Re: A89: Internet Link (New language?)
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Re: A89: Internet Link (New language?)
Look, I'm not trying to be insulting, some people don't realize what they
could have. Most ISP's are faster then aol. Why is this? Because aol isn't
an ISP in the perfect sense. The internet aol offers is not their primary
service. It is another goodie that comes with the subscription. Here is how
a normal isp works.
Your internet request <-----------> your ISP acts as just another path
<------> various other servers <----> final request
Every thing flows in real time with the ISP acting as just the first server
in the network.
Here is how AOL works.
Your request ----------> AOL SERVER
Then
AOL SERVER <------------- Request
Then aol checks the request to make sure its suitable
Then if every thing checks out
You <----------- AOL SERVER
So you can see why a regular isp would have a slight advantage over AOL.
Just try this, download Netscape communicator 4.5. Get a 30 day free trial on
a local ISP. Configure the e-mail for your ISP. Download ICQ. You will
find with this free setup you will get every thing and more then AOL.
I'm not bashing AOL. I'm just saying that there are better things out there.
TGaArdvark@aol.com wrote:
> > Seriously, aol is over 20 dollars a month. I can get my service for 10
> > dollars prepaid. The speed is unimaginably faster, and you don't have
> > guides riding your ass all the time. If you want the chat, IRC. If
> > you want IM's get yahoo pager or ICQ. AOL sucks.
>
> People like this piss me off. They don't bother reading a single post
> and then they just go off and ask the same dumb question or make
> the same dumb comment that was just gone over.
>
> You get what you pay for. The speed is not unimaginably faster,
> in fact all of the major ISP's are within a half a percent of each other
> in speed. I have the official stats to prove that. And you are a stupid
> and ignorant person. I've said this all before within the last 48
> hours.
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