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On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:41:33 -0500, Wayne.B
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Let us not forget Compuserve which was there *long* before Prodigy or
AOL.
Yep but if your company wasn't paying the bill it was way too
expensive for most mortals and they didn't have much in the way of
entertainment services. I had Prodigy pretty much from day 1 (IBM
subsidized it for us) They had great content for the day.
I got AOL very early on because my wife's family were on it. I think
they had an IBEW deal. I really didn't use it myself but my wife used
Email a lot to talk to the folks up north. I did start using this as
my Email when I left IBM in 96. It was easy for people since my IBM
address was gfretwel@atlvmic1 on the VM system
When Prodigy dropped the "Classic" service, I dropped them.
I still keep this AOL account but I think it will go away soon, when I
get my own domain. That way I will own my Email address. It will take
a while to get the word out tho, since I have had this as my primary
address for so long.


I had a bunch of email addresses from different companies I worked for, but
have kept the netcom address for years. When I did consulting, was good to
not have to change emails. Earthlink is the final owner, but though at
least 4 companies, they have kept the old email address valid.