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When was that? I briefly used AOL as a dial-up service in the UK circa 2000 because of the toll-free number and penny a minute billing and don’t recall this.
by mattl 3y ago
When was that? I briefly used AOL as a dial-up service in the UK circa 2000 because of the toll-free number and penny a minute billing and don’t recall this.
- mjhay 3y agoThis was probably 1999 and before, and in the US. It was maddening, especially when one's parents might pick up the phone and kill the connection.
- mattl 3y agoOnce I figured out being online for more than 15 mins at a time was preferable I got a dedicated phone line around the same time in late 98.
- hnlmorg 3y agoFrom what I’ve seen and read, AOL in the UK was a very different beast to AOL in the US.
- offices 3y agoI've just been trying to jog my memory of it and it's difficult to find the relevant information among the masses of information about US AOL.
- jaystraw 3y agoGrowing up, I had a best friend (still a good friend though we live very far apart now) his dad used AOL on top of his broadband through the 2000's...I moved away maybe 2006 but couldn't figure out why said dad was waiting for that little yellow running man to get to the right pane