AOL stops holding email addresses hostage

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During news of AOL layoffs and the closure of its Tucson call center, Dr. Dave explains that former subscribers could finally keep their AOL email addresses without continuing to pay. He treats the policy change as evidence that people had learned AOL was not the Internet and that competing ways to connect were available.

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Proposed recording date: 2006-10-21. The exact broadcast date may differ.

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