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So they were just giving away America Online by the 700 hour quantity? I now blame AOL for more than I had previously considered.
It started small and they kept growing in how many free hours. It didn't stop at 700. I'm not sure where it stopped.
700 hours is about a month of nonstop use (not that people stayed connected all day back then). Not a bad offer from AOL's perspective, if you rolled into a subscription lasting years.
I seem to remember our first disks/discs coming in with 5 free hours. That might’ve even been included with a Packard Bell we bought.