October 14, 2005 7:25 AM PDT

With fewer paying up, AOL.com shifts to free

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Large blue pair of curtains is image being used in an estimated $50 million campaign to promote AOL.com as a free Web portal.
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2 comments

Candy coating....: a turd doesn't make it any tastier. How about less bloated software thats easier to remove? Soon the free AOL discs will have to be dvds to contain their
absurdly huge interface. Word of mouth and cheap dsl are what is killing AOL.
Posted by (16 comments ): October 14, 2005 10:12 AM (PDT) Like Reply Link Flag

Candy coating....: a turd doesn't make it any tastier. How about less bloated software thats easier to remove? Soon the free AOL discs will have to be dvds to contain their
absurdly huge interface. Word of mouth and cheap dsl are what is killing AOL.
Posted by (16 comments ): October 14, 2005 10:12 AM (PDT) Like Reply Link Flag

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