The Internet Over These 11 Years

Remember The Alleged Power of AOL?

Then again, you must also remember nights where signing on to AOL was sheer, unadulterated BS;

I remember when I got my first computer, a Personal Digital Notebook from Brother. It was the NB80C, operating on the Graphical Environment Operating System(GEOS). It was simple and somewhat Mac Like. The Computer was pre-configured to work with a small, but very good network called Earthlink, where getting dropped out of the clear blue sky was unheard of. Earthlink only had 171K users in 1998;

Then, I got my 1st PC, from HP-Compaq, and began using AOL, on Windows 95;

Fast Forward to right now, using Time Warner Cable, Earthlink is my Prime Provider. I've been operating on Mac Systems since '04, and Earthlink is Mac Friendly;

Meanwhile, AOL is a free service, with Bring Your Own Access. It's valuable in its' own way, but with the real web, who needs it. Nevertheless, I still use AOL, but it was never worth paying for;

One Dude once Told me that "AOL Is The Yankees, while Earthlink is The Red Sox";

Earthlink is still in operation as a Pay Service, with Dial-Up, Wireless, Cable and DSL connections. Meanwhile, AOL has pay service via Cable, only, as there's no Dial Up service, as its' Dial Up Service was the Most-Hideous Thing Imagineable. 26 2 Number Dial Up Attempts, is not what one calls service;

If AOL is The Yankees, They Must Suck. If Earthlink is The Red Sox, they must be putting a Great Product out there;

Later(I Don't Want Training Wheels For My Internet)!