Comments on: AOL Raises Prices http://mobilitysite.com/2006/02/aol-raises-prices/ Mobility News, Reviews, and Views Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:01:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Gray Rentz http://mobilitysite.com/2006/02/aol-raises-prices/#comment-438 Gray Rentz Sat, 04 Mar 2006 01:55:39 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/2006/02/aol-raises-prices/#comment-438 AOL is spyware though....It hijacks IE and makes it so your search history is recorded by AOL. It also gets into your Network Settings and Hijacks itself into the connection settings so that it is REQUIRED to start when IE starts. Spyware can also include Hijackers, and that is what AOL does. I have plenty of experience with that as well as for our work, one of our clients requires AOL to be installed on all the machines....and its a special AOL where we have to get into the nity grity and see all that it really does to your system. It may be great that it is included in the broadband, but AOL as a whole is just something to slow down your machine and force ads on you.

AOL is spyware though….It hijacks IE and makes it so your search history is recorded by AOL. It also gets into your Network Settings and Hijacks itself into the connection settings so that it is REQUIRED to start when IE starts. Spyware can also include Hijackers, and that is what AOL does.

I have plenty of experience with that as well as for our work, one of our clients requires AOL to be installed on all the machines….and its a special AOL where we have to get into the nity grity and see all that it really does to your system.

It may be great that it is included in the broadband, but AOL as a whole is just something to slow down your machine and force ads on you.

]]> By: Dossy http://mobilitysite.com/2006/02/aol-raises-prices/#comment-437 Dossy Fri, 03 Mar 2006 22:39:41 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/2006/02/aol-raises-prices/#comment-437 I don't object to you saying that the AOL software slows machines down -- especially when it's running -- but it's not spyware. Spyware collects information off the machine and transmits it out, thus the "spying" connotation. AOL software doesn't do that. I don't think it's fair to call it spyware when it really isn't. Thanks for listening, and I hope I've clarified the AOL price thing now. It's quite a good deal, when you understand it. Now, I'm hoping AOL does a good marketing job of educating consumers as to what the deal is, so misunderstandings like yours don't happen for others. Would be a real pity. I don’t object to you saying that the AOL software slows machines down — especially when it’s running — but it’s not spyware. Spyware collects information off the machine and transmits it out, thus the “spying” connotation. AOL software doesn’t do that. I don’t think it’s fair to call it spyware when it really isn’t.

Thanks for listening, and I hope I’ve clarified the AOL price thing now. It’s quite a good deal, when you understand it.

Now, I’m hoping AOL does a good marketing job of educating consumers as to what the deal is, so misunderstandings like yours don’t happen for others. Would be a real pity.

]]> By: Gray Rentz http://mobilitysite.com/2006/02/aol-raises-prices/#comment-436 Gray Rentz Mon, 27 Feb 2006 20:33:48 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/2006/02/aol-raises-prices/#comment-436 Now that you say that I think I remember reading about that. Still, I hate AOL and it really is spyware...I have done tests on machines with no AOL and then AOL installed...it is unbelivable how much AOL slows the machines down. Now that you say that I think I remember reading about that. Still, I hate AOL and it really is spyware…I have done tests on machines with no AOL and then AOL installed…it is unbelivable how much AOL slows the machines down.

]]> By: Dossy's Blog http://mobilitysite.com/2006/02/aol-raises-prices/#comment-439 Dossy's Blog Mon, 27 Feb 2006 20:24:42 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/2006/02/aol-raises-prices/#comment-439 <strong>AOL's new pricing is good, not bad -- pay attention!</strong> AOL recently announced that they'd be changing their pricing plans with a $2 increase from $23.90 to $25.90 a month for dial-up, which of course isn't going to be a popular change. However, the interesting part of this change is... AOL’s new pricing is good, not bad — pay attention!

AOL recently announced that they’d be changing their pricing plans with a $2 increase from $23.90 to $25.90 a month for dial-up, which of course isn’t going to be a popular change. However, the interesting part of this change is…

]]> By: Dossy http://mobilitysite.com/2006/02/aol-raises-prices/#comment-435 Dossy Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:20:14 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/2006/02/aol-raises-prices/#comment-435 For a clearer explanation of the whole thing, read this AP article: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060127/aol_broadband.html" rel="nofollow">http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060127/aol_broadband.html</a> For a clearer explanation of the whole thing, read this AP article:

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060127/aol_broadband.html

]]> By: Dossy http://mobilitysite.com/2006/02/aol-raises-prices/#comment-434 Dossy Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:58:51 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/2006/02/aol-raises-prices/#comment-434 Gray Rentz: What you may be thinking of is the AOL BYOA (Bring Your Own Access) where you get AOL subscription service on top of your own broadband connection. That should still only cost $14.95/mo, which isn't cheap, but AOL does actually offer a lot of subscription-only content that if you had to pay for a-la-carte, you'd pay a lot more than $14.95/mo for. The new AOL for Broadband offering for $25.90 *includes* the broadband service (as far as I can tell). AOL negotiated partnerships with the various DSL providers, so the $25.90/mo should include both an AOL subscription AND the broadband connection. Basically, you get broadband for the $25.90/mo you might pay normally and you get AOL subscription "for free" on top of it, by signing up for it through AOL. Sounds like a win/win to me. Gray Rentz:

What you may be thinking of is the AOL BYOA (Bring Your Own Access) where you get AOL subscription service on top of your own broadband connection. That should still only cost $14.95/mo, which isn’t cheap, but AOL does actually offer a lot of subscription-only content that if you had to pay for a-la-carte, you’d pay a lot more than $14.95/mo for.

The new AOL for Broadband offering for $25.90 *includes* the broadband service (as far as I can tell). AOL negotiated partnerships with the various DSL providers, so the $25.90/mo should include both an AOL subscription AND the broadband connection. Basically, you get broadband for the $25.90/mo you might pay normally and you get AOL subscription “for free” on top of it, by signing up for it through AOL.

Sounds like a win/win to me.

]]> By: Gray Rentz http://mobilitysite.com/2006/02/aol-raises-prices/#comment-433 Gray Rentz Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:13:26 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/2006/02/aol-raises-prices/#comment-433 The only thing is that AOL for Broadband many times just goes over your broadband service...its not the actual service. So you pay 25-50$ a month (or even cheaper with some of the great plans out these days) and THEN have to add an extra $25 for AOL for Broadband.... The only thing is that AOL for Broadband many times just goes over your broadband service…its not the actual service.

So you pay 25-50$ a month (or even cheaper with some of the great plans out these days) and THEN have to add an extra $25 for AOL for Broadband….

]]> By: Dossy http://mobilitysite.com/2006/02/aol-raises-prices/#comment-432 Dossy Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:27:17 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/2006/02/aol-raises-prices/#comment-432 $25.90 is certainly a lot for dialup, but how much do people currently pay for broadband access? $30/mo? $60/mo? $25.90 is cheap for broadband access, AND you get access to AOL subscriber-only content, too. That's real cheap. The whole point is to make it really attractive for people to migrate from AOL dial-up to AOL broadband, and I think through the deals AOL has negotiated with the ILECs and the pricing structure, they've done it. $25.90 is certainly a lot for dialup, but how much do people currently pay for broadband access? $30/mo? $60/mo? $25.90 is cheap for broadband access, AND you get access to AOL subscriber-only content, too. That’s real cheap.

The whole point is to make it really attractive for people to migrate from AOL dial-up to AOL broadband, and I think through the deals AOL has negotiated with the ILECs and the pricing structure, they’ve done it.

]]> By: platodd http://mobilitysite.com/2006/02/aol-raises-prices/#comment-431 platodd Fri, 24 Feb 2006 08:51:20 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/2006/02/aol-raises-prices/#comment-431 Great article! I hate aol too. there are so many inexpensive dialup services out there I don't know how AOL survives. Great article! I hate aol too. there are so many inexpensive dialup services out there I don’t know how AOL survives.

]]> By: platodd http://mobilitysite.com/2006/02/aol-raises-prices/#comment-430 platodd Fri, 24 Feb 2006 08:48:39 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/2006/02/aol-raises-prices/#comment-430 Great article! I hate aol too. there are so many inexpensive dialup services out there I don't know how AOL survives. Great article! I hate aol too. there are so many inexpensive dialup services out there I don’t know how AOL survives.

]]> By: Usayd http://mobilitysite.com/2006/02/aol-raises-prices/#comment-429 Usayd Thu, 23 Feb 2006 16:53:20 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/2006/02/aol-raises-prices/#comment-429 I totally agree, even here in the UK, AOL totally sucks. I feel deeply sorry for those who actually sign up to it, especially when I find my relatives being scammed by it. Pff. I totally agree, even here in the UK, AOL totally sucks. I feel deeply sorry for those who actually sign up to it, especially when I find my relatives being scammed by it. Pff.

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