AOL outages and service status in Gaithersburg, Maryland

Problems in the last 24 hours in Gaithersburg, Maryland

The chart below shows the number of AOL reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Gaithersburg, Maryland and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.

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AOL Issues Reports Near Gaithersburg, Maryland

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Gaithersburg and nearby locations:

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  William Bolan 🇺🇲🇺🇦 (@CapitolRailfan) reported 21 minutes ago from Germantown View, Maryland

  Ok you new generation kids: What is AOL, and what did it used to stand for? What service did AOL have until recently? Do you know what a "dial up" is? Submit your answers below.

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  Timothy Larkin (@timothyjlarkin) reported 28 minutes ago from Olney, Maryland

  @BillSimmons Like trying to cancel AOL back in the day...

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  Nathan Baca (@NathanBacaTV) reported 39 minutes ago from Germantown View, Maryland

  @LauraGellerTV You apparently didn’t see my smoke signal, can on a string or AOL Instant Message.

AOL Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Read Only Mode (@Red_Devil1208) reported 3 minutes ago

  @MapQuest Hahahaha this is like AOL screaming in 2026 they aren’t going to use AI or some ****. Like no one cares what you do because no one uses you anymore.

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  Sakshi (@nt570) reported 8 minutes ago

  @ANI bad adverstisement for AOL

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  Horus (@DoxxieDonut) reported 9 minutes ago

  @TheDrugMoney This goes back to the limewire/AOL music server debate. Like cable vs Netflix. You just don't know what you want unless you see it in front of you. You may not need everything you lay your eyes on but you'll enjoy ******** out of it

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  Zanite (@samuel_mogbolu) reported 9 minutes ago

  I miss ragebaiting peeps on AOL with my parents desktop computer those were the days. Poor fellows didn't even know they were arguing with an 8 year old urchin

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  matyas fulop (@MatyasFulop) reported 10 minutes ago

  @neetintel @CommunityNotes If Emergency Action Messages aren't used for emergencies what does the military use then? AOL Instant Messenger?

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  SandSculptor856 🏴‍☠️ (@Michael84488352) reported 12 minutes ago

  @chadmask_msu @OleMissRebel90 I’m looking for my login for Mapquest on AOL. Hang on.

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  Bubblegum (@VeriPatriot45) reported 13 minutes ago

  @MapQuest Talk about a blast from the past. Didn’t know you guys still existed. You must be busy hanging out with AOL and floppy discs in the land of outdated crap.

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  AURI (@bossladyaurelia) reported 13 minutes ago

  AOL never asked me for more storage and I have emails for over 20 years….. why Gmail gotta do me like that 😫

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  jason (@Colorado_N8tive) reported 16 minutes ago

  @spencedyor We also didn’t pay $1400 for our phone or $200/mo for subscriptions to apps and streaming services or $8 lattes or ever heard of avocado toast. Most of us grew up without a/c in our house or our car. I didn’t have a computer in my house until I was 15. Internet didn’t exist til I paid $15/month for dialup AOL Absolutely never in my life considered having a coffee or cake pop or crumble cookie delivered to me. No smart watch. One color TV in the house and a pair of vice grips to switch the channel to 3 so I could watch a video on my VCR or play Nintendo. Quit you’re freakin bitching and live like the 1980s and you’d be absolutely rich

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  Daniil (@DaniilBuilds) reported 19 minutes ago

  AOL and Time Warner didn’t just pay for what the two companies were worth in January 2000. They paid for what they believed the two companies could become together. The announced merger was valued at roughly $350B, with AOL shareholders expected to own about 55% of the combined company. The logic was easy to understand: combine AOL’s internet business with Time Warner’s media assets and create value neither could generate alone. But there was a financial problem hiding inside that logic. Future synergies are uncertain. The merger closed in January 2001. SEC disclosures later put the acquisition cost at approximately $147B. Then came the accounting reckoning. In 2002, the combined company reported a $98.7B net loss, including a $54.2B goodwill impairment. That $54.2B was non-cash. It did not mean the company suddenly paid out $54.2B in cash. It meant the value previously assigned to acquired goodwill could no longer be supported at the same level. That distinction matters. When you pay upfront for future synergies, you are effectively putting a price on value that still depends on execution. If the synergies arrive, the premium can make sense. If they don’t, shareholders can end up carrying the cost. The most expensive synergy is the one you pay for before you prove it exists.