On 11/2/05 11:54 PM, Paul Berkowitz wrote: > Why does anyone use it?
It's A) Easy to set up -- they mail you unwanted CDs, you don't have to leave the house to "get internet" B) "All our friends" use it C) "Friendly" interface with one-click navigation and "Keywords" (Click or type in keyword for "restaurants" or "flights" or "weather" rather than having to launch a browser and google for information) D) Thousands of access numbers nationwide make it handy for traveling (think retired snowbirds) and cities without other local internet access may have local phone numbers for AOL (such as my hometown in rural Iowa) E) Chat and IM, while "replicatable" with other software, is available in a one-stop shop with AOL (see "easy to use!") F) The TV commercials make AOL members feel "safe" G) 1000 free hours means that you give everyone your "new" AOL email addy and when the thousand hours are up, it's too much hassle to change and let everyone know the new one... etc. I had it for a few years after eWorld closed; I figured out the problem with attachments was costing me clients (I am a freelancer), so I switched. When my inlaws wanted "internet" they looked in the drawer and voila, there were half a dozen AOL CDs, so they popped one into the computer and are "hooked". -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
