Bloody Users...

In an entry entitled AOL users more savvy? | NetworkWorld.com Community, author Jason Meserve snipes as follows:

"Yeah, they're getting more "savvy" by switching from AOL to broadband providers without all the annoying bells and whistles. AOL had 26.7 million subscribers as of September 2002. As of the end of March, that number was down 22% to 18.6 million. I don't see that number rising any time soon either."

Advertising better be making up the difference -- in another 8 years the company will be without paying customers entirely if the hemorrhaging doesn't cease.