40% of Aol's Revenue Still Comes From Dial-Up Subscriptions

Mr. Armstrong estimates that about 10 million to 12 million visitors to AOL sites are tied to its dial-up subscription business.


Every time I see articles related to AOL’s purchase of Tech Crunch I read those articles because I used to have AOL like in 1994. My SN was farfig9. Yes. These articles always mention Tim Armstrong, president of AOL. But because I’m old and when I read “Tim Armstrong” I can only think of Tim Armstrong, lead singer from Rancid heading AOL. To think of AOL being ran by the guy who wrote the lyric, “Secret to a good life, is knowing when you’re through,” makes sense.

In that context of those lyrics, AOL should take a cue. Their business model transition is something I don’t think they can pull off.

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  1. edkohler reblogged this from wallsconcesandgreenshutters and added:
    In case you’ve forgotten what dial-ups sound like.
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  3. onascaleofonetoawesome reblogged this from newsweek and added:
    Things on the internet can be dead, but nothing in the virtual world ever dies. Except Geocities.
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  6. theplutocrat reblogged this from newsweek and added:
    huwaaaatt?!!?! in year 2010?!?!
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  8. bespangled reblogged this from cmonstah and added:
    I was just wondering how many people still pay to use AOL very recently. whoa.
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    My cousin gets fresh, high-speed internet delivered to his second-floor bedroom, while his parents downstairs refuse to...
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    Still in business?
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  15. charliewarzel reblogged this from newsweek and added:
    and 85% of those users JUST discovered napster!
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    I believe it. Couple of years ago me and some friends volunteered to clean out the house of a mutual friend’s elderly...
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    so THATS where they’re getting all this money to acquire companies.
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