Aol Broadband + Phone

[staffsMike]

Giving up on Homecall they annoy me too much.

A mate has recommended AOL and the prices are great..so anyone got any opinions?

[adam1701]

i find AOL pretty good, but dont overuse it in the evenings... or they will cap your speed!

[muddyfox470]

if you go through a router and you don't use their crappy software it all works perfectly and you get decent speeds.

there are guides on the internet as to how to configure the router for aol etc

otherwise dont bother

ian

[staffsMike]

ok kool.

Think I will go for it.

[adam1701]

agreed, dont use their software! dont use a bt router if they give you one.....

[Giraffe]

Please let us know how you get on, as I'm getting p'd off with Homecall TAAAW.

Been looking for BB+'phone; TalkTalk _looks_ good, but...

Peter.

[SiM]

I got a netgear router when I joined AOL

[adam1701]

ook, well its probably better than a BT voyager thing............

[staffsMike]

I'll try and get it sorted tomorrow so i'll keep you guys posted.

I'm going for the 2mb line rather than the 8mb as i'm so far from the exchange I never get more than 3 anyway.

[muddyfox470]

I think we have the 'silver package' can't remember what speed it is now, but it went from 256 to 512 to 1meg and I think we are paying £15 a month

Not bad, rarely notice any speed difference except when downloading compared to my 8meg namesco line at my student house.

To be honest so long as you avoid their software then thats alright, when you get the package put the CD to the side and ignore it. You should have a login name and password, and then just follow these settings here to put AOL on your router and use it as any normal ISP

Ian

here: AOL's Guide
3rd party setup

[Giraffe]

I'll try and get it sorted tomorrow so i'll keep you guys posted.

I'm going for the 2mb line rather than the 8mb as i'm so far from the exchange I never get more than 3 anyway.

In the same situation - about 1.5Mb here, so up to 8Mb..., well, my current 512 falls in to that category!

Peter.

[raid1]

be careful about adopting AOl for your email. They keep messing around with it so you have to use their software and they won't forward it if you decide to switch to somebody else.

[adam1701]

one should never use an email adress from an ISP.