Re: [NTLK] OT---AOL launches in X

From: Eric L. Strobel (fyzycyst_at_comcast.net)
Date: Mon Jan 13 2003 - 21:15:59 EST


somewhere near the temporal coordinates of 1/13/03 5:27 PM, the entity known
as Laurent Daudelin transmitted the following from
laurent_daudelin_at_fanniemae.com:

>> Get rid of AOL... It's overpriced, they sell your email address to
>> every damn spammer on the planet, and they treat the mac like a
>> redheaded step child...
>
> I agree. Maybe 4-5 years ago, that would have been a good starter for a
> newbie, but now, the internet is so prevalent, there is no need for some
> proprietary network, whether it connects to the Internet or not.

As long as both AOL and my extremely technophobe wife exist, I'll be keeping
an AOL account I think. ;-) I've been ready to drop it, but I don't want
to spend 18 months teaching her how to send and read e-mail without
supervision. But then, too, I've been a member almost since the get-go, so
I've had the 'sweetheart' pricing for some time. And the 'bring your own
internet connection' type account is cheaper, too. So the cost isn't a big
thing. I'd just like to get rid of it because all I get anymore is "You've
got PORN!" or "You've got SPAM!" But, since I've not seen an alternative
that's as easy as AOL, I'll be keeping it.

- Eric.

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Eric Strobel (fyzycyst_at_NOSPAM^mailaps.org)

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