# AOL TIME WARNER

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aol-time-warner/45562>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 14, 2000, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aol-time-warner/45562 "2000-12-14T17:13:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![romanticide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@romanticide](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romanticide)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aol-time-warner/45562/1 "2000-12-14T17:13:34Z")

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Is now a reality! Everyone say thank you to the FTC! Woooohooo!!

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**Author:** ![Eft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@Eft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eft)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aol-time-warner/45562/2 "2000-12-14T18:26:12Z")

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Why are you so overjoyed? I’m not saddened by the decision. I was interested in the outcome of the merger, but it doesn’t matter much to me personally. But I’m not nearly as thrilled as you seem to be. Why the extreme enthusiasm?

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**Author:** ![Free\_Bob\_Saget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Free\_Bob\_Saget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Free_Bob_Saget)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aol-time-warner/45562/3 "2000-12-15T11:34:05Z")

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The AOl Time Warner merging, mean that my Favorite thing WCW has to find a new home…AOL will not pad its losses so most likely it will go packing…you suck AOL

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**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aol-time-warner/45562/4 "2000-12-15T14:50:07Z")

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I hope that “wahoo” was sarcastic, romanticide. If not, why on Earth would this excite you so much?

Personally, it pisses me off. You think you see a lot of AOL commercials now? Just wait. I don’t doubt that they audio CDs produced by the many record companies they own will all come with AOL CDs. Nor do I doubt that all of the damn cable networks they own will start playing constant AOL commercials (The sleaziest just got sleazier!!). I guess they can’t play commercials on HBO, but they’ll probably find a way to get some product placement into _Sex and the City_. Come to think of it, a half hour AOL infomercial would probably be more entertaining than that tripe, which, in terms of viewability while not masturbating, is about as entertaining as a soft core porno. Why don’t they just call it what it is? _Sluts in the City_. But I digress…

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**Author:** ![LIONsob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/76d3ee/32.png) [@LIONsob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LIONsob)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aol-time-warner/45562/5 "2000-12-15T15:17:27Z")

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Time Warner/RoadRunner cable modem user here.  
So my choice boils down to Serious Honking Bandwidth and AO(hel)L or dialup and a real ISP,this is gonna be diffacult!  
Time to look into DSL.  
Peace  
LIONsob