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Re:AOL Pretends to Be the Internet by flerchin on Thursday September 07, 2023 @10:03AM (#37419060)
TIL that Brits used America Online.
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Re:AOL Pretends to Be the Internet by lproven on Thursday September 07, 2023 @12:19PM (#37421298)
AOL UK launched in 1996. My account is a journalist's complimentary one from back then.

It was a worldwide service which is why it rebranded as "AOL".

I don't really use it any more, but one of its half a dozen alternate account names is still my mother's primary email address.

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