AOL UK going down the pan?

Is it just me, or has AOLUK gone down the pan? Slow speeds are common now,
whats going on?
Steve

On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 10:20:23 -0000, "Steve Banner" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Is it just me, or has AOLUK gone down the pan? Slow speeds are common now,
>whats going on?
>Steve
>
>

I'm not a AOL user but one of my colleagues gave up with them because
they were not reliable enough to run the business. She switched to
another cheap service. It took five weeks because AOL did not want to
release the details and the new service wasn't in any hurry either.

--
Steve Wolstenholme Neural Planner Software

EasyNN-plus. The easy way to build neural networks.
http://www.easynn.com

Steve Wolstenholme wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 10:20:23 -0000, "Steve Banner" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>> Is it just me, or has AOLUK gone down the pan? Slow speeds are
>> common now, whats going on?
>> Steve
>>
>>
>
> I'm not a AOL user but one of my colleagues gave up with them because
> they were not reliable enough to run the business. She switched to
> another cheap service. It took five weeks because AOL did not want to
> release the details and the new service wasn't in any hurry either.

Doesn't sound like she's terribly serious about her business!

Tim

Steve Wolstenholme wrote:
> and the new service wasn't in any hurry either.


Then they clearly aren't the people to be changing to.....

Steve Banner wrote:
> Is it just me, or has AOLUK gone down the pan? Slow speeds are common
> now,
> whats going on?
> Steve

Aol is a real pain when using it for business purposes, as by default it
routes all mail through its servers, which are heavily filtered for spam,
and create problems when using pop access, the only way around is to use a
relay server that connects on alternative to default smtp port.

Gaz

On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:13:20 -0000, "Tim Downie"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Steve Wolstenholme wrote:
>> On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 10:20:23 -0000, "Steve Banner" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Is it just me, or has AOLUK gone down the pan? Slow speeds are
>>> common now, whats going on?
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I'm not a AOL user but one of my colleagues gave up with them because
>> they were not reliable enough to run the business. She switched to
>> another cheap service. It took five weeks because AOL did not want to
>> release the details and the new service wasn't in any hurry either.
>
>Doesn't sound like she's terribly serious about her business!
>

She has alternative methods. Her online work is minimal and I can't
convince her hat it's the way to go!

--
Steve Wolstenholme Neural Planner Software

EasyNN-plus. The easy way to build neural networks.
http://www.easynn.com

On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:13:30 +0000, Great Eastern <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Steve Wolstenholme wrote:
>> and the new service wasn't in any hurry either.
>
>
>Then they clearly aren't the people to be changing to.....

But they are the current high volume TV advertisers so they give some
people the impression they are a good choice.

--
Steve Wolstenholme Neural Planner Software

EasyNN-plus. The easy way to build neural networks.
http://www.easynn.com

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Steve
Wolstenholme <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 10:20:23 -0000, "Steve Banner" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>wrote:
>
>>Is it just me, or has AOLUK gone down the pan? Slow speeds are common now,
>>whats going on?
>>Steve
>>
>>
>
>I'm not a AOL user but one of my colleagues gave up with them because
>they were not reliable enough to run the business. She switched to
>another cheap service. It took five weeks because AOL did not want to
>release the details and the new service wasn't in any hurry either.

From Feb 14, Ofcom requires all ISPs to release MAC codes within 5 days
or risk of a fine of one-tenth of their turnover.

Stan

On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 10:20:23 -0000, "Steve Banner" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Is it just me, or has AOLUK gone down the pan?

YES !

Slow speeds are common now,
>whats going on?
>Steve
>
>

My speeds back up today, but I wonder for how long.

It's still being throttled to 75KB/s on evenings, though :-(


DS

On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 10:20:23 -0000, "Steve Banner" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Is it just me, or has AOLUK gone down the pan? Slow speeds are common now,
>whats going on?
>Steve
>
>
Craphone Shithouse takes over AOL next week, what do you expect?