AOL/Windows Technical Support Needed

calling all techies, basically ice lol

was talking to someone in a hub i use and we were both bitching about AOL. he told me:

-you know you dont have to use the aol software crap to connect to aol ?

-u can connect thru a windows dialer instead of aol software

-means less modem strain and better peformance

apparently it wont do tons but it will give me abit more speed, only abit but i think its worth a try. now how the fook do i do it? lol

if its well technical ill leave it cos the last thing i wanna do is bust this puter up EVEN more than i have already but if anyone knows it would be a nice help

cheers

wont bust the pc, might get a nasty phone call from AOL though

well i'm not sure if this is what he's talking about, but AOL has a plan called Bring Your Own Access. Basically,if you have another service provider you can connect to AOL through that. That's what i do. I have a cable provider and i also have AOL using the BYOA Plan. It's 15 bucks a month (Canadian) for me.
To change the plan just go to Keyword Billing and you can change the plan. And it's easy to setup the connection on the starting up part, you'd just choose ISP/LAN connection.

again,i don't know if this is what he's talking about but it's the first thing i thought of.But if AOL is your only provider then i guess it doesn't work anyway. lol.

hang on, are you telling me you have two and your chosing AOL? what have you been taking? or are you an complete scre?! lol

nah i dont think thats it...

its only fair, i gave them a nasty one not too long ago LOL

telling them that thier AOL broadband was slower than BT Dial up

i got an email asking me if i want AOL 1MB connection for like £35/month if it wasnt an automated service i would of replied summet nasty but fun lol

lol
actually i have no idea why i have aol.I only get on it a couple times a week. I have the net without it and there's only a few AOL specific boards/features that i go to. When i think about it,it's a waste of my time when i really don't need it. I got it years ago so i'd be able to participate in the bj aol chats. but they haven't done one in soo long.
if i ever get around to cancelling......

cancelling? i tried that, they wouldnt let me lol not till the contract is over

Dont say I didnt warn you Andy :P

WHY CHOOSE AOL!
uggggggh!

very informative