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AOL still has 2.34 million dial-up subscribers, generating $143 million
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BouncyFrag
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I hear AOL is a hipster bastion. Much like audiophiles who only listen records because they say they sound better, the hipster feels the same way but within the context of dial up internet. Analog is the only way to go.
Massive Duck. C.M.
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Short for America Online, so it probably isn't well known outside of 'Merica
Starwolf_UK
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Using Opera turbo and browsing mobile versions of sites (or maybe RSS feeds) should be somewhat usable, if very ugly.
Without it though. You are looking at minutes to load a facebook page...
56k warnings were still useful for people on mobile long after fiber etc was a reality for most GAFfers.
block tower
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but really tho.
terrisus
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You have to run it in Windows 95/98/XP compatibility mode.
Windows 7 and 8 specifically try to make it not work.
I would imagine so.
terrisus
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As I said earlier, it was surprisingly rather popular in the UK.
Those are only the fees paid to AOL. Of course you pay extra for your telephone bill.
terrisus
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I don't get it >.>
Fortunately, there are flat-rate nation-wide calling plans now.
QuicheFontaine
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Ugh, I hated those people around the turn of the century: "Technically, the new millenium doesn't start until 2001".
Nobody cares asshole.
terrisus
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No one cares about being correct?
Square Triangle
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Nope, still alive
I just looked her up. She's on Twitter now, selling naughty photos via Paypal. Lol
QuicheFontaine
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terrisus
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Sorry to hear that :þ
I'm wondering this. Wouldn't it be DSL?
spindashing
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I still have my AOL CDs in a shelf right next to my monitor. Will take pics.
terrisus
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They haven't for a while, to the best of my knowledge.
I miss the 3.5" Floppies myself.
Those were actually useful.
I have an aunt and uncle that use 56K. I had to setup their new Windows 8 laptop with dial up and to my surprise it is painfully difficult to do. It is like MS does not expect one to use dial up anymore...
They often complain about how YouTube is broken, videos their friends send don't play, etc. I've tried to explain that it is because they spend $20 on dial up vs $30 on low-end cable but they are too damn cheap to upgrade.
They often complain about how YouTube is broken, videos their friends send don't play, etc. I've tried to explain that it is because they spend $20 on dial up vs $30 on low-end cable but they are too damn cheap to upgrade.
out0v0rder
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Word...?
You know I have to...
Killing_Joke
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Supposedly she's doing raunchy Skype shows. With the right amount of money i'm pretty sure we can fulfill our childhood dreams.....
Yea I went to her Twitter and that's it is really. Skype mentions. It's kind of genius when you think about it.
yeah aol offered dsl service.
spindashing
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You guys that never experienced AOL forums in the 90s-early00s missed out. There are a lot of positive things to be gained from having forums with moderators that can ban posters, such as we have today. But... there are a few things you do lose out on in your online forum experience. One of them is a posting super villain. A stranger that can come in, swing his dick around, and have power over the entire forum. He can do whatever he wants and there's not a damn thing anyone can do about it. Technically, there were supposed to be rules, but no one seemed to give a shit about enforcing them. It was the wild wild west most of the time.
By flooding, he means he's going to make hundreds of posts with gibberish using multiple names making the forum unreadable. He'll keep doing this probably until he's appeased in some way or acknowledged by all to be the ruler. This was typical on AOL.
By flooding, he means he's going to make hundreds of posts with gibberish using multiple names making the forum unreadable. He'll keep doing this probably until he's appeased in some way or acknowledged by all to be the ruler. This was typical on AOL.
vatstep
This poster pulses with an appeal so broad the typical restraints of our societies fall by the wayside.
A significant portion of my sex education came from reading the message boards on the health channels late at night. My parents never gave me "the talk."
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