AOL (Was: Substituting DSHD for DSDD disks (or DS2D

Fred Cisin cisin at xenosoft.com
Sun Oct 25 14:40:41 CDT 2015


[AOL]
On Sun, 25 Oct 2015, ben wrote:
> I suspect the reason they failed was not service
> but a) PC's had games b) Ma Bell wanted a arm and a leg
> for long distance connections.

Some of their early efforts to COMPETE AGAINST the internet helped 
establish outfits like Netcom, and were a boost to ISPs.


Perhaps Ed (still using AOL) would have some insight into what caused 
their decline.



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Grumpy Ol' Fred     		cisin at xenosoft.com


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