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AOL's new "mail only for free" service is pretty darn good. I've used them for some years even with my DSL line. I pay only $9.95/month for the complete service and over the time I've used AOL9SE, I have trained their built in spam filter to recognize a lot of spam that used to inhabit my mail. It's very rare now that any spam sneaks into my in box. Now, with the new free stuff, I can save that monthly $9.95 bill by simply using a different browser. Ain't progress grand?
Posted by: Catmoves at September 8, 2006 9:04 PM
Yeah,I know there area lot of 'good' ISPs. I want
one that is LESS than $9.95 a month and dependable
too.I found it with ISP.com $8.95 monthly, they
bill my crerdit card monthly, and I've NEVER had
any problem with them, NEVER.
Posted by: Bill R at September 9, 2006 2:09 PM
I have heard about a lot of problems with AOL customer support, especially if you are thinking about cancelling. AOL customer support is often following a script. An extreme example can be found on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaaAYVUWP0I, but I know of a number of AOL users and I do not like a number of things about their service including software.
Posted by: Eli Coten at September 9, 2006 2:51 PM
I need to talk to you Leo Sir.
Posted by: Barath at September 19, 2006 7:12 PM
we currently use ntlworld broadband but want to change but the last time we tiried to change to aol i couldnt use my hot mail we are trying to find one that this wont happen on again but no one will commit to saying if we will or not be able to use it we have looked as talktalk and ticali but cant get a straight answer from either can you help
Posted by: tracey at October 14, 2006 11:27 AM
Aol giving you free email, beware when they come bearing gift. Aol and I parted company as their customer support is very scripted, very pretentious/or nonsupport support,like to collect/sell your personal info, gave me hell in my attempts to cancel account(work you over like a felon to keep you), alway keep you on hold a long time, no accountability. Thats how they value you as customer!!!
Posted by: channing at November 3, 2006 7:41 PM
If anyone is thinking of getting AOL....DO NOT!!! I had them for 4 years now and it has been nothing but hell. AOL will not stay connected, and then you're forced to restart your computer, just to get you back online, only to work for a few minutes before it freezes up again. And then when you've got fed up with trying to fix the problem yourself, don't bother calling AOL up, because you'll be greeted with someone who can hardly speak english, and then go through a list of things you've already done, then at the end they tell you it's not AOL it's that you have a bad modem, when you know you don't. So then you decide to delete the AOL software...somehow it reinstalls itself..hmmmmm Then you decide to let your credit card expire to stop payment to AOL, but they find another way to charge you...WHAT THE HELL!?! The only thing I can tell you is, if you get stuck with AOL don't use their software; use Firefox, it'll make your experience a little less annoying. Try Earth Link if you don't know what other service to use. It's cheaper and far better.
Posted by: CaptainCracker at July 3, 2007 12:09 AM
I own my domain name and would like to find a new email service provider-I now use register .com and it is not compatible with my iphone-i cannot receive or send email from my phone and frankly I am tired of dealing with it-do you have suggestions for another provider that is compatible with the iphone??? I do not want free service either thanks
Posted by: kim at June 2, 2009 7:44 AM
hi sir, i use internet at internet cafe but connection is slow. how can i do ? i want to download . what should i do ? (i use from myanmar). bye.
Find an internet cafe with a faster connection? I don't think there's anything else you can do but find a faster connection elsewhere.
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AOL's new "mail only for free" service is pretty darn good. I've used them for some years even with my DSL line. I pay only $9.95/month for the complete service and over the time I've used AOL9SE, I have trained their built in spam filter to recognize a lot of spam that used to inhabit my mail. It's very rare now that any spam sneaks into my in box. Now, with the new free stuff, I can save that monthly $9.95 bill by simply using a different browser. Ain't progress grand?
Posted by: Catmoves at September 8, 2006 9:04 PMYeah,I know there area lot of 'good' ISPs. I want
Posted by: Bill R at September 9, 2006 2:09 PMone that is LESS than $9.95 a month and dependable
too.I found it with ISP.com $8.95 monthly, they
bill my crerdit card monthly, and I've NEVER had
any problem with them, NEVER.
I have heard about a lot of problems with AOL customer support, especially if you are thinking about cancelling. AOL customer support is often following a script. An extreme example can be found on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaaAYVUWP0I, but I know of a number of AOL users and I do not like a number of things about their service including software.
Posted by: Eli Coten at September 9, 2006 2:51 PMI need to talk to you Leo Sir.
Posted by: Barath at September 19, 2006 7:12 PMwe currently use ntlworld broadband but want to change but the last time we tiried to change to aol i couldnt use my hot mail we are trying to find one that this wont happen on again but no one will commit to saying if we will or not be able to use it we have looked as talktalk and ticali but cant get a straight answer from either can you help
Posted by: tracey at October 14, 2006 11:27 AMAol giving you free email, beware when they come bearing gift. Aol and I parted company as their customer support is very scripted, very pretentious/or nonsupport support,like to collect/sell your personal info, gave me hell in my attempts to cancel account(work you over like a felon to keep you), alway keep you on hold a long time, no accountability. Thats how they value you as customer!!!
Posted by: channing at November 3, 2006 7:41 PMIf anyone is thinking of getting AOL....DO NOT!!! I had them for 4 years now and it has been nothing but hell. AOL will not stay connected, and then you're forced to restart your computer, just to get you back online, only to work for a few minutes before it freezes up again. And then when you've got fed up with trying to fix the problem yourself, don't bother calling AOL up, because you'll be greeted with someone who can hardly speak english, and then go through a list of things you've already done, then at the end they tell you it's not AOL it's that you have a bad modem, when you know you don't. So then you decide to delete the AOL software...somehow it reinstalls itself..hmmmmm Then you decide to let your credit card expire to stop payment to AOL, but they find another way to charge you...WHAT THE HELL!?! The only thing I can tell you is, if you get stuck with AOL don't use their software; use Firefox, it'll make your experience a little less annoying. Try Earth Link if you don't know what other service to use. It's cheaper and far better.
Posted by: CaptainCracker at July 3, 2007 12:09 AMI own my domain name and would like to find a new email service provider-I now use register .com and it is not compatible with my iphone-i cannot receive or send email from my phone and frankly I am tired of dealing with it-do you have suggestions for another provider that is compatible with the iphone??? I do not want free service either thanks
Posted by: kim at June 2, 2009 7:44 AMhi sir, i use internet at internet cafe but connection is slow. how can i do ? i want to download . what should i do ? (i use from myanmar). bye.
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