Arizona woman still pays AOL $14.95 a month for email

"We tried contacting AOL to find out and for comment on our story but, so far, we haven't heard back."<p>I'm hardly surprised. In the UK, banks have to tell me if there is a better offer on a new account so that I can change if I want to. Is it <i>cave emptor</i> in the USA?

I thought that was an Onion title.

This sort of practice is very common. That's why companies dont automatically convert old customers to new plans/services when they introduce a new service. They can (and do) keep charging existing customers the old rate.

My dad still pays so he can keep his old email address.

This is a dumb story. She's paying for dial-up access, that she doesn't need but that she used to need. That's not AOL's fault.

I know a few friends parents still doing this.