AOL outages and service status in Wilmette, Illinois

Problems in the last 24 hours in Wilmette, Illinois

The chart below shows the number of AOL reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Wilmette, Illinois 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 Wilmette, Illinois

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

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  Curtis Evans (@EvansWefixbikes) reported 3 minutes ago from Evanston, Illinois

  Young people give me **** when they see my my AOL email address. No, no, no, I’m not behind the times, I was online before you were born.

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  Stowe God Cooks (@grahamatcollege) reported 32 minutes ago from Evanston, Illinois

  are there any other PBS KIDS ONLY NO NICKELODEON NO CARTOON NETWORK who are also YAHOO MESSENGER NO AOL INSTANT MESSENGER who are also TWENTY TWELVE TUMBLR

AOL Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Val Duke (@ValDjuk) reported 51 seconds ago

  @AzzaliahC @ICQ Xfire and Skype both opened in 2003, June 2015 and May 2025 accordingly shut down. Where were you then? Or even Google Chat (2005- June 2017). If you cared about actual quality, you would have used AIM since at least 2010 (AOL literally bought ICQ in 1998, same owner!) or use IRC

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  DPR56X (@DPR56X) reported 2 minutes ago

  @Wajson_Crack I was using Netscape back in those days. Netscape is a browser- like Duck or Brave or FoxFire- Big competition back then to be the Browser king between netscape and ms internet explorer, then AOL stepped in and acquired netscape as their own in their platform. The 80's was the mad rush to claim the Everests of tech. I was in IT back then- even did the in person lecture series for certifications for MS. GIANT 4-5 inch wide binders of microsoft crap -carried with you into hours upon hours of MS lectures. LOL

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  ArQuez (@StillArQuez) reported 3 minutes ago

  Now my @yahoo account never once has stated that I’m outta storage nor asked me to purchase extra data. And that’s the first account I’ve had since @aol and that was after you got that blue cd from Walmart to get a trial period on the internet.

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  Reiki Momma (@Luminary_Wings) reported 5 minutes ago

  @iH8Meccavellii Exactly. She really messed up AOL public perception with all that damn talking she was doing.

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  Tom Fewer 🇺🇸🧊 (@therealTomFewer) reported 5 minutes ago

  @EdMarkey Ed, no-body know who ******** you are. Please resign and let someone that doesn't have an AOL email address take office. You're a waste of a seat

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  Grotmaster (@grotmaster) reported 5 minutes ago

  @Kohonos234 @AislingOLoughl1 I don't think so, Jhonner. AOL is a friend of ours and has an incisive mind. Poor ole Steo had some rough times, by the sound of it. These riots are exactly what the ZOG want, unfortunately, all part of the plan. It's all ******

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  Frases do coração! (@coracao_frases) reported 7 minutes ago

  @Vidiyocontexts AOL Instant Messenger To Sign Off Forever After 20 Years. TTY never, AIM :'(

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  Brian Cohen (@inthepixels) reported 17 minutes ago

  23. **Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (2008)** — Lost over $18.5 billion nominally, equivalent to over **$20.0 billion** today due to global credit declines and equity write-downs. 24. **Alcatel (2001)** — Suffered massive merger-related write-downs and market destruction during the telecom equipment collapse, crossing the **$20.0 billion** inflation-adjusted threshold. 25. **Swiss Re (2008)** — Incurred tens of billions in asset impairments and structured credit losses during the financial crisis, placing its real-loss event at the **$20.0 billion** inflation-adjusted mark. The Three Eras of Corporate Destruction What stands out is how concentrated these losses are. The Dot-Com and Telecom Collapse (2000–2002) The telecom bubble produced the single greatest concentration of corporate losses ever observed. AOL Time Warner, JDS Uniphase, Qwest, Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, Vivendi, Alcatel, and NTT all appear on the list. Trillions of dollars in market value evaporated as companies wrote down acquisitions, fiber networks, wireless licenses, and internet-related assets purchased at bubble-era valuations. The Global Financial Crisis (2008–2009) AIG, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Citigroup, Royal Bank of Scotland, UBS, Credit Suisse, Swiss Re, and Mitsubishi UFJ all suffered enormous losses as mortgage securities, derivatives, and structured credit markets collapsed. Unlike many dot-com write-downs, these losses reflected real capital destruction that threatened the stability of the global financial system. Industry-Specific Collapses General Motors appears three separate times on the list, highlighting decades of structural challenges within the auto industry. United Airlines reflects the severe financial strain associated with bankruptcy and restructuring. Nakheel demonstrates how quickly even seemingly unstoppable real-estate booms can reverse. The Half-Trillion-Dollar Club The four largest losses alone account for nearly $470 billion in inflation-adjusted value destruction: * **AOL Time Warner (2002):** ~$143 billion * **AIG (2008):** ~$128 billion * **JDS Uniphase (2001):** ~$104 billion * **Fannie Mae (2009):** ~$94 billion Combined, these four annual losses destroyed more value than the current market capitalization of many of the world's largest public companies. The lesson from this ranking is simple: the biggest corporate losses rarely occur because a company has a bad quarter or even a bad year. They happen when an entire narrative breaks—whether it is internet mania, telecom euphoria, housing prices that supposedly never fall, or financial engineering that appears risk-free until suddenly it isn't.

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  The Great Gazoo (@flight2q3211) reported 17 minutes ago

  @firstadopter The deal makes total sense to me. Arbitrageurs putting deal likelihood above 50% of going through. Can only make sense to compare to AOL X Time Warner if you think one of FOX or Roku has a bad destiny coming. FOX pays about 6% interest on debt.

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  twicemeles (@twicemeles) reported 19 minutes ago

  @Owliellder Only one I never witnessed as AOL. I wasn't allowed. I am creaking.