Two AOL addenda

1) within 24 hours of my previous post regarding AOL, i recieved a telemarketing call from them.* i quickly jumped into a spiel about how they had wasted more than one month's usage fee on postage for me, the guy clearly did not understand. he said, "But the disks are free." "you're missing my point, i'm telling you that your company is wasting a lot of money." he wasn't amused. he was also confused by my answer to why i didn't want AOL. i said, "well, it's AOL."

2) i got another CD today! that's two this week! but this one was different. the last one offered me free unlimited usage for 3 months. the new one offered 1099 free hours over 50 days. which one would i use? (obviously the later, since for signing up for AOL would indicate something of lack of mental power.) i don't unstand though why only 1099 free hours in 50 days. in 50 days, there are only 1200 hours. the complexity required to make sure that i don't exceed my free 1099 and go into those extra 101 hours just doesn't seem worth it. previous offers include 2 months for free and over 45 days (1080 hours), 1000, 1025, and 1045 free hours.

*--i got on their calling list because last fall when my roommate's boyfriend was visiting from Denmark, he couldn't get online with his laptop and so we used one of the free disks since he'd be here for only two weeks. now the disk says "No Credit Card Required." however a phone number is required, but even after supplying mine, it still would not work without a credit card number. but they did get my phone number i guess, so something works. unfortunately, i realized immediately after hanging up that i forgot to tell them not to call back. arg.