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Marcus · 02-03-2003, 08:07 PM

how did they lose $100 Billion so fast?

Libertine · 02-03-2003, 08:08 PM

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Originally posted by Marcus
how did they lose $100 Billion so fast?

They continued to suck in a dropping market?

Marcus · 02-03-2003, 08:10 PM

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Originally posted by punkworld

They continued to suck in a dropping market?

dropping? More people than ever are getting connected I thought.

nocostporn · 02-03-2003, 08:14 PM

AOL-Time Warner lost 100billion,not the internet service alone

gothweb · 02-03-2003, 08:14 PM

They continued to suck in a failing economy. More and more people are signing up, but not as many want to pay over $20 for crappy service. I imagine most people do what I do, and look in the yellow pages for local service at a good price. Especially with broadband.

JimmyReject · 02-03-2003, 08:16 PM

Those free cd's add up

Libertine · 02-03-2003, 08:16 PM

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Originally posted by Marcus

dropping? More people than ever are getting connected I thought.

I was referring to the market as a whole. More competition, less investors, lower prices, assets losing value, etc.

Herb Kornfield · 02-03-2003, 08:17 PM

nothing lasts man, there are plenty that use AOL, but more are getting cable modems....

Feel the power of the cable modem, Much more reliable than DSL of any flavor here in Philly burbs. Only thing that beats the cable is when surfing out of the ISP pop on a FastE into my linksys in the colo....thats the SHIZZZZAT

EscortBiz · 02-03-2003, 08:19 PM

You got 15,000,000 AOL users calling for tech support daily its adds up

jelq1 · 02-03-2003, 08:21 PM

Everyone is using Adult browser, instead

Interlude · 02-03-2003, 08:22 PM

It's a 1990's-era dot com business that was able to survive past the bust because they were catering to people who bought into the hype and had no clue how to access the Internet without it. These days the flow has dropped off somewhat, and the millions that are left are starting to realize that paying a premium for additional ads and gardening chatrooms isn't worth it.

Marcus · 02-03-2003, 08:23 PM

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Originally posted by EscortBiz
You got 15,000,000 AOL users calling for tech support daily

all women too I bet

kidding

jelq1 · 02-03-2003, 08:24 PM

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Originally posted by Interlude
It's a 1990's-era dot com business that was able to survive past the bust because they were catering to people who bought into the hype and had no clue how to access the Internet without it. These days the flow has dropped off somewhat, and the millions that are left are starting to realize that paying a premium for additional ads and gardening chatrooms isn't worth it.

agreed

Rich · 02-03-2003, 08:26 PM

Half of it was readjusting the price of their assets I believe, most of it was a paper loss.

I still don't understand that deal, how the hell does an established media giant like time warner get bought out by a shity company like AOL? They were build on spamming our mailboxes for shit's sake.

jelq1 · 02-03-2003, 08:27 PM

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Originally posted by Rich
Half of it was readjusting the price of their assets I believe, most of it was a paper loss.

I still don't understand that deal, how the hell does an established media giant like time warner get bought out by a shity company like AOL? They were build on spamming our mailboxes for shit's sake.

I thought it was the other way around??

Rich · 02-03-2003, 08:28 PM

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Originally posted by jelq1

I thought it was the other way around??

no sir

jelq1 · 02-03-2003, 08:32 PM

interesting--good info---thx

SuperVillain · 02-03-2003, 08:59 PM

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Originally posted by Marcus
how did they lose $100 Billion so fast?

You think they lost it fast? Give me $100billion and I'll show you fast.

EscortBiz · 02-03-2003, 09:05 PM

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Originally posted by SuperVillain

You think they lost it fast? Give me $100billion and I'll show you fast.

PayPal please

BSleazy · 02-03-2003, 09:17 PM

If I was still using dialup internet access I would take aol over any other service.

pornjudge · 02-03-2003, 09:22 PM

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Originally posted by Marcus
how did they lose $100 Billion so fast?

GOOG GOOD - I hate fuckin AOL, they really scamed me 5 years ago with their fuckin CD.... I ended up paying 1000.00+ on their fuckin false advertising. I just hope they go down......

KRL · 02-03-2003, 09:25 PM

Cause they do biz the old fashioned way. Fancy offices, loads of wasteful perks to execs, excess staff, etc. etc.

Most of these big companies simply don't have the ability to run a lean and mean company like so many of us do.

TheDr · 02-03-2003, 09:47 PM

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Originally posted by Marcus

dropping? More people than ever are getting connected I thought.

Not on AOL:

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-983012.html

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