How many of use use AOL to get online now a days?? Do you like it.. do you enjoy their new enhancements.... Tell us about it...
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Do you.. AOL?
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WDWScottieBoy
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I have AOL but don't use it to sign on. I have cable internet so I just use IE for my internet. My brothers and parents however always use it and they like it a lot. Even for members like me who don't use AOL to sign on but use www.aol.com to check their mail and everything, they've just changed that too. I really like it and can't complain one bit. They have a lot of ncie features and I think it's really worth the price you pay. But then again, that's just me.
I have it.. I like the new adtion of free McAfee Virus protection from them.... you have to upgrade AOL first... however I ususally connect VA internet connections with DSL and use Mozilla for the browzer... i like the new aol.com as well....
Not For Sale
Active Member
I have AOL, but not by my will. I still have 56k, so I use it to get online. After that I just use the Opera browser (a lot like Firefox) to surf. I may get cable webbernet shoon. Ve kan ohnly hewp.
Not For Sale
Active Member
I add.
I don't like AOL because it feels clunky to me. Like "My first iternet" or something like that.
I don't like AOL because it feels clunky to me. Like "My first iternet" or something like that.
NemoRocks78
Seized
Not For Sale said:
:lol:
I have it, but I also have Adelphia cable internet so there's no need to use it (rest of the family does though). I used to be on it all the time (there was infact a time when I hated IE and Firefox :lookaroun ) but one day I started using IE and haven't given up since. I like using it and AIM much better.
But then there's the bonuses of having AOL....like being able to watch the Episode III trailer a day before anyone else.... :lol:
barnum42
New Member
I used to have AOL dial up as they were the only UK ISP that did not cap usage. I ditched them when I moved to an area with cable broadband.
Until recently my folks could not get broadband and so I put them on AOL - again as the competitiors capped the time online and charged about a buck a minute for tech supp. AOL's is included in the subscription.
Then AOL's support went downhill - the connection was unreliable and slow, whenever I phoned support I was put though to a disinterested operator in India who refused to aknowledge the network problem and just said "put more memory in the PC".
As soon as my folks local telephone exchange was upgraded to broadband I ditched AOL (whose broadband package at the time was extortionate, it has since become more competative).
Until recently my folks could not get broadband and so I put them on AOL - again as the competitiors capped the time online and charged about a buck a minute for tech supp. AOL's is included in the subscription.
Then AOL's support went downhill - the connection was unreliable and slow, whenever I phoned support I was put though to a disinterested operator in India who refused to aknowledge the network problem and just said "put more memory in the PC".
As soon as my folks local telephone exchange was upgraded to broadband I ditched AOL (whose broadband package at the time was extortionate, it has since become more competative).
FigmentJedi
Well-Known Member
Only when forced to use dial-up.
AOL overcharges. I'd never pay more than $10 a month for 56k access. That said, cable and DSL are the way to go. If you're still using AOL for dial-up access, you need to switch to a cable or DSL provider. If you can't get anything else, find a cheaper provider. AOL's browser is buggy, and I highly advise you to use FireFox or IE. Or Safari for Mac users. 
AOL isn't worth anything. The content they provide for the extra fee isn't worth it either, as you can get much better content other ways, and if you have Comcast or Bright House for cable, or Verizon for DSL, you have lots of content already available to you. Verizon has MSN now too, which is much better than AOL if you really love the all-in-one thing. Personally, I hate it all-in-one. Anyway, that's my take on it.
AOL isn't worth anything. The content they provide for the extra fee isn't worth it either, as you can get much better content other ways, and if you have Comcast or Bright House for cable, or Verizon for DSL, you have lots of content already available to you. Verizon has MSN now too, which is much better than AOL if you really love the all-in-one thing. Personally, I hate it all-in-one. Anyway, that's my take on it. 
Steamboat_Kevin
Well-Known Member
I've only used AOL for Instant Messaging. My brother had AOL for a while, he didn't mind it. He said he liked Internet Explorer better.
WDWScottieBoy
Well-Known Member
NemoRocks78 said:
I'm the same exact way as you. I love using IE so much now that I don't care to get on AOL anymore. And AIM is the way to go.
imagineer99
New Member
WDWScottieBoy said:
DIE InternetExplorer!
Use firefox...use safari...use opera...use ANYTHING but IE! It's a corruptible piece of software that doesn't work properly.
My mom has had tin since then too... I ben using it since the mid 90s.... When my mom got a new computer with win 95.... (I still use their service.. just not browzer... bFirefox Rules...)