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"Looking forward to playing online?? not if you have AOL"

Looking forward to playing online?? not if you have AOL, yes neither xbox live or the gamecube modem adapters are compatible with the worlds no1 (apparently) ISP. AOL do not let other software access their internet connections, and so if you have AOL you cant use it to go online.
also the guy i spoke to at the tech centre informed me, off the record, that they wont allow it because the size of AOL, means that the ping rate is really high and so gaming would be too slow, becuae of this even if you have broadband they wont let the console modems connect to their service.

so do i get rid of AOL, which i think is great for regular internet stuff, just so i can play online????

locky1133 wrote:
> No offence Cookie Monster.

None taken, ive found AOL to be the best ISP for my area, depending on where you live the connection quality is bound to differ, and as such people will find various ISP's to be better or worse.

AOL suck, i've had them for about a year, and it's so annoying, and complex. Internet explorer is much easier to use as a browser. Freeserve is probably the best.

I use AOL and yes they have had their crappy moments but are genrally good (and i can't be botherd to change ISP).

No offence Cookie Monster.

All of you, stop being so cruel. AOL are good at what they do - ripping off the mainstream with a high-cost/low-performance interface. Serves 'em right for not doing their research. While sensible people use Freeserve, the sheep of the UK settle for AOL.

Cyclone wrote:
> AOL are rubbish. The limit you to their internet, which is pants
> anyway,

Do they hell, for my £15.99 a month i get totally unlimited internet useage, and unlike BT they dont cut you off every 2 hours and restrict your useage to 12 hours a day. Also the helpline is free, and in my area the speed is really rather good.

My AOL is faster than my freeserve connection, and faster than the ntl: connection people on my road have.
It's reliable and never cuts me off.

apart from this AOL are great, its so easy to use, cheap, reliable and theres no limit on your useage like with BT, the key words and tobar which loads up are great, but its just the way they dont let other doftware use thier conenction which annoys me, just means i probably wont be using the cube online now/

All i do for Freeserve is double click on the IE icon.

Done.

AOL are rubbish. The limit you to their internet, which is pants anyway, and that broadband ad really annoyes me. 'Where else can you get all this?'

Er, try some other not so annoying ISP, and then the Internet. Mongs.

I have Freeserve Anytime on this connection, but my dad has AOL, and thats where the GC is. Damn it.