Back when AOL was dial-up, why was such a huge deal made about signing out (and not X'ing out)?

Asked by buckyboy28 (4961

) January 20th, 2011

I remember it always being stressed to sign out, and not X out of AOL, but I also remember X’ing out on occasion, and having no problems. The phone line would disconnect, my account would be logged out, and all would be right in the world.

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It could depend on the computer. When I X out of a program on my computer the application may still be open.

missingbite (7531

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If you didn’t sign out and the account, for some reason, didn’t disconnect your bill would’ve gone up and you would have had no right to complain, because you were warned.

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