I'm thinking of dropping AOL. Does anyone have any experience good or bad with AOL or other providers?

i think it's crap

AOL is a garbage, why? When I had this since 2000, I had a 56k modem and it was so slow and I get lost connections many times. It's so annoying when it happens to me a lot. At least I only had it about two years, which is not that long and for a good reason, it is because I had cable modem from Comcast for about like two years at the same time. I have a different kind of cable modem that I got from the computer store. And another things that I don't wanna forget to think of is that Napster and some other things that I knew that they had many problems. (1) Many people like to use this internet service. (2) Napster had many problems because of the MP3 and Copyright issues. I know that Earthlink and Prodigy is probably the best for the people who had 56k modem. I think that's because that it's not so busy when most people don't pick this service that much. My friend had Prodigy and he was lucky than I was. Just I'm glad that I don't really have any problems on the internet anymore. But the only problem I will get is Spyware and Adware. I think that's all I can think of for right now.

I can't stand AOL!! They claim to have the best virus protection, and all this crap, yet when I was with them, I had more viruses on my computer then ever before. 75 to be exact. Another thing that's terrible about them is that they make it almost impossible to end your membership. Atleast that was my experience. I called them atleast 15 times in the course of a one year period, trying to drop my account, and they wouldn't let me. I would say to them atleast 5 times during a phone call that I wasn't interested in staying with their company, but they would keep trying to make me stay regardless of what I said. Finally, a few months ago, it was exposed that many AOL employees were receiving extra money for getting customers who wanted to leave them, to stay, and after various people filed a multi million dollar lawsuit against them, I was finally able to end my membership. Right now I'm with a little local internet company, and Iv'e never had a single problem with them. So anyway, that's my thoughts on AOL. I personally would go with a different company if I were you. They suck!!

Um so I didnt mean to vote for the one that I voted for

AOL was my first provider and it was dreadful! You call tech support and they don't understand what the heck you are talking about and you don't understand them either. Their dialup kicks you off the net every 5 seconds then they don't have any 'local' numbers to connect so everytime I got in the internet I had to pay a long distance call. :grr: Eventually I switched to Yahoo DSL with the phone company and it's G-R-E-A-T

I've never had AOL, but I've heard that it really sucks.

Another thing I didn't like about AOL, is that almost everytime I'd call, I'd be on with someone with a really heavy foreign accent. They were usually really nice, but you'd be lucky to understand one out of every three of their words. Sometimes I would answer their question with a yes or no, and not even know what I said yes or no to.

Anyway, AOL stinks, drop it.

The only good thing about AOL, if there is such a thing, is that it comes free with RoadRunner!

I hate AOL.

It use to be a lot better than it is now!

I don't like AOL that much but I keep it for the virus scan, its easier than buying a new Mcaffe every year. I did not fill out one of the options because I am both ways about it.

I tried getting onto AOL for a trial period once, but there was too much traffic and I couldn't log on, so I never bothered with them. From what I could see from other users, their internet browser was a dumbed-down version of Internet explorer or netscape. I had no problem with either one of those, so I didn't see why I should go with them.

On the other hand, I have comcast broadband and I think it is vastly overpriced for the level and quality of service it provides. It claims to be "lightning fast" and "always on," but there are plenty of times when it's as slow as dial-up and web pages come up as "cannot access server."

Anyone who even thinks about choosing the first option on the poll, obviously has never used broadband or high speed internet.

AOL sucks and the only upside to it was in one version, the background color of the AOL window changed as the time did...And it showed a sun and a moon and all that. I thought that was cool. But who cares about that.

Another thing I didn't like about AOL, is that almost everytime I'd call, I'd be on with someone with a really heavy foreign accent. They were usually really nice, but you'd be lucky to understand one out of every three of their words. Sometimes I would answer their question with a yes or no, and not even know what I said yes or no to.
Oh hell yeah!!! I can't understand them. Always someone with an Indian (India) accent. It is soooo hard to get thru to them.

AOL bites the big one! You can lose a connection while you're online, dialup can be painfully slow, and viruses still get through the system! And don't try listening to archived radio shows on AOL unless you like interminable interruptions of silence!

The only thing that kept me and my mother from switching to cable was the cost, but we'd had so many bad experiences with AOL that we took the plunge and went high speed. Now I can listen to Steve Harley's BBC show with no trouble at all! party:

Oh hell yeah!!! I can't understand them. Always someone with an Indian (India) accent. It is soooo hard to get thru to them.


And they call themselves "Bob" or "Judy" to sound more "Western." ohno:

We have PeoplePC and AOL, but when I click the PeoplePC icon it says GetBartPath failed. Does anybody know what that means?

The only good thing about AOL is that you can see if other AOL customers you sent an e-mail to read the e-mail you sent.

We have PeoplePC and AOL, but when I click the PeoplePC icon it says Does anybody know what that means?
you could try reinstall your PeoplePC software, or call them and see if they can help you fix it (it could be a conflict with the AOL software, or it could just be the PeoplePC software just got corrupted somehow)

AOL sucks ass. I probably wouldn't know how it is now since the last time I had it was in 2003 when I had dial-up, but even then...it sucked. pissed:

I got AOL but I never use it. I'm so used to MSN. Should I just drop AOL?

AOL Sucks.. It keeps booting me every 2 mins.. when im on the regular softwear or when i go on a message board or whatever... plus they charge u 23.90 a month which is dumb ... lol it should be alot cheaper then that! ...

Thanks for all the responses. It's now at 17 people saying that AOL is garbage, so I guess I was right for wanting to drop them. My main problem with them is that they are so slow.

I'm thinking about going with Bellsouth.

BTW Little Mel, I love your avatar.:)

Oh, you mean AOL-HELL?

We used to have AOL, and it was unmistakably garbage.

The meat of it is this: AOL possesses so many servers. If too many people occupy those servers, and someone else signs on, it automatically kicks the person whose been online the longest out of the server altogether. The person then gets angry, and then signs back on, kicking someone else off in the process. That is the primary reason why AOL sucks to me. You keep getting kicked off.

MSN is worse: If you have still have dial-up (like me), then MSN is far worse. You get kicked off more than AOL. Not only do you get kicked off, but MSN tries to tie you down with their sucky service throught contracts and what not, paying a withdrawal fee should you cancel their service before your contract expires.

If you still have dial-up, then ATT is the BEST. I have had it on my computer for nearly 3 years now, and it is hands-down the best.

BTW Little Mel, I love your avatar.:)

Thanks!! :) I found it doing a yahoo picture search, and thought it was hilarious!! I wish I could find an animated one with both Archie, and Edith in their chairs. Now that would be really cool!!

And don't try listening to archived radio shows on AOL unless you like interminable interruptions of silence! I didn't think about radio also, I only focus on AOL's problems. Anyway, I never had the radio on AOL, which is a good think and I'm glad that I never used it. I hear radio on iTunes and sometimes media player or real player. I hear radio on iTunes a lot because it's one of the best ones I ever had and it's my best bet. Oh, one thing that I forgot is that Earthlink and Prodigy is the best internet services for those people who have 28k or 56k modem. As my friend said to me before, Earthlink never lost any connection on any server. However, Earthlink lost connection sometimes. Maybe because it was busy or something else that I don't know. I think Prodigy is gone for now and Earthlink is the only one to be left for.