Jewish Singles Chat: Despite hassles, folks still log on to America Online
Its customers sometimes still grumble about busy signals. Annoying ads that pop up after they sign on. Software that trashes their other Internet connections. And, it seems, a gadzillion other things.Regardless, America Online Inc. (AOL) remains the earth's most popular front door to the online world - with 21 million members and more than 40 percent of the market, it's six times the size of its nearest competitor, EarthLink Inc.To its critics, the answer to why...
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MEMBERS MAY NOT LOVE AOL, THE WORLD'S BIGGEST ONLINE SERVICE, BUT THEY FIND IT HARD TO LEAVE
Its customers sometimes still grumble about busy signals. Annoying ads that pop up after they sign on. Software that trashes their other Internet connections. And, it seems, a gazillion other things.Regardless, America Online Inc. remains the Earth's most popular front door to the online world with 21 million members and more than 40 percent of the market, it's six times the size of its nearest competitor, EarthLink Inc. To its critics, the answer to why AOL has...
Jewish Singles Chat: IN THE CYBERSEA OF LOVE
When Andrew Rosen met his future bride, the moment was hardly the stuff of romance. In fact, the two were hundreds of miles apart staring at computer screens, separate souls adrift on the cybersea of the Internet."1955. Great year," Rosen, an advertising consultant from Agoura Hills, Calif., e-mailed to Tucson, Ariz., schoolteacher Gina Margolis. The missive, referring to their shared birth year, became the first of a correspondence and friendship that blossomed...
Jewish Singles Chat: EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER
Among certain Midwestern households, no summer is complete without a visit to Cedar Point Amusement Park, a 15acre expanse of heart-thumping rides and nutritionally challenged foods in Sandusky, Ohio, west of Cleveland.Each year, Lisa Kron and her extended family would make the pilgrimage from Lansing, Mich., to Cedar Point, a half-day's drive away. Undeterred by poor eyesight, creaky limbs or brutal heat waves, Kron's aging relatives, including her father, a...