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End Of An Era
Thursday 13th July, 2006 11:16 Comments: 1
No, I\'m not on about the demise of Windows 9x (good riddance to it!), I\'m on about AOL, as they might be about to quit the ISP market, according to an article on The Register. UK press reports claim that a new front runner has emerged in the race to acquire AOL in the UK, with France Telecom said to be wanting to add AOL UK to its Orange broadband service, for around 1.2 bilion dollars.

The list of bidders is believed to include British Telecom, Carphone Warehouse (the mobile phone retailer and a recent entry in the broadband market), Telefonica's mobile phone service O2, BSkyB, and Orange, with broker Citigroup saying the deal is likely to be agreed by the end of July. AOL Germany and France are also thought to be on the block.

AOL used to be one of the most popular and best known ISPs. Sure, many people hated their proprietary way of doing things, but they did help a lot of users get online with minimal fuss. And for free, thanks to giving away several billion CDs with so many free hours.
Avatar Robert - Thursday 13th July, 2006 11:32
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