Fynger 841 Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 Did anyone ever get online propeley with those free AOL disks that Woolworths and other shops used to give out at the till......or like where i lived, the kids used to get them to use as frisbees. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 They were everywhere here - in magazines, store hand-outs etc. but then it changed to being pre-loaded on any new computer. It is the most invasive software I have ever encountered (well, apart from Norton) and almost impossible to eradicate completely. I did use AOL for a while - over here they had the most toll-free dialup numbers! Once broadband became widely available, I didn't see the need for it anymore. Some folks seem to use their e-mail service a lot though! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 I was in our local Curries the other day pricing up my new PC when I came to the "Any freebies" bit, the techie said that I could have 'Free' Norton Anti virus for 18 months, I told him I was very happy with Avast (Free) and he had to agree with me!! I was first getting into computing when all those AOL things were around , and very nearly made that mistake!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rhymester 25 Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 I got online with AOL with one of those discs but wish I hadn't bothered. The email used to be the best there was but I soon found that I was drowning in spam. I moved over to virtually spam free google mail. I did log on to my old AOL account recently after a year away and found I had over 2,000 unread messages - 99.9% spam. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
markad 1 Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 I recall in '93 or '94 whilst living in Canada, AOL came out with a new version of their email program. Inside two days, the whole of the internet ground to a halt because the program sent out 100 copies of each email to the same recipient. After that fiasco I steered clear of that outfit... cowboys, everyone of them. For years afterwards, I would never reply to an email from one of their clients (someone@aol.com), because I wasn't sure if they were intelligent enough to read it!! Come to think of it, I still don't reply!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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