AOL high-speed ????
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From: inver grove heights MN
AOL high-speed ????
just wondering if anyone has AOL highscpeed. i cant stand 56k anymore.
do you need a second phone line still ?? cost? satisfaction?
anything i should know before getting it?
and do you get one of those plug-in boxes like DSL has?
thanks
do you need a second phone line still ?? cost? satisfaction?
anything i should know before getting it?
and do you get one of those plug-in boxes like DSL has?
thanks
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From: Georgia
Just get cable broadband. It is right around the same price. Then you can get rid of all that aol stuff on your computer.
AOL is bad..... It will download stuff onto your computer that you don't need & use up all your important recourses like memory.
AOL is bad..... It will download stuff onto your computer that you don't need & use up all your important recourses like memory.
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From: inver grove heights MN
thing is though...
I HATE CHANGE!!!!
and i pay some of my bills through AOL, and all my friends have my email adresses... there would be sooo much crap to change... im trying to do this with the least headaches. so id like to stick to AOL if possible.
I HATE CHANGE!!!!
and i pay some of my bills through AOL, and all my friends have my email adresses... there would be sooo much crap to change... im trying to do this with the least headaches. so id like to stick to AOL if possible.
Cargo Master
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From: Georgia
I know what your saying.
I hate change as well. I have to change my email address every now & again because spammers get it & try to sell me VIAGRA!!!!!
Try it once & they won't let you get over it.............
I hate change as well. I have to change my email address every now & again because spammers get it & try to sell me VIAGRA!!!!!
Try it once & they won't let you get over it.............
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It's been a LONG time since I was hamstrung by AOHE!! but I had a business and on my business card was my AOL e-mail address. So I was a bit stuck. Back then they had a program called BYOA (Bring your own access) I signed up for cable broadband and for $10.95 a month I used my cable access to get on the internet and still had my AOL account for e-mail. I think it also included around 15-20 dial up hours a month? Then you can slowly ween your contacts off your AOL address. It'll wind up getting down to one or two doofusses that are the only ones still e-mailing you at AOL and you can just admonish them personally.
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I just recently changed from AOL to the Roadrunner/AOL package on cable modem. It's great. You get to keep your AOL e-mail address, you have always-on internet access with Roadrunner, and you get it for $29.95 for about 6-months as a new subscriber. The bill no longer comes from AOL, it comes from my Time Warner cable account.
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I have never been any sort of AOL fan. I used them for dial up before DSL was available here.My boss had it for a month then relized they go throught the local DSL anyways. He tried my cable and skipped switching to local DSL completely.
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Realistically, cable is a much better route, its more reliable than phone lines, and repair/service is almost always free with cable, never the case with phone service. Cable is also about twice the speed. Get yourself a Hotmail or similar email account and import your address book... it won't take long for your peoples to adapt. Highly recommend that you go with a local company over AOL. You risk paying for installation and service calls which you probably won't with a local company.
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