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AOL shifts to free Web services

g.f.s.rocks by g.f.s.rocks · Aug 2, 2006 · Article · 91 views · ·


"Time Warner Inc. on Wednesday said its AOL unit will no longer charge high-speed Internet users for e-mail and other Web services in a gambit to attract more viewers and boost online advertising."

Well, they finally broke! AOL can not compete with the High Speed services of Cable & DSL and now with the free e-mail accounts from Yahoo, Hotmail and GMail; AOL realized that free is the way to be... but of course, now expect to be bombarded by advertisements!!

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theremin thereminOG 2002 ·

Lycos email was 5 MB, until just recently. Now it's 3 Gig!

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