
Why Does Verizon want AOL? Probably Not for its Dial-Up Customers
Verizon purchased AOL for $4.4 billion — and in what can only be described as a leap of faith, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam announced “AOL has once again become a digital trailblazer.” By digital trailblazer, McAdam probably doesn’t mean the 2 million dial-up subscribers that still use AOL. Huffington Post, TechCrunch, Engadget — they’re all owned by AOL, not to mention the company’s homepage that … Continue reading Why Does Verizon want AOL? Probably Not for its Dial-Up Customers