AOL Broadband service--What do you think?????

I have recently changed over to the aol broadband service and i
honestly think it is EXCELLENT-1mb service for just under thirty five
pound a month---its supremely faster and much better than anything ive
had before.

Ive had NTL, and theyre absolute tosh,if the truth be known.

The aol broadband service enables me to access my office and other
client sites perfectly and i just think its a really good service.

I was wondering what other peoples thoughts
were---bad/good/indifferent???




The Debt Collector

In article <(E-Mail Removed) >,
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> I have recently changed over to the aol broadband service and i
> honestly think it is EXCELLENT-1mb service for just under thirty five
> pound a month---its supremely faster and much better than anything ive
> had before.
>
> Ive had NTL, and theyre absolute tosh,if the truth be known.
>
> The aol broadband service enables me to access my office and other
> client sites perfectly and i just think its a really good service.
>
> I was wondering what other peoples thoughts
> were---bad/good/indifferent???
>
>
>
>
> The Debt Collector
>
bad, bad, bad.
I like proper ISP's

> I was wondering what other peoples thoughts
> were---bad/good/indifferent???

Well, it's AOL isn't it. Presumably that means using their own crappy
software, which is more like a virus. An AOL removal tool should be included
in Norton AV! I guess this also means no checking POP3 boxes from other ISPs
and most of the features you'd expect from an ISP to be missing... Am I
right?

debt collector wrote:

> I have recently changed over to the aol broadband service and i
> honestly think it is EXCELLENT-1mb service for just under thirty five
> pound a month---its supremely faster and much better than anything ive
> had before.
>
> Ive had NTL, and theyre absolute tosh,if the truth be known.
>
> The aol broadband service enables me to access my office and other
> client sites perfectly and i just think its a really good service.
>
> I was wondering what other peoples thoughts
> were---bad/good/indifferent???

That's nice, I pay Pipex £28.95 a month for 1meg and AOL's 80 meg of
crappy software hasn't come near one of my machines.

I think this is a troll post right? I can't be bothered looking up that
nntp posting host address to see if really belongs to AOL.

AOL are a load of dung. As you claim to use them though, perhaps you
can answer some questions?

1. I have 4 desktop machines and 2 laptop machines, running Windows XP,
Slackware and Windows 98. How would AOL like this? I can plug a
mates machine straight into my router and it's on my home network and
the Internet straight away. Can you do that with AOL?

2. Is there piss poor newsreader any better? As you've posted from
Google, I guess not.

3. Do they offer POP3 or IMAP yet to collect mail?

4. Is AOL still patrolled by those Guides? Hahaha, damn, chatting or
any kind of communication on there must be like being at kindergarten
right? I guess that's why you're using Usenet?

5. Don't AOL run some fucked up system where users share IP addresses
for traffic? So any hope of running a webserver (or any kind of server)
goes right out the window?

6. Oh god, I can't be bothered thinking of six. The first one is
enough to make me stay away.

I think you're lying about being on AOL anyway. I must remember not to
feed the trolls.

"Mr Spoon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> debt collector wrote:
>
> > I have recently changed over to the aol broadband service and i
> > honestly think it is EXCELLENT-1mb service for just under thirty five
> > pound a month---its supremely faster and much better than anything ive
> > had before.

I have the AOL 1 meg service too. I satarted out with Demon about 10 years
ago, and have been with Line One, BT Internet etc etc. AOL have been the
most reliable by far out of any ISP.

> >
> > Ive had NTL, and theyre absolute tosh,if the truth be known.
> >
> > The aol broadband service enables me to access my office and other
> > client sites perfectly and i just think its a really good service.
> >
> > I was wondering what other peoples thoughts
> > were---bad/good/indifferent???
>
> That's nice, I pay Pipex £28.95 a month for 1meg and AOL's 80 meg of
> crappy software hasn't come near one of my machines.

Pipex are having a few problems I hear..

>
> I think this is a troll post right? I can't be bothered looking up that
> nntp posting host address to see if really belongs to AOL.
>
> AOL are a load of dung. As you claim to use them though, perhaps you
> can answer some questions?

That's a common misconception with people that have never used AOL.

>
> 1. I have 4 desktop machines and 2 laptop machines, running Windows XP,
> Slackware and Windows 98. How would AOL like this? I can plug a
> mates machine straight into my router and it's on my home network and
> the Internet straight away. Can you do that with AOL?

Yes. I have 5 pc's on a LAN at home. All are able to access my AOL broadband
connection at the same time. I use a bit of proxy software called pppshar
pro to do it. Not hard to do.

>
> 2. Is there piss poor newsreader any better? As you've posted from
> Google, I guess not.

Don't use it, I have a free account with the german news server that
everyone uses and a pay news account with giganews.
>
> 3. Do they offer POP3 or IMAP yet to collect mail?

I own a dot com domain and send and receive mail from my mail reader thru
AOL DNS to do this. As you know, AOL don't support POP3 or IMAP in their
software package, but it's no big deal. For me, AOL is just the front end to
connect in. The rest of my software is the same as every one elses. I'm just
laughing because my connection is extremely reliable, and my Counter-Strike
ping is generally less than most players..
>
> 4. Is AOL still patrolled by those Guides? Hahaha, damn, chatting or
> any kind of communication on there must be like being at kindergarten
> right? I guess that's why you're using Usenet?

Never used it, so don't know what you're talking about.. you seem to know
more of AOL's bespoke software than me! Do you miss it?
>
> 5. Don't AOL run some fucked up system where users share IP addresses
> for traffic? So any hope of running a webserver (or any kind of server)
> goes right out the window?

Most broadband T's and C's specifically ban the use of a web server or an
ftp server.. if you want to run one from AOL, fine.. no problem. Use a free
dynamic IP - name look up service, lots of them out there..

>
> 6. Oh god, I can't be bothered thinking of six. The first one is
> enough to make me stay away.

Maybe you should do more research...

>
> I think you're lying about being on AOL anyway. I must remember not to
> feed the trolls.
>

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 01:31:50 -0000, "huLLy" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>For me, AOL is just the front end to
>connect in. The rest of my software is the same as every one elses.

Except they don't provide an SMTP server, and they prevent you
connecting to any others you may normally be able to connect to.
(Actually they _do_ provide an SMTP server, and redirect all traffic
sent to other SMTP servers to it, but it is/was so hugely busy nobody
could ever use it to send mail)

>> I think you're lying about being on AOL anyway. I must remember not to
>> feed the trolls.

He genuinely is on AOL.

I really hate the way AOL saturate advertise their service as being
the most suitable for new users of the Internet - simple to use etc.
People then don't realise there is a "proper" Internet out there, or
ISPs that don't manipulate at every possible juncture.

Ever tried to leave AOL? It is a feat.

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"King Queen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Ever tried to leave AOL? It is a feat.
>

It's remarkably easy. You use a bizarre pre historic piece of kit called a
'telephone'.

I'm able to post with SMTP thru AOL using Argo Mailserver Pro. Where's the
problem?

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 11:26:05 UTC, "huLLy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
> "King Queen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > Ever tried to leave AOL? It is a feat.
> >
>
> It's remarkably easy. You use a bizarre pre historic piece of kit called a
> 'telephone'.

But you've obviously not done so (or failed) or you would know that they
don't action the request.

> I'm able to post with SMTP thru AOL using Argo Mailserver Pro. Where's the
> problem?

And can you share your Internet connection?

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"Bob Eager" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 11:26:05 UTC, "huLLy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> And can you share your Internet connection?
>

I'm sharing it now, with 3 other pc's on my LAN. I said how I did it a
little higher up in this thread. Use a little bit of software called pppshar
and you're done.

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 13:02:50 UTC, "huLLy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I'm sharing it now, with 3 other pc's on my LAN. I said how I did it a
> little higher up in this thread. Use a little bit of software called pppshar
> and you're done.

So that's a difference compared to a 'normal' ISP, then.

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rde at tavi.co.uk
PC Server 325*4; PS/2s 9585, 8595, 9595*2, 8580*3,
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