 99 different parts it took to get Sim City back then.
but seriously, ***** A/S/L....I mean AOL. that crap stopped being cool back in 1996.
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