anybody used aol? am thinking of joining them,,,

I've heard, on here I think that if you have an aol trial dial
up account, and then call to cancel it, and when they ask why you
are canceling, you tell them that you've decided to upgrade to
broadband, and go with a provider cheaper than aol, then they
will price match!

If I could get through the credit check, I'd go with NTLfreedom
(512k, 5gig / month cap, £17.99 a month, which includes a free
modem, and free signup), but I can't so AOL looks like a good bet
if they will give me their unlimited 512k package for £17.99 /
month!

But what am I letting myself in for? What's so crap about AOL
broadband? I've read here, that you don't have to use their
software to connect, which seemed to be the major sticking point.

Or if anybody else can suggest an ISP that gives you a free
modem, no installation fee, and more than 1 gig a month for about
£18 then that would be much appreciated. One with a newserver
with good binaries might be appreciated too, although not
essential.

Thanks, Alex.

On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 06:27:26 +0000, Alex Boosbeck
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>But what am I letting myself in for? What's so crap about AOL
>broadband? I've read here, that you don't have to use their
>software to connect, which seemed to be the major sticking point.

Does it still install loads of proprietary crap installed on your
system? Have a google: http://tinyurl.com/4s69q

>Or if anybody else can suggest an ISP that gives you a free
>modem, no installation fee, and more than 1 gig a month for about
>£18 then that would be much appreciated. One with a newserver
>with good binaries might be appreciated too, although not
>essential.
>
>Thanks, Alex.

They don't give you a free modem but Virgin is £17.99 (3GB capped)
with no setup fee and no minimum term. They were doing deals on the
speedtouch modem when I signed up (£10) but no doubt you could pick
one up off ebay... Can't comment on binaries as I don't use them.
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Alex Boosbeck wrote:
> I've heard, on here I think that if you have an aol trial dial
> up account, and then call to cancel it, and when they ask why you
> are canceling, you tell them that you've decided to upgrade to
> broadband, and go with a provider cheaper than aol, then they
> will price match!
>
> If I could get through the credit check, I'd go with NTLfreedom
> (512k, 5gig / month cap, £17.99 a month, which includes a free
> modem, and free signup), but I can't so AOL looks like a good bet
> if they will give me their unlimited 512k package for £17.99 /
> month!
>
> But what am I letting myself in for? What's so crap about AOL
> broadband? I've read here, that you don't have to use their
> software to connect, which seemed to be the major sticking point.
>
> Or if anybody else can suggest an ISP that gives you a free
> modem, no installation fee, and more than 1 gig a month for about
> £18 then that would be much appreciated. One with a newserver
> with good binaries might be appreciated too, although not
> essential.
>
> Thanks, Alex.

What about Demon Home 500? For only 2 quid more, i.e. £19.99 a month, you
get all that but without the capping.

Mike

On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:51:46 -0000, "Pipex Text" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>What about Demon Home 500? For only 2 quid more, i.e. £19.99 a month, you
>get all that but without the capping.

No newsgroup access though I seem to recall. At the mo, I'm
leaning towards going with Wanadoos 1Mb package...

Alex

No, it doesn't. I've used AOL for about 4 years or so, and I'm now on
their 1Mb package for £29.99/month. I don't use any of the AOL
software, as I use Firefox as my browser and Thunderbird for my email
client.

AOL's become a hell of a lot better over the past 18 months to 2 years,
and I would definitely recommend them.

HTH!

Rob

Or +44 8703 408916 to my VOIP line
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>No, it doesn't. I've used AOL for about 4 years or so, and I'm now on
>their 1Mb package for £29.99/month. I don't use any of the AOL
>software, as I use Firefox as my browser and Thunderbird for my email
>client.

>AOL's become a hell of a lot better over the past 18 months to 2 years,
>and I would definitely recommend them.

>HTH!

>Rob

I'm on Platinum 2 and apart from being relatively expensive, it's excellent!
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On 16 Jan 2005 in uk.telecom.broadband, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>No, it doesn't.

Work ? Make the coffee ? Give you verbal abuse ?

Helps to quote something before posting !!



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In uk.telecom.broadband, Peter M wrote:

>Helps to quote something before posting !!

He *is* an AOL user ;-)

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