Dial-up is still the main revenue source for AOL

Post by plorkyeran » Fri, Feb 08, 2013, 6:31 PM UTC

chc wrote: post #9

jiggy2011 wrote: post #2

Wow, outside of a very small handful of sites is the web still usable on dial up?

If you have an iPhone, switch to EDGE for something roughly approximating the dialup experience. (I think it's a bit faster, but they're in the same ballpark.)

Post by bjoernw » Fri, Feb 08, 2013, 6:32 PM UTC

OGinparadise wrote: post #10

They had a 10 year or so golden opportunity to pivot and try different models backed by dial-up revenue. I'd say that they failed

Post by OGinparadise » Fri, Feb 08, 2013, 7:33 PM UTC

DavidBradbury wrote: post #14

OGinparadise wrote: post #10

They had a 10 year or so golden opportunity to pivot and try different models backed by dial-up revenue. I'd say that they failed

Oddly enough, they're still a company worth roughly $2.17 billion. I'd certainly be happy with that failure.

Post by chc » Fri, Feb 08, 2013, 11:04 PM UTC

plorkyeran wrote: post #11

chc wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you have an iPhone, switch to EDGE for something roughly approximating the dialup experience. (I think it's a bit faster, but they're in the same ballpark.)

EDGE tops out at over four times the speed of dialup, amazingly enough.