Michael Thompson wrote:
I'm not an AOL user, but I would
not do business with someone who intentionally insults potential
customers.

Maybe you've missed the point. Anybody insulted by that statement is not a potential customer. They don't want them (you?). They want people who laugh at AOL users (me, for instance).

issue, or to report a service outage.  At $9.95 a month they are not
even competitive with some of the "other" national brands who do offer
> tech support (might not be good tech support, but might be better than

Considering that includes a 10M website that you can point your own
domain at...it's not bad, actually.  Also provides newsgroups through
Supernews.  Never heard of the Postini spam-filter, though.

At least some of those other "national" $8/mo systems infect your system
with spyware and access-control programs that overwhelm you with
advertising and popups.  No thanks.


I'd say they have a very clearly targeted market - and don't care about the rest. All-in-all, maybe a better strategy than those who try to sell a one-size-fits-all service for everybody.


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