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To: Jim Mulis who wrote (5688)7/24/1999 11:32:00 AM
From: wlcnyc  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 13157
 
Off Topic

"I guess AOL isn't for " Open Access " in all its forms."

I find that quite interesting! It just so happens that I subscribe to both AOL and MSN but probably not AOL for much longer. I rarely even sign on to AOL. In my opinion, they offer "poorer" service...mainly because of their "policy" of disconnecting what they perceive as "lapses in use" - i.e., reading and writing message outside of their Email service (such as SI responses), downloading, etc. Admittedly, they do offer a lot of AOL centric services, but I prefer to seek my own information from the web. They also offer a senior citizens discount, but that just reduces the price to the same as other services. LOL And, IMO, it won't be long before the free services will be getting a bigger chunk of the market.

In the meantime, "outsiders" can still use their AIM which I do with both MSN and Free-PC....unless, they intend to take away that capability too!

Bill



To: Jim Mulis who wrote (5688)7/24/1999 7:34:00 PM
From: Mike Fredericks  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 13157
 
AOL is only in favor of open access when it favors them. I think AOL is an annoying service but it has its place, and really, I'm sick of MSFT's tactics so I got a nice chuckle out of reading that piece.

Just to clarify something, the cable modem "open access" thing doesn't really matter to IATV folks, right? Just checking.

-Mike