AOL: Free Local Numbers with AIM Phoneline

AOL will be launching a VOIP service which is tied to its AIM messenger program which will give AOL’s AIM users a free local phoneline. Speaking of phonelines, that’s what AOL is naming the service; AIM Phoneline.

No fancy names for AOL like AOL Talk or AOL VOIP, ‘Phoneline’ easily gets the point across that the new VOIP service is not an alternative to using the traditional phonelines, AIM Phoneline’s goal is to become the user’s main line of communication.

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