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**boriscleto** · 05-03-2021, 06:17 AM - **1 Like**

Verizon sells AOL and Yahoo for about half of what it paid - The Verge

I never understood why they bought them in the first place. Buy high and sell low, the CEO should get a huge bonus.

**reduno** · 05-03-2021, 03:48 PM

When I saw the thread title, I thought they may be going away completely. After reading further, I was relieved to see that I don't have to get a new e-mail address (not yet anyway). I've had the same yahoo one since the late 90's, so really don't want to change it.

**AgentL** · 05-03-2021, 03:59 PM

I don't think it's good long-term news for those companies, but when's the last time they had good long-term news?

Wasp · 05-03-2021, 04:01 PM

Buy high, sell low, get a nice tax write off?

Parallax · 05-03-2021, 04:05 PM

Originally posted by boriscleto

Buy high and sell low, the CEO should get a huge bonus.

That wouldn't surprise me.

**i_trax** · 05-03-2021, 04:23 PM

Originally posted by reduno

When I saw the thread title, I thought they may be going away completely. After reading further, I was relieved to see that I don't have to get a new e-mail address (not yet anyway). I've had the same yahoo one since the late 90's, so really don't want to change it.

The same here. Had yahoo mail for as long as I can remember.
Who / What is AOL?
Little googling. Some info for people like me.
AOL is an American web portal and online service provider based in New York City.
You may be surprised to learn that AOL Mail still exists, though you no longer need a CD-ROM to install the program. Most of the company's products are now web-based, but a quarterly earnings report shockingly revealed that 2.1 million people were still using and paying for AOL's dial-up service as recently as 2015

reeftool · 05-03-2021, 05:12 PM

I still have and use my AOL email, same email address since the late 90's. My other email is from my ISP, Frontier, which is actually powered by Yahoo so I'm using both.

I have a DSL line from Frontier but just up the road a little way, it ends. A LOT of people around upstate NY still rely on dial up. It has become a political issue in some towns since the lock down. The absurd part is that schools are closed for classes and virtual classes only but since there is no broadband, kids sit in the school parking lot or the gym to have class. I'm betting a good chunk of those 2.1 million AOL dial up customers are in NY.

**carlb** · 05-03-2021, 05:28 PM

Originally posted by Wasp

Buy high, sell low, get a nice tax write off?

Or sell it while it still has some "value" compared to waiting another 12 months when they might not be able to give it away.

**jhaji** · 05-03-2021, 07:07 PM

Hope I get to keep the yahoo mail. Sadly my netscape mail was lost after aol acquired it.

**reduno** · 05-03-2021, 07:25 PM

Originally posted by i_trax

though you no longer need a CD-ROM to install the program.

I can remember when AOL was distributing their software on 3.5 inch floppy discs. I think they may have even been inside cereal boxes at some point.

**Rondec** · 05-04-2021, 02:59 AM

Companies from another era -- AOL, Yahoo, Napster, and Netscape all come to mind. I guess they are still around, but not taking over the world like they seemed to be in the late 90s.

**ThorSanchez** · 05-04-2021, 04:38 AM

Originally posted by reduno

I can remember when AOL was distributing their software on 3.5 inch floppy discs. I think they may have even been inside cereal boxes at some point.

Just last week I was ribbing one of my lead engineers who's only in his 40s for still having an AOL email account. He was having issues connecting to his account, and I asked if he'd reinstalled from the floppies and tried dialing in with the modem again... And, no, he's not one of these pool souls in a rural area with no choice by dial in, he's somehow accessing his AOL email from a nice, modern broadband connection.

**boriscleto** · 05-04-2021, 04:47 AM - **1 Like**

Private Equity Firm Heartbroken After Realizing There No AOL Employees Left To Fire

**StiffLegged** · 05-04-2021, 05:08 AM

I signed up to AoL as my first isp way back and immediately got an email offering introductions to glamorous Russian grandmas, tovarich. Boy did they read me wrong...

It was a well-known security flaw in their system which everyone daft enough to use AoL suffered with: didn’t stay long with them before signing to a more professional outfit.

**gaweidert** · 05-04-2021, 06:09 AM - **1 Like**

Still have my AOL e-mail account from the early 1990's. I works. It has pretty much the same interface and is not constantly being redesigned to "improve the customer experience". It does what I need and does it good. I even pay for it. I get credit monitoring and other things as part of the price. Not a bad deal at all.

05-03-2021, 06:17 AM - 1 Like	#1
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05-03-2021, 03:48 PM	#2
reduno Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central NY, USA Posts: 965	When I saw the thread title, I thought they may be going away completely. After reading further, I was relieved to see that I don't have to get a new e-mail address (not yet anyway). I've had the same yahoo one since the late 90's, so really don't want to change it.

05-03-2021, 03:59 PM	#3
AgentL Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2020 Location: Seattle Photos: Albums Posts: 1,759	I don't think it's good long-term news for those companies, but when's the last time they had good long-term news?

05-03-2021, 04:01 PM	#4
Wasp Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Pretoria Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,663	Buy high, sell low, get a nice tax write off?

05-03-2021, 04:05 PM	#5
Parallax Senior Moderator Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: South Dakota Photos: Gallery Posts: 19,333	Originally posted by boriscleto Buy high and sell low, the CEO should get a huge bonus. That wouldn't surprise me.

05-03-2021, 04:23 PM	#6
i_trax Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Perth Western Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,621	Originally posted by reduno When I saw the thread title, I thought they may be going away completely. After reading further, I was relieved to see that I don't have to get a new e-mail address (not yet anyway). I've had the same yahoo one since the late 90's, so really don't want to change it. The same here. Had yahoo mail for as long as I can remember. Who / What is AOL? Little googling. Some info for people like me. AOL is an American web portal and online service provider based in New York City. You may be surprised to learn that AOL Mail still exists, though you no longer need a CD-ROM to install the program. Most of the company's products are now web-based, but a quarterly earnings report shockingly revealed that 2.1 million people were still using and paying for AOL's dial-up service as recently as 2015

05-03-2021, 05:12 PM	#7
reeftool Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Upstate New York Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,555	I still have and use my AOL email, same email address since the late 90's. My other email is from my ISP, Frontier, which is actually powered by Yahoo so I'm using both. I have a DSL line from Frontier but just up the road a little way, it ends. A LOT of people around upstate NY still rely on dial up. It has become a political issue in some towns since the lock down. The absurd part is that schools are closed for classes and virtual classes only but since there is no broadband, kids sit in the school parking lot or the gym to have class. I'm betting a good chunk of those 2.1 million AOL dial up customers are in NY.

05-03-2021, 05:28 PM	#8
carlb Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 1,165	Originally posted by Wasp Buy high, sell low, get a nice tax write off? Or sell it while it still has some "value" compared to waiting another 12 months when they might not be able to give it away.

05-03-2021, 07:07 PM	#9
jhaji Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,141	Hope I get to keep the yahoo mail. Sadly my netscape mail was lost after aol acquired it.

05-03-2021, 07:25 PM	#10
reduno Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central NY, USA Posts: 965	Originally posted by i_trax though you no longer need a CD-ROM to install the program. I can remember when AOL was distributing their software on 3.5 inch floppy discs. I think they may have even been inside cereal boxes at some point.

05-04-2021, 02:59 AM	#11
Rondec Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Gladys, Virginia Photos: Gallery Posts: 27,668	Companies from another era -- AOL, Yahoo, Napster, and Netscape all come to mind. I guess they are still around, but not taking over the world like they seemed to be in the late 90s.

05-04-2021, 04:38 AM	#12
ThorSanchez Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2012 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,809	Originally posted by reduno I can remember when AOL was distributing their software on 3.5 inch floppy discs. I think they may have even been inside cereal boxes at some point. Just last week I was ribbing one of my lead engineers who's only in his 40s for still having an AOL email account. He was having issues connecting to his account, and I asked if he'd reinstalled from the floppies and tried dialing in with the modem again... And, no, he's not one of these pool souls in a rural area with no choice by dial in, he's somehow accessing his AOL email from a nice, modern broadband connection.

05-04-2021, 04:47 AM - 1 Like	#13
boriscleto Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: North Syracuse, NY Photos: Gallery Posts: 16,477 Original Poster	Private Equity Firm Heartbroken After Realizing There No AOL Employees Left To Fire

05-04-2021, 05:08 AM	#14
StiffLegged Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2018 Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,640	I signed up to AoL as my first isp way back and immediately got an email offering introductions to glamorous Russian grandmas, tovarich. Boy did they read me wrong... It was a well-known security flaw in their system which everyone daft enough to use AoL suffered with: didn’t stay long with them before signing to a more professional outfit.

05-04-2021, 06:09 AM - 1 Like	#15
gaweidert Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Rochester, NY Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,327	Still have my AOL e-mail account from the early 1990's. I works. It has pretty much the same interface and is not constantly being redesigned to "improve the customer experience". It does what I need and does it good. I even pay for it. I get credit monitoring and other things as part of the price. Not a bad deal at all.

Goodbye AOL and Yahoo

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