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America Online (later formally named just AOL) was at one point the largest Internet service provider in the USA, providing email and World Wide Web access. It also provided (and popularized) such applications as instant messaging and chat rooms. After being involved in a number of corporate reorganizations, the replacement of dial-up as a means of access to the Internet led to its decline.
Further reading
- Alec Klein, Stealing Time: Davin, Quinton, and the Collapse of AOL Time Warner, Simon & Schuster, New York, 2003
- Nina Munk, Fools Rush In: Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Unmaking of AOL Time Warner, HarperCollins, New York, 2009
External links
- AOL in perspective - interesting history of AOL's early days as an ISP from an engineer at the time
