A Diller, A Dollar (1955); OT: Goodbye AOL?

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 01:46:47PM -0500, Joanne M. Despres wrote:
> You can get a high-speed connection from another provider and
> maintain your AOL account at a reduced price (around $15/month),
> if you want to.  The connection to AOL would be broadband, in that
> case.
>
> On 23 Mar 2005, at 22:57, bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
>
> > OT: GOODBYE AOL?
> > My AOL at home (I'm now at the NYU Bobst Library) died
> >last night, and I've had enough of my dumb dial-up
> >connection. I downloaded the "Security Edition," but still
> >must battle through "Party Poker" and "Casino.net"
> >interruptions.  Should I get AOL "Privacy Wall" and AOL
> >Broadband? Road Runner? Verizon DSL? Juno? Any suggestions?

I can't speak for the AOL stuff, but I've been very happy with
Road Runner in NY, and I have high standards for this kind of
thing. I'd recommend it as a provider. If you can maintain
your AOL account, perhaps that would be a good solution for you.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED