AOL already has a weapon against Netzero in place. They recently started selling ISP services through Netscape again for $9.95 a month (imagine that). They have also decided to start working on a new integrated browser suite based on FireFox and Thunderbird.

The thing about AOL (and MSN for that matter) is that you get much more than the Internet. They have exclusive content only available through their servers. Their content includes things like complete magazines, games (they have had Neverwinter Nights since 1992), custom chat rooms, concert simulcasts, movies and more. Many large websites such as iVillage and Motley Fool actually got their start as AOL Content providers back in the Early 90s. Internet access is actually provided as a free service on top of everything else that AOL offers.