Aol Silver Broadband - too good to be true ???!!!

Hi there,
My sis has been with AOL for quite some time now and is still on
dialup. She's been sent info on "AOL Silver Broadband" 1Mb d/l speed,
for 9.99 / month, unlimited d/l and time online with free modem +
cables thrown in. The offer sounds too good to be true. Is there some
hidden connection charge that she may get suprised with ? And will they
give a modem or a wireless router ? On the sign up page they require
that your machine has an Ethernet port ( hence Network card) so I
assume they will send a wireless router so does you NIC have to be
wireless compatible. The offer overall sounds very enticing but she is
vary vary of any hidden extras or upgrading of hardware, which as you
know females can find intimidating.

Cheers !

Hustler

(E-Mail Removed) wrote on 5 Jul 2006 08:34:06 -0700:

> Hi there,
> My sis has been with AOL for quite some time now and is still on
> dialup. She's been sent info on "AOL Silver Broadband" 1Mb d/l speed,
> for 9.99 / month, unlimited d/l and time online with free modem +
> cables thrown in. The offer sounds too good to be true. Is there some
> hidden connection charge that she may get suprised with ? And will they
> give a modem or a wireless router ? On the sign up page they require
> that your machine has an Ethernet port ( hence Network card) so I
> assume they will send a wireless router so does you NIC have to be
> wireless compatible. The offer overall sounds very enticing but she is
> vary vary of any hidden extras or upgrading of hardware, which as you
> know females can find intimidating.

If I saw an ad saying an Ethernet port is required I'd assume it was a wired
router.

Dan

Spack wrote:
> (E-Mail Removed) wrote on 5 Jul 2006 08:34:06 -0700:
>
>> Hi there,
>> My sis has been with AOL for quite some time now and is still on
>> dialup. She's been sent info on "AOL Silver Broadband" 1Mb d/l speed,
>> for 9.99 / month, unlimited d/l and time online with free modem +
>> cables thrown in. The offer sounds too good to be true. Is there some
>> hidden connection charge that she may get suprised with ? And will they
>> give a modem or a wireless router ? On the sign up page they require
>> that your machine has an Ethernet port ( hence Network card) so I
>> assume they will send a wireless router so does you NIC have to be
>> wireless compatible. The offer overall sounds very enticing but she is
>> vary vary of any hidden extras or upgrading of hardware, which as you
>> know females can find intimidating.
>
> If I saw an ad saying an Ethernet port is required I'd assume it was a wired
> router.
>
> Dan
>
>

Get all this included with Broadband Silver:

- FREE wireless router (worth over £55)
- FREE connection
- McAfee Personal Firewall Plus
- Download speeds up to 1Mbps
- One month FREE when you order online

"Xeonwales" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:e8gp3p$7vg$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Spack wrote:
>> (E-Mail Removed) wrote on 5 Jul 2006 08:34:06 -0700:
>>
>>> Hi there,
>>> My sis has been with AOL for quite some time now and is still on
>>> dialup. She's been sent info on "AOL Silver Broadband" 1Mb d/l speed,
>>> for 9.99 / month, unlimited d/l and time online with free modem +
>>> cables thrown in. The offer sounds too good to be true. Is there some
>>> hidden connection charge that she may get suprised with ? And will they
>>> give a modem or a wireless router ? On the sign up page they require
>>> that your machine has an Ethernet port ( hence Network card) so I
>>> assume they will send a wireless router so does you NIC have to be
>>> wireless compatible. The offer overall sounds very enticing but she is
>>> vary vary of any hidden extras or upgrading of hardware, which as you
>>> know females can find intimidating.
>>
>> If I saw an ad saying an Ethernet port is required I'd assume it was a
>> wired router.
>>
>> Dan
>
> Get all this included with Broadband Silver:
>
> - FREE wireless router (worth over £55)
> - FREE connection
> - McAfee Personal Firewall Plus
> - Download speeds up to 1Mbps
> - One month FREE when you order online

The only thing that you would need an Ethernet cable for is to install their
HORRIBLE software.

If it seems too good to be true, then it is.

Ivor

Ivor Jones wrote:
> If it seems too good to be true, then it is.
>
> Ivor

No it isnt. My Tivo, my Ipod, all seemed too good to be true, all turned out
to live up to their expectations.

Gaz

Gaz pretended :
> Ivor Jones wrote:
>> If it seems too good to be true, then it is.
>>
>> Ivor
>
> No it isnt. My Tivo, my Ipod, all seemed too good to be true, all turned out
> to live up to their expectations.
>
> Gaz

Ah but surely that means they /weren't/ too good to be true.....;-)
therefore not disproving Ivor's theory?

Jono wrote:
> Gaz pretended :
>> Ivor Jones wrote:
>>> If it seems too good to be true, then it is.
>>>
>>> Ivor
>>
>> No it isnt. My Tivo, my Ipod, all seemed too good to be true, all turned
>> out
>> to live up to their expectations.
>>
>> Gaz
>
> Ah but surely that means they /weren't/ too good to be true.....;-)
> therefore not disproving Ivor's theory?

Now then, dont you go and bring logic into this.......

Gaz

Gaz wrote:
> Ivor Jones wrote:
>> If it seems too good to be true, then it is.
>>
>> Ivor
>
> No it isnt. My Tivo, my Ipod, all seemed too good to be true, all
> turned out to live up to their expectations.
>
> Gaz

What seemed too good to be true about a video recorder and a walkman?

Ian

Jaxtraw wrote:
> Gaz wrote:
>> Ivor Jones wrote:
>>> If it seems too good to be true, then it is.
>>>
>>> Ivor
>>
>> No it isnt. My Tivo, my Ipod, all seemed too good to be true, all
>> turned out to live up to their expectations.
>>
>> Gaz
>
> What seemed too good to be true about a video recorder and a walkman?
>
> Ian

Tivo said it would change my life, it did. The Ipod said i could carry my
entire cd collection in my back pocket, and I can.

Gaz