Well, one wonders how AOL still strike to survive after all these years. MSN gone. Yahoo gone.
Rural areas rely on dial up internet
How many rural areas still use dialup but don't have access to cellular yet?
How Yahoo came up with its new name: Altaba
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We just had this discussion at work.. one of the recent reports stated over 2 million subscribers still pulling in ~600 million a year just from that (pales in comparison to ad revenue and past performance, but still... 2 million!). The average per-account income was something like $21/month.
Well, the AARP has 38 million members, so that's not too surprising, I guess. (I'm saying that a lot of old folks don't realize there is an Internet, or email, or online news, etc. without AOL.)
My grandparents still use AOL, because they live in the absolute middle of nowhere (aka they drive roughly an hour to be able to do groceries). Their options have been basically dial up, or extremely expensive satellite internet.
Verizon has been promising the little place they live for around 5 years that they will eventually get some sort of service, however last time i was there i could barely get any cell coverage.
Re: How Yahoo came up with its new name: Altaba
#13Alt + Tabber Someone particularly proficient in changing between windows
I guess that name choice is just more evidence the CEO wasn't the only moron who brought about Yahoo brand's ruin.
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Rural areas rely on dial up internet
How many rural areas still use dialup but don't have access to cellular yet?
My grand parents do not get celluar where they live in very remote Montana. Apparently ether Verizon/AT&T (i can't remember which) has been promising them Celluar/Cable service for over 5 years now, and has never come through with it.
Honestly i think the only reason they even pay for AOL is because they use it to keep in touch with relatives via email.
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#15As an English speaker this comes across as such a horrible name (for me at least).
A typo: alt-abc?
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#16This article could be a tweet:
The new name is meant to be a combination of the words “alternative and Alibaba,” according to a person familiar with the company’s thinking, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the individual was not authorized to speak on the record about the name change.
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#17Well, one wonders how AOL still strike to survive after all these years. MSN gone. Yahoo gone.
Yahoo is going to join AOL as part of Verizon. So Yahoo managed to outlive them by a few years at least.
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#18On Chinese Interwebs, it's been called Ali's Dad. You can google for 阿里他爸.
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How many rural areas still use dialup but don't have access to cellular yet?
My grand parents do not get celluar where they live in very remote Montana. Apparently ether Verizon/AT&T (i can't remember which) has been promising them Celluar/Cable service for over 5 years now, and has never come through with it. Honestly i think the only reason they even pay for AOL is because they use it to keep in touch with relatives via email.
Sadly every cellular map I've seen has a big black hole with is Wyoming/Montana. I feel for your grandparents, beautiful country but no connectivity.