AOL outages and service status in Machias, Maine

Problems in the last 24 hours in Machias, Maine

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

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Daniil (@DaniilBuilds) reported 5 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.

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  Thomas Olenik (@TomOlenik) reported 9 minutes ago

  @signorina37H 56k was blazing fast. I was an AOL customer beefier they went public with a 14.4k modem in a 486-66 machine and a whopping 8 MB RAM.

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  Betty Egg (@betty_egg) reported 12 minutes ago

  @gatorgar As an AOL internet baby, I must confess I never saw much of a point in books. In fact I learned the lion's share of my grammar and spelling from AOL chat rooms. I was never a huge fan of fiction (basically I never read fiction) and everything I wanted to know what on the internet. People have this thing still, like, "Oh, well if you don't read books, you're an idiot..." I've been glued to the computer since the internet started. I've been 'reading' my entire life.

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  MissouriCowgirl (@mocowgirl15) reported 13 minutes ago

  For me, it's more that this person has spoken to me in 10 yrs then acted like I've never been on SM or the Internet before when I've on the Internet since I was 8 yrs in the infancy of AOL chatrooms and all the SM platforms. I'm well aware of how to post and my posts.

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  Manas Mehta (@manasme) reported 14 minutes ago

  @EconomicTimes Ignorant media, the amount of Rs5 Cr was never a "fine" but a compensation paid by AOL.

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  ✨Elleecat✨🇨🇦🇺🇦 (@goodwitch829) reported 15 minutes ago

  @Irina_exh @bshepherd05 18. I’ve never used a phone booth, and I didn’t have an aol address. I’m really not that old, just grew up in the 1980s and 90s

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  Joy Flick (@JoyFlick1) reported 18 minutes ago

  The exact cause of the fire that destroyed the historic former church at East 55th Street and Central Avenue in Cleveland on August 21, 2026, is still under investigation. What We Know About the Fire - Time and Place: The two-alarm fire started around 2 a.m. at the vacant building. Gas Status: Officials stated that the gas service to the building had been turned off for a long time. Building History: The structure was built in the late 1890s—initially as a Jewish synagogue before serving as the Friendship Baptist Church for decades. Prior Issues: Police had responded to reports of break-ins and vandalism at the empty property over the years. According to an AOL report, no injuries were reported, but the 100-year-old structure suffered a catastrophic collapse of its wooden interior and is considered a total loss.

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  Currer Ellis (@ActonBell) reported 26 minutes ago

  @DerrickEvans4WV Can we just go back to AOL and dial up internet? Do we really need everything connected to everything…? I don’t think so. Let’s cancel this AI stuff.

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  Nancy (@SJSU4me) reported 27 minutes ago

  @Irina_exh Never had an AOL Address. Yes to the rest....

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  Greg Steiner (@gsteiner1031) reported 33 minutes ago

  @Irina_exh 19, never had an AOL address