George wrote:
> Todd Allcock wrote:
>
>> At 05 Mar 2008 06:12:49 -0800 SMS wrote:
>>
>>> Skype (other than free Skype to Skype calls) is a not a great deal
>>
>> compared to other VOIP providers. It _does_ remind me of AOL (is AOL even
>> still around, I no longer get any CDs from them?).
>>
>>
>> Actually AOL IS still around and has completely reinvented themselves,
>> after being beat up pretty good by consumers' general shift from
>> dial-up to
>> broadband. They're now, IMHO, the best free e-mail provider around,
>> (including the guys like Yahoo, GMail, etc.) They offer completely free
>> standard IMAP accounts, usable with standard e-mail clients like Outlook,
>> which works great on mobile devices.
>>
>> They still offer dial-up service with their goofy proprietary
>> software, but
>> now at PeoplePC/Netzero type pricing- $10/month.
>>
>>
>>
> Maybe, but I would be embarrassed to be "someone@aol.com".

As you well should be! The proper way to spell "AOL" is to interpolate
the letters SSHE. It's traditionally the home of the utterly clueless.