I now have Broadband services with free dial up hours so I no longer need AOL. It would save alot of aggrevation changing over my email and IM if I could keep AOL for free. I just don't trust them. There must be a catch.
2006-07-27 14:09:26 · 11 answers · asked by RBV 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
So they can keep selling your info to other companies.
2006-07-27 14:13:28 · answer #1 · answered by adam_lumina93 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
You know, I used to wonder that too. I had free "trial" of unlimited access with AOL for 5 years!! Every time I would call to cancel the free trial period, they would give me 4 more months for free. It was great but I would always wonder what the catch was. They would have such a hard time letting me go. I had to make the oddest excuses and they would still offer some other opportunities. I was never charged for anything. It was 100% free. BUT I have a feeling they use brainwashing techniques on the members somehow using subliminal messages so I dropped it. It sounded too good to be true. If you read Brave New World, you get a little skeptical of all these Marketers!! Notice their symbol is a triangle with an O in the middle...Kinda looks like the Pyramid with the One Eye! Just like the one on the One Dollar bill of the US.....
Plus dial-up was not a good combo with my lack of patience. It's just now that I decided on getting Verizon DSL. I love it! For $14.95, its awsome. I don't regret paying for it.
2006-07-27 21:17:20 · answer #2 · answered by down2earthsmiles 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe their business model is evolving, so they want to keep you as a lifetime customer, to find a way to get you to use their services even if they are not charging you. Then they can most likely sell you ads and premium content even though your membership is "free". And yes with your contact information always current and a record of your e-mail address on their service, they'll be able to sell or rent your information to other companies and "partners".
Who knows it's AOL... they're pretty sneaky. At least it won't cost you anything (in theory).
2006-07-27 21:15:11 · answer #3 · answered by Brian S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on which broad band service you switched to. I know that roadrunner offers you a free aol account in the city where I live.
2006-07-27 22:33:17 · answer #4 · answered by mrbrockie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's always a catch. AOL is the devil. Get out now. No good can come from this.
2006-07-27 21:12:49 · answer #5 · answered by jymsis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just recently switched from AOL to broadband as well and you can keep using the e-mail address you had (if you go to aol.com you can check your inbox and stuff) and your IM (you just have to go to aim.com and download aim triton) it's been a few months now and I still use my e-mail address and IM.
2006-07-27 21:17:52 · answer #6 · answered by myrtle s. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This guy feels your pain. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIVZ9b0RgmY
Don't buy into their offers. I told them I was getting rid of the computer and not getting a new one. They didn't hassle me much after that.
2006-07-27 21:16:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there would seem to have to be a catch, I would call them back and speak to a different rep, then i would ask them to please send you a letter in writing and you would be able to use that-even if you had to take it to court-it would hold up
2006-07-27 21:17:30 · answer #8 · answered by TJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing is free .. Cancel it
2006-07-27 21:14:43 · answer #9 · answered by Muhipac 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would get this in writing.. something smells fishy here.
2006-07-27 21:23:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋