I don't get it. I must be missing something, but I just don't get it.
"Verizon is buying AOL for about $4.4 Billion, or $50 a share, the companies announced Tuesday."
http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/12/inve...izon-buys-aol/
http://www.nbcnew.com/tech/internet/...et-rid-n357636
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/13/bu...lion.html?_r=0
Did they want the rights to the phrase "You've Got Mail" that badly?
Hmmm. OTOH, I wonder if these are still any good, now?
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Yes, they are still good.......got a shotgun?Originally Posted by W3WN
A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory
RIP ALBI-W3MIV RIP RUSS-W5RB RIP BOB-VK3ZL
(a wavy equal sign) 2.1 million Americans still subscribe to AOL dial-up... Well that is what this article say's and I have heard similar figures from other sources.
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/52...p-internet.htm
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
I met my wife on AOL messenger 15 years ago. Haven't used AOL since.
Just for giggles, you ought to try it again and see what you get this time.
A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory
RIP ALBI-W3MIV RIP RUSS-W5RB RIP BOB-VK3ZL
I started off with AOL then a few months later I went to a small private ISP for my dialup. Since I was on Linux I used a daemon called "diald" which would automatically dial out and connect on demand if an appp required Internet access... Later on the added "on demand dialing" to the pppd daemon so I no longer needed diald. Eventually I was running my entire home network over one dialup connection, the main server ran the pppd daemon so anytime any device connected to the network required Internet access the main server would automatically dial out and connect. Worked great but sloooooowwww as heck. Then one morning Verizon sent the FiOS installer to my house and by noon dialup was history.
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
AOL = HuffPo, TechCrunch, Engadget, et al.
This wasn't for the AOL of old...
Jim
The machine does not isolate us from the great problems of nature but plunges us more deeply into them. - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Some rural areas still don't have broadband. People living in such areas still use dialup. I have a friend who lives in a very rural part of upstate New York. At his home he has no internet service. There is no broadband in his local area. Satellite is out as he's on the wrong side of the mountain. Dialup is his only option and he doesn't use dialup because the phone system in his area is very antiquated, he's a very long distance from the nearest CO thus he get's horrifically slow connections on dialup. No cell phone service in his area either. Just plain old fashioned (circa 1930's) POTS telephone service over very old copper. It is a great area for radio though. Particularly for receiving s there is no QRM on the receiver.
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
You mean you didn't use Verizon DSL somewhere between dial up and FiOS? I went with Comcast cable when I found a way to get it for $10/mo, it's not FiOS but you can't beat the price.
Those AOL floppies that came in the mail, sometimes several in a week were ha hoot. I formatted them, tossed them in a box and never had to buy floppies. I never used it, they don't call it Assholes On Line for nothing. I still have an animated .gif around here someplace, shoot the AOL Messenger. You can put one of those CDs in the microwave to watch the fireworks. Put half a glass of water in to absorb excess microwave radiation so you don't burn out the magnetron and NO MORE THAN 10 SECONDS, if the plastic melts you'll have the most horrible STINK for a month or so. Be absolutely sure of this, if the wifoid puts something in and it stinks like burning acrylic she'll KILL you!
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[QUOTE=kb2vxa;626074]You mean you didn't use Verizon DSL somewhere between dial up and FiOS? I went with Comcast cable when I found a way to get it for $10/mo, it's not FiOS but you can't beat the price.
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No, I didn't but my main point was you still have a rather small but significant number of people in the US who can't get broadband. The major carriers have yet to go that "last mile".
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
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