I can’t believe I understood this correctly, but, here goes:

I have had a minimal AOL account for many years. Until wifi came around, I sometimes used it for dialing up when traveling. I haven’t used it for that for years now. But two of our kids have aol email accounts as their default, so I’ve kept it since it was just a few bucks a month.

This month, I got a bill for $68. The customer support person carefully explained to me that that was because I’ve been on AIM a lot this month. For every hour over my service plan, they charge me $2.50. But, she said, had I downloaded my AIM client from www.aim.com instead of www.aol.com, it would have been free.

So, let me get this straight. If all I use is AIM, I can pay AOL about $70/month or I can get it for free. Hmm, let me think…

Hey, kids, you’re about to get a great opportunity to make up new email addresses.

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