AOL Inks Broadband Deal with Charter

By the Betanews Staff | Published February 3, 2006, 10:59 AM

Further expanding its list of agreements with broadband cable and DSL providers to offer low-cost high-speed Internet, AOL this week inked a deal with Charter Communications. The news follows similar deals with BellSouth, AT&T and Qwest announced last week.

AOL will bundle its content and software with Charter's cable service for $25.90 USD per month. With its dial-up business dwindling, AOL has turned to advertising as a way to keep revenues flowing. And such deals with broadband providers expand the company's reach among a new generation of ever-connected consumers.

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AOL on broadband is like a tricycle with training wheels and a turbocharger. Ugly. It's customer base volume is testament to the fact that most Internet users are stupid as a tree stump. Censored and dumbed-down to make the 'net cute, pretty and safe for those that are challenged by solitaire.

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AOL didnt they die like 5 years ago????? Realy bloted slow and ugly. Have you looked at the browser?

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AOL didnt they die like 5 years ago????? Realy bloted slow and ugly. Have you looked at the browser?

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Nope, AOL didn't die. "Realy bloted(sic)slow and ugly." eh? For the slow part, try cleaning up some things on your computer like clearing your cache, a disk cleanup and a defrag. Ugly browser? You didn't even say what you don't like about it.

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I can't believe that AOL is still around. AOL and Google belong in the same category with me. I thought AOL was dying, but since the merger with Google, they have been forming a lot of partnerships lately.

They are taking on a new look, rather than just standing next to their horrible browser.

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Like I am going to pay 25.90, on top of the 50.00 I already pay per month for AOL's junk.

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Like I am going to pay 25.90, on top of the 50.00 I already pay per month for AOL's junk.

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If you don't like AOL, get rid of it. AOL works just fine for many millions of us who don't think it's junk.

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