[BC] Re: Why AOL

[mrfixit@min.midco.net]

<< What I cannot fathom is why ANYone uses AOL in the first place.    What's
> the point (attraction)? why not just use your local ISP?    Dave Dunsmoor   >>
> 
> Dave: 
> 
> The explanation is quite simple. Before I get into that, I cannot FATHOM why
> 
> anyone would discredit AOL without having thechnical/business grounds for 
> doing so. Why not share them with us?

Ok, I didn't intend to sound harsh in my question, but after seeing many of 
the following type of messages, all with an AOL return address:


In a message dated 4/3/07 12:00:29 AM Central Daylight Time, 
broadcast-request at radiolists.net writes:

<< What I cannot fathom is why ANYone uses AOL in the first place.    What't th
e point (attraction)? why not just use your local ISP?    Dave Dunsmoor   >>
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 See what's free at http://www.aol.com.



I was genuinely curious. I see from your response that in your case (the
email account provider being somewhat of a pain), I can see some benefits.

That's it, nothing more. I'll see if a different tone next time might
be more productive, and less confrontational.

Dave