AOL post losses of $99 billion!

[tgpo]

http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0301/29.aol.php

I guess giving away all of those free CDs really added up.

[BJ_M]

lets see AOL @ $19 - 29$ a month (whatever it is) for dial up OR

broadband for $24 - $38 a month (DSL or Cable - w/ no caps in CND)

[musher70]

ted's leaving also, thats a bad sign...

dial-up = R.I.P.

[Gazorgan]

AOL spends over $100 on CD's for every customer they get. Do the math. Also, look REAL close, I don't believe they have EVER posted a profit. All the aquisitions and mergers were payed for with Stock, which after all is just paper from a companay that, although huge, isn't profitable.

[Ducatti20]

AOL was great when it was the first and only ISP to offer unlimited use, until you tried to connect and had constant busy signals!! Anyone remember the switch?? 1996/97, somewhere in there... I remember leaving for work with the re-dial hack running, coming in for lunch and not having connected!!

[Gazorgan]

Remember the commercial on the superbowl??

black....fade up

Text..." 1-800-not-busy"

Fade to black


I choked laughing so hard, and I believe it was MSN or Compuserve that did it.

[tgpo]

Remember the commercial on the superbowl??

black....fade up

Text..." 1-800-not-busy"

Fade to black


I choked laughing so hard, and I believe it was MSN or Compuserve that did it.

I must have missed that one.

Did ya'll see the story under the article where the guy got a $500 AOL bill? That's insane!

[MOVIEGEEK]

99 billion dollar loss in 2002?
Sounds like they finally got their accounting right due to increased scruntiny by the Feds(U.S. govt.).I'd say it's time for AOL to start selling off some of its' holdings.

[Robbins1940]

Its £15.99 per month for dial-up and £27.99 for broadband here in the UK and AOL don't pay any VAT either.

David

[Craig Tucker]

You can get 128k broadband with NTL for only £14.99 per month and 600k is £24.99 per month.