AOL -what's going on

About 3 weeks ago, i decided to opt for AOL broadband via their website -
and went through all the set up process. However I soon found out that they
don't accomodate online gaming (Ps2/Xbox)and decided the next day to use my
cooling off period and cancel.
However when i finally made contact, they had no record of my order - bit
worrying since i gave them my credit details and accepted their terms and
conditions. I tried 3 days later, still no record - so I assumed it had got
lost in cyberspace.

In the interim signed up with Tiscali - which to date I'm pleased with.

Guess what - today i received a postcard from AOL, telling me that Broadband
wasn't available in my area - hence no AOL Broadband?????? - what's going on
I ask myself - I have broadband via Tiscali.

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 20:10:20 +0100, "Nick Stewart"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:


> what's going on
>I ask myself - I have broadband via Tiscali.
Simple really AOL is owned by stupid war mungering American bastards.
Monty .

> Guess what - today i received a postcard from AOL, telling me that Broadband
> wasn't available in my area - hence no AOL Broadband?????? - what's going on
> I ask myself - I have broadband via Tiscali.

If you ask me, a lucky escape ;-)

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On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 20:59:28 +0100, Colin Wilson
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>If you ask me, a lucky escape ;-)
Well yes got to agree it takes a very brave or indeed stupid man to
even consider signing up with AOL .
Monty .

On 16/9/03 8:57 pm, in article (E-Mail Removed),
"Monty" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 20:10:20 +0100, "Nick Stewart"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>
>> what's going on
>> I ask myself - I have broadband via Tiscali.
> Simple really AOL is owned by stupid war mungering American bastards.
> Monty .
>
Rather than a narrow minded bigoted twat who adds nothing to
civilisation....

In article <(E-Mail Removed)> ,
(E-Mail Removed) says...

> hence no AOL Broadband?????? - what's going on
> > I ask myself - I have broadband via Tiscali.
>
> If you ask me, a lucky escape ;-)
>

I'm not so sure. A case maybe, of out of the frying pan and into another
frying pan.

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In article <3f675fd3$(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed) says...
> About 3 weeks ago, i decided to opt for AOL broadband via their website -
> and went through all the set up process. However I soon found out that they
> don't accomodate online gaming (Ps2/Xbox)and decided the next day to use my
> cooling off period and cancel.
> However when i finally made contact, they had no record of my order - bit
> worrying since i gave them my credit details and accepted their terms and
> conditions. I tried 3 days later, still no record - so I assumed it had got
> lost in cyberspace.
>
> In the interim signed up with Tiscali - which to date I'm pleased with.
>
> Guess what - today i received a postcard from AOL, telling me that Broadband
> wasn't available in my area - hence no AOL Broadband?????? - what's going on
> I ask myself - I have broadband via Tiscali.

I think you just had a narrow escape there then!

What may have happened is that your order got delayed, you got BB with
Tiscali, AOL have tried to get it for you, and the system has said "No,
you can't have it". Their system doesn't realise that you can't have it
because you're already with someone else, so they send you a generic "You
can't get broadband" letter.

Maybe. This is AOL we're talking about here.

Pete.

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Lol!
The subject line says it all ;o)

Brian Pemberton wrote:

> Lol!
> The subject line says it all ;o)

Heard on the news yesterday that AOL Time Warner are dropping the AOL part
of their name because it's an embarassment and they are loosing customers
fast.

The ps2/xbox situation probably doesn't help (assuming what I read was
right).

Andy.

I was on AOL dial-up before getting ADSL and AOL were beta testing ways to
make both XBOX Live! and the PS2 variant work with their software, it
involved ICS somehow.