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When did AOL become a major Internet service provider?

AOL once provided a dial-up internet service to millions of Americans and pioneered instant messaging and chat rooms with AOL Instant Messenger (AIM). In 1998, AOL purchased Netscape for US$4.2 billion. By 2000, AOL was providing internet service to over 20 million consumers, dominating the market of internet service providers (ISPs).

When did AOL start?

AOL began in 1983, as a short-lived venture called Control Video Corporation ( CVC ), founded by William von Meister.

Does AOL still have a subscription service?

The famed internet company that once bought Time Warner for $182 billion and used to make billions of dollars annually selling dial-up modem access, still has a monthly subscription service called AOL Advantage. In 2015, 2.1 million people were still using AOL’s dial-up service. That revenue stream has dried up.

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