AOL Users Getting Broadband

El Brenty · Post by **El Brenty** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 7:45 pm

Here's something you may want to know:

I just got hooked up wioth broadband through a different service provider.

I can actually access my AOL using this broadband connection. It simply replaces the modem (select TCP/IP as the connection type), and works in the usual way.

The buddy list works with the Instant Messenger, I can still switch screen-names, and do everything I could do before with AOL, only 100 times faster.

One thing to remember though, if you want to keep AOL, while using someone else's connection, you're paying for both!

I think I'll scrap my AOL soon, once I've given out my new Email address - I will lose the virus-free email (attachments excluded), although I won't miss the dodgy spamming!

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 8:35 pm

I was doing this for a bit when I first got cable but then I figured out that IE was much better then AOL and I just downloaded aim and I was fine. High speed, stable isp, and I just hooked up outlook to comcast, my cable peroviders, mail scervice, I haven't looked back yet.

El Brenty · Post by **El Brenty** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 8:39 pm

I haven't used AOL's browser for years! I've been using IE for ages now, but through the AOL dial-up connection of course!

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 9:12 pm

ah, because AOL is real cr**, I;m embrised that its called America online, it makes people think thats how we use the net. I haven't seen that many bugs in sofware, well since Windows ME.

El Brenty · Post by **El Brenty** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 9:15 pm

Yeah, but one thing for it - You didn't get all the viruses that MS outlook gets because it used it's own front-end mail software, although that sucked because you couldn't import address lists!

Man this new broadband connection is great!

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 9:17 pm

I miss my high speed, they said that we would have a fast conection at college but its always down, moves slow as all hell and is lucky when it gets more then 20kps.

Raptor · Post by **Raptor** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 9:19 pm

Originally posted by CamClub
Yeah, but one thing for it - You didn't get all the viruses that MS outlook gets because it used it's own front-end mail software, although that sucked because you couldn't import address lists!

Man this new broadband connection is great!

Get Pegasus Mail for you rPOP3/SMTP client. There are other alternatives in the world to MS and AOL LOL.. Eudora, Pegasus come to mind as mail clients but there are probably at least a half dozen others. Just ignore outlook and outlook express...

El Brenty · Post by **El Brenty** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 9:19 pm

This is new territory for me!

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 9:24 pm

I just use outlook to by pass other stuff, and if a vriase maniges to wiggle into my system, I'll congradulate him, and then delete it.

Ornsack · Post by **Ornsack** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 4:15 pm

You can still access your AOL email from other computers via their homepage. I did so for a while when I used AOL for... ooh... about a month

Carnage7p · Post by **Carnage7p** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 5:13 pm

nothing worse than aol in my opinion.

El Brenty · Post by **El Brenty** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 5:25 pm

Apart from the sucky browser, it isn't that bad, it does provide a fair bit of content, and you can also rummage around for loads of free downloads.

I'm cutting mine off soon, because I don't want to pay for 2 ISPs!

film fanatic · Post by **film fanatic** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 2:02 am

I have just got Freeserve Broadband! good stuff!

El Brenty · Post by **El Brenty** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 11:43 am

Fool, you should have gone to Eclipse!

Freeserve have got bad contention rates on their lines! They also will cut you off without notice if you upload too much onto their web-space, or if you get too many people downloading files from that web-space!

ALthough you may have a 512K connection, you're sharing it with loads of other people, and at peak times you'll find it slowing down, and at worst, getting slower than analogue!

Be warned!

[Edited on 11-10-2003 by CamClub]