American Online slow connections.

[Softly]

Have you noticed that when you sign on to your AOL account that it takes a lot of time, with the "connection log" indicating that the first two numbers dialed are busy, or not responding?

Well, FYI, it is not a local problem in just your area. Because I travel, any change in AOL service, system wide, is easy to spot.

It is intentional on their part, as were the methods to kick people off line, which were common a short time ago.

You will note that each time you sign on, a screen pops up trying to sell you the AOL "High Speed DSL" service. It is stated in the ad that service will be 50 times faster. One way to drive the point home is to delay your connection, say 50 times slower!

Well, duh?

 

[bored1]

I have CompuServe which is really AOL in disguise.......Busy access numbers....being bumped off line is the norm....I have about 6mos left on my agreement with them.........Then Im gone.....

 

[LarzMachine]

AOL Spam...

I think My favorite little quirk of AOL would have to be the sheer amount of spam on literally everything you do through it. Funny, I thought people paid for the privilege of NOT having to deal with a barrage of spam... From NetZero, I'll accept it. But why should I be required to pay good money for a shitty connection that comes with an assload of spam too?

All this and more is why I switched to MSN for My ISP.