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>Well I don't know about you guys, but I love AOL . > >"1.)Because most people have it. >2.)Their commercials portray smiling idiots, who don't have >a clue. >3.)They are constantly trying to push that crap down my >throat,with free cds in the mail." > >I don't think 1 or 2 are very good reasons to hate AOL. #3 >isn't that good either, just throw it out if you don't want >to, but yeah they do send out a lot of CD's > >"1) Constantly kicked me offline (Average of 3 times per >day) >2) Constantly crashed my system >3) Software is designed for demographic of idiots >4) Would not let me do long downloads unattended >5) Would not work well with other software" > >#1 is true when using dial-up, but I think they fixed it, I >wasn't having problems when I was using dial-up. I think >they fixed #2 too. Hey i'm not an idiot! #4 was true, I >think they took off that timer. I haven't had problems that >I can think of concerning #5. > >"Or was this just a rhetorical question? " >Nah, I really like AOL > > >"1) It requires proprietary connection software, with it's >own protocols and adapters, that makes invasive changes to >Windows, sometimes with deleterious consquences. Especially >after uninstalling the software. I curse when I have to >change someone over to, say, a DSL connection when AOL has >been installed." > >True about having their own protocols and adapters, but I >don't know about someone going to DSL/Cable. I just got >cable a few months ago (and kept AOL ). Didn't have any >problems related to AOL. > >"2) Their software just plain sucks, and must be running >while you are connected to AOL. You can use other software, >but you'll always have that overhead of having the AOL >software open. Many computers are prone to invalid page >faults and the like while this software is running, when >they utilize other programs." > >I like their software lol, but yup it must be running. It >doesn't bother me though. I don't really notice invalid page >faults, I guess my computer is made for AOL. > >"3) It is poor quality service. In all cases I've seen, a >local dialup ISP provides far better service." > >I don't know what you mean by poor quality service. Poor >quality service as in...technical support? > >"4) Spam, advertising and all kinds of nags to try products >and services of their afiliates." > >Ok, yeah this one I agree with, its pretty annoying. > > >However, I still love AOL. Where else can I find unlimited >e-mail storage (Ok this might not be entirely true since >when you reach about 500 e-mails, it just goes up (deleting >the oldest ones), but I consider it unlimited), and 100's of >chatrooms that are easy to get to (I understand many of you >don't care for chatrooms)? > >Sorry Mike1, Trebuchet, Grogan for doing that to your post, >I know some people consider it rude (which is definately >what i'm going for), but I didn't know how else to do it. > >By doing this, I hope I haven't lost any respect or >anything. Just saying my opinion.
Man, talk about a virtual sphincter-kisser. Just kidding, man. AOL does have some good points, mainly the chatrooms and download center. However, RoadRunner has definately gotten me away from it.
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