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Pompous, Arrogant, Enigmatic, Bitter, Quirky, Misanthrope with a Weird Sense of Humor and an Iron Clad Memory while flooding the board with my Stream of Consciousness UFC STRIKE 3 (I'm a dick and I like to ruin people's plans) | posted on 10-17-2001 @ 12:25 PM |    | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Aug. 00  | AOL Reports Wider 3Q Net Loss My question is to those who have AOL, but refuse to give it up. Why? Most admit that they hate it and they should give it up, but they still don't. I have asked this question of dozens of people and received various reasons. The top 3 reasons are - 1. Fear. Fear of not knowing how to use a "real" ISP. 2. Easy email system. Even if they have cable/dsl, they pay the $10 B.Y.O.A. (Bring Your Own Access) fee for email. 3. Just simply that they are used to it and don't know about other true ISP's, whether that would be local or national. I will be awaiting my 1 reply.  Funny how ev'rything was roses When we held on to the guns Write To Me Here AIM: SmarterChild
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| Sloatsburgh | posted on 10-17-2001 @ 12:45 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Sorry, I thought this thread said A-Hole.  She tastes like a gyro. I loathe the Froy. | ||||
| FeelMyFunBags | posted on 10-17-2001 @ 12:53 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | ::hands Slash a cup of coffee to keep him awake while reading my response:: ;) I have AOL because it is what I've had since I was in high school. I'm used to it, it is easy to use, and eventhough I get booted constantly, I think it has more to do with my connection than AOL itself. Since I have dialup, I don't really think another service would be THAT much better.  "I know every one of you, I know the sea of torment, doubt, despair and unbelief." -Walt Whitman USA | ||||
| heyladiladi STONER ON THE SNUKA CBH ROTISSERIE | posted on 10-17-2001 @ 12:53 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: May. 01 | quote:And you thought he was calling you? Never had AOL, I just use AIM. And Slash, I have to laugh evertime I see : AIM: SmarterChild "Please apologize. I can wait all day, I'm a machine." "I don't understand your request."  love, sex, drugs & rock & roll! | ||||
This status is sponsored by: P®oJë©T M@¥hέm I Mod VG's ass! | posted on 10-17-2001 @ 12:54 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Look Slash... three replies.... anywho... I'm one of the moron's that have cable & AOL...why, I'll tell you... because I'm too lazy to send out a coulpe hundred e-mails with address change.... that, and because my Mother stops by once in a while to use my computer & she has a hard enough time with AOL...plus, she's pays for it, so it doesn't really cost me anything. 
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| Arpikarhu Harmless Teddy I wish Maynard was still posting here so I could implant my head up his ass. Needle dick, bear salesman. I think I'm a revolutionary. Actually, I'm a one trick pony. I enjoy C&BT | posted on 10-17-2001 @ 12:58 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Apr. 01 | quote: you all rooned it. now hes going to think people read his posts.:) Arpi Karhu Kauppias Forever!!! AIM- Arpikarhu  | ||||
| The Painter 1/2 a bottle of Jack Daniels... it's a cure-all | posted on 10-17-2001 @ 1:10 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | quote:I have cablevision optonline. When I got my first computer, I had AOL. The difference is night and day. What takes hours to down load on AOL takes me seconds on cablevision  | ||||
| Grumpy SAGILLID The Midget Message Board Mauler rides his trusty mount Wilbur once again!! Internet Idiots beware!! | posted on 10-17-2001 @ 1:17 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Dec. 00 | I had a hamburger for lunch today. Kinda greasy but it was worth it. wha? he got his one serious reply he was waiting for. I wanted to add other value to the thread. okay, if I have to give a serious response, I stopped using AOHell as my ISP years ago. The customer service sucks red mandrin yeast infected monkey ass. Their connection service sucks bullmoose cock (and that was when I could actually log on). I don't understand why anyone would continue using those dipshit. I've used Mindspring (now Earthlink) as my ISP for the last 7 years and I haven't had a complaint about them yet. I'm also actually boycotting the racist, commie AO-shitstain-Hell bastards for an incident years ago.  | ||||
| crx girl Newbie! vg Y's me ugo girl Limey Mothercocker | posted on 10-17-2001 @ 1:28 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | quote:well, now i feel obligated ;) i'd never used aol, but a couple months ago, my mindspring account stopped working due to certain funds being maxed out. and since someone didn't feel like going through the hassle of changing the payment crap we just threw in one of those aol freebie discs. well, to be honest, i found it all incredibly annoying, so i would just dial up then minimize the window and use ie. if you ask me, aol seems like more of a pain in the ass to use than just regular internet. maybe i'm a moron, but i didn't find it very user friendly. now i'm on roadrunner which rocks, plus i also got my phonebill with a months charge for aol, $28.90??? cable is only $10 more a month, and there are plenty of other dial ups for less than $20. i don't get it. so, what do you think would happen if i don't pay? they can't shut it off, i'm not using it anymore...  An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. --Victor Hugo regardless of my status, i am a nice person. no really, i am, i swear;) crack hitler belongs to me :) need me? try: [email protected] | ||||
| disgustip8ed | posted on 10-17-2001 @ 1:42 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Mar. 01 | Um, I never had aol, but the times that I used it at friends houses or whatever, i just didn't like it for the way the layout is. Its probably the most inane, pointless, and ignorant reason to not like it, but, hey, whatever.  'Wear your crutch like a crown of negativity. Calculate what we will not tolerate. Desperate to control, all and everything. Unable to forgive, Scarlet letterman.' MJK | ||||
Pompous, Arrogant, Enigmatic, Bitter, Quirky, Misanthrope with a Weird Sense of Humor and an Iron Clad Memory while flooding the board with my Stream of Consciousness UFC STRIKE 3 (I'm a dick and I like to ruin people's plans) | posted on 10-17-2001 @ 1:45 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Aug. 00 | quote: This is not about what is better, broadband or dial-up. To be fair, AOL has a broadband service as well. This is about comparing dial-up to dial-up and/or keeping AOL if you have cable/dsl. I can only imagine that AOL Broadband service as well as their customer service sucks as much as their dial-up service, from their past reputation. Funny how ev'rything was roses When we held on to the guns Write To Me Here AIM: SmarterChild
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| Cranky Ass | posted on 10-17-2001 @ 1:47 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Feb. 01 | I was shocked when I found out FoundryMusicJeff uses AOL. I was one of the first people to use AOL back when it ran on Delphi software and Compuserve was strictly text based. The days of BBS. I simply outgrew AOL since most of what I want is on the Web, IRC, or newsgroups. Most of AOL is a big fat advertisement. AIM however rocks. At least they make something worthwhile. Jeff, please post and explain yourself. ________________  Read My Column, Kickin Ass With FoundryMusicAntD on FoundryMusic.com , the most difficult site to navigate on the net and tune into my midnite show on RonFez.net Radio God Bless America!!! Support Firemen, Red Cross, United Way, Salvation Army, Save The Children and everyone else helping restore peace. | ||||
...And now the battle between us and them has begun. JYD-4-LIFE. | posted on 10-17-2001 @ 1:52 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: May. 00 | what is this AOL you speak of? i, like most everyone else, used aol when just starting out because of the freebie hours and i was too lazy to try anything else. it suuuuuuuuhhhuuuuuhhhhuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhuuuuuucked. the aol browser constantly froze on certain sites and as for the connection serivce? well lets say you havent really been annoyed in life until you try and get online for 45 minutes and then when you finally do, you get a connection speed of 23000bps. that is truly the 7th layer of hell. i use mindspring(now earthlink) and i have never had any problems whatsoever.  Please could you stop the noise I'm trying to get some rest From all the unborn chicken voices in my head When I am king you will be first against the wall With your opinion which is of no consequence at all | ||||
| skitchr4u G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Xtreme Skiing Assualt Force | posted on 10-17-2001 @ 2:00 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 00 | well i stopped using it like 3 years ago...it was a pain in the ass, always downloading shit so i couldn't log off...plus, internet is just easier,and i don't have to see their dumb ass layout...and the cost is outrageous, $30 to use the internet is insane AIM: SkiT4you | ||||
| red rocket Secret Sex Chat | posted on 10-17-2001 @ 2:16 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Aug. 01 | AOL SUCKS. I have it and hate it. I have tried some other dial up services and they suck too. I can't get DSL or Cable in my area yet. It fucking is driving me crazy. I heard we should be getting something soon. My town stinks. God Bless The USA. | ||||
| Thrillhouse Alkey gave me my bonus points back. | posted on 10-17-2001 @ 2:41 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Aug. 01 | i still use it pretty much because of the email i dont go on as much anymore because even though im at college theres something wrong with the network here and i get booted like every 1/2 hour. at home i have a cable modem and still use aol there mostly because im lazy but i use aol imer to, in both places. and it is pretty messed up though that when you go to download something from your email and it still goes extremely slow even with the cable modem. -edit- and oh yea i got a year free when i got my new computer, so i'll probably drop it when thats over Graduate of AFDude's Academy This message was edited by Thrillhouse on 10-17-01 @ 3:03 PM | ||||
| Numb Nutts | posted on 10-17-2001 @ 2:48 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Aug. 01 | The answer to this is simple. All those little 13 year old girls in the chat rooms. Plus...AOL has the seal of approval of BeckyDC :) :) :) :) :)  , | ||||
| Lent Black Rock Coalition Do you have a basketball in your car? | posted on 10-17-2001 @ 2:51 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: May. 00 | People don't wanna give up AOL due to the fact that it's still the best place for pedos to lure children to them. Why with so many young girls and boys using it some of their parents are too dumb enough to figure out they have "parental controls". Everyone do your self a favor and drop AOL. It's Not a real ISP And FMJeff you happen to code 3 well known websites in the oa/rf universe, yet you still use such an inferior product! See the light and try to get broadband if availible. (AIM is still cool though, at least we don't have to pay for it.) 
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| Sephiroth | posted on 10-17-2001 @ 2:58 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 00 | I use AOL for my mail, and Optimum Online for everything else. The only reason i keep AOL Mail is their unlimited email storage and because my family is too goddamn stupid to know how to use anything else. However, all traces of AOL have been removed from all the computers (the dialer and the actual program itself). So, we check our mail thru AOL.com.
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| QuickStop I won the last OA.com Sig contest & all I got was this cheesey status... Who is driving? Oh my God! Bear is Driving! How can that be?!? G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Kickflip b/s Tailslide Strike Team | posted on 10-17-2001 @ 3:24 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Aug. 01 | Simply put...AOL sucks shit I am Chuck's wasted time. My grandmother always said, "Why buy the cow, when you can get the sex for free." | ||||
The sky is blue | posted on 10-17-2001 @ 3:50 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Oct. 00 | Heheh. You're all so stupid. Slash doesn't have AOL or email. He connects to oa.com through his brain.  Wanna be the coolest kid on your block? Get an 'I love Froy t-shirt!' Add it to your sig today! Email me at [email protected] | ||||
Pompous, Arrogant, Enigmatic, Bitter, Quirky, Misanthrope with a Weird Sense of Humor and an Iron Clad Memory while flooding the board with my Stream of Consciousness UFC STRIKE 3 (I'm a dick and I like to ruin people's plans) | posted on 10-17-2001 @ 3:54 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Aug. 00 | quote: Did they change their storage policy? I thought they started deleting mail after it was 30 days old. That's another complaint I hear about AOL. However, that was last year... things may have changed. I also heard here(in this thread) and off the board, that users of AOL don't pay for ir. That could be the reason for "AOL Reports Wider 3Q Net Loss" LOL Funny how ev'rything was roses When we held on to the guns Write To Me Here AIM: SmarterChild
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| SweetAngel | posted on 10-17-2001 @ 4:58 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: May. 01 | Okay, I admit, I use AOL because of 2 of the 3 reasons you stated. However, other than the fact that I get booted a lot, I really don't have any complaints with it. Also, I've had to call customer service a few times, and they were always very efficient and helpful. Maybe I'm just lucky. :) Graduated from the Brokenjaw school for newbies | ||||
| FoundryMusicJJ G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Soldier of Fortune Spec Ops Division | posted on 10-17-2001 @ 5:59 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Feb. 01 | I only keep it cuz its free through my moms job, so we dont pay for it, the company does. Our income aint so hot so we cant get cable and a cable modem anyway.
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