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I Am Who I Am... Popeye
join:2001-10-15
Minneapolis, MN | 56k 568/110 doesn't seem like 56k... | |
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C0deZer0
Oc'D To Rhythm And Police
Premium
join:2001-10-03
Davenport, FL |  Look @ his ISP
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thebombs12
Mr. Bombs
join:2001-10-23
San Francisco, CA | Re: 56k 568/110 right now.
before they fixed their mess, it was 56k | |
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| Clo
join:2001-12-29
Hollywood, FL | Why is everyone crying about Aol.Im averging 998 up and 452 up.Install was simple and speeds are great on peak.Im very happy with thier service | |
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join:2001-02-25
uranus | errrrrrr....998 up and 452 up? can u make up your mind? | |
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pakerco
@aol.com
| Covad..........Pacbell!?!?! With TLEC's and stuff. Is it that pacbell is now usually capping at 768 or something.......also a 568/118......Um I don't know where your actually capped since your somewhere in that 768(which 568....below 80% advertised speed) or 608(which I highly doubt)........Um.......wow have you tweaked? | |
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join:2001-08-22
Brooklyn, NY | Re: Covad..........Pacbell!?!?! He's probably at 768. He mentioned that he had a USB modem. That will decrease your speed as compared to an ethernet modem. | |
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thebombs12
Mr. Bombs
join:2001-10-23
San Francisco, CA | oh yea... one more thing to tell you. i'm using windows xp
you can forget the tweaking. its already at its optimal setting. | |
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| Night Dreamz
join:2000-11-22
San Fernando, CA
| Re: I thought it would be good They're a joint company now, but they're still remaining separate. From what i can tell at some point road runner will allow you to subscribe to services through their connection. I'm not totally sure but i think you can do that now just for the time being only with earthlink. And i'm guessing in selected areas.
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| pescadote
join:2001-07-09
Mechanicsville, VA
| 25 million AOL subscribers. 25 MILLION!!
How? Why? AOL is shit. I use it, I know it. As far as that goes, so am I!! I'm a loser and I know that, too. If I wasn't a loser, I'd get rid of AOL, get something better.
Instead, I think I'm going outside, bend over, drop my pants, run backwards as fast as I can, and ram the satellite arm up my own azz. I deserve it. I'm screwing myself everyday I keep this piece of shit.
And, I think I'm going to ask for another AOL satellite dish for Christmas. Then I can strap them both to my head like they're huge ears and wear them around just to have a little fun. | |
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C0deZer0
Oc'D To Rhythm And Police
Premium
join:2001-10-03
Davenport, FL
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| Re: I thought it would be goodsaid by pescadote:
25 million AOL subscribers. 25 MILLION!!
How? Why? AOL is shit. I use it, I know it. As far as that goes, so am I!! I'm a loser and I know that, too. If I wasn't a loser, I'd get rid of AOL, get something better.
Instead, I think I'm going outside, bend over, drop my pants, run backwards as fast as I can, and ram the satellite arm up my own azz. I deserve it. I'm screwing myself everyday I keep this piece of shit.
And, I think I'm going to ask for another AOL satellite dish for Christmas. Then I can strap them both to my head like they're huge ears and wear them around just to have a little fun.
LOL!  :):D:):D:):D OMG!
That is the BEST laugh I've had yet!
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Playa4life
join:2002-01-13
Carmichael, CA
clubs: | How come it says that you have Mind Spring? | |
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MediaArts1
join:2001-12-04
Riverside, CA
|  Oh Good...it's not me! LOL!
My experience in getting set up with the service wasn't that bad. The whole process took about 30 days. They first sent me the Actiontec external USB Modem, which looks like a toy, acts like a toy...and breaks like a toy. Made by Texas Instruments, it feels like something you'd buy at Walmart for about $12.95. And...it sucks. The first one fried on me. They sent me another one (they were pretty cool about that, btw). However...I kept having problems. Slow download speeds...slower than my 56k modem. Disconnects, etc. Finally...after having the tech support phone number ingrained in my head...and after having the phone company come out 5 times to check my line...I called tech support once again. This time...the guy asked what kind of motherboard I had in my machine. Interesting...no one had asked me that before!!
I told him it was an Azza motherboard running a Via Chipset. He told me that was the problem. The Actiontec USB modem is incompatible with the Via Chipset!!!!!!!!!!! You've got to be kidding, right??? Six months with crappy service...and I come to find it's an incompatible modem/chipset combination???? Why couldn't the first tech-support guy have told me that wayyyyyyyyy back when???
In any case...they assured me that once they sent out an internal modem (which is actually an ethernet card AND an external modem)...my problems would be solved. They were right. I no longer have noise on my line...and am able to log on at will (what a concept!)
HOWEVER....my best case scenario is 425 down and 107 up!! I've tweaked...and double-tweaked. No improvement. Fortunately, I have the DSL at only $19.95/mo. as I was one of the first guinea pigs to sign up.
When I see people with speeds of 1,000/650...I can only wonder what it would be like to play Delta Force 2 online at Novaworld with THOSE speeds!! As it is...my lag is so bad I can't kill a tree.
If you need to stick with AOL because of screenname, e-mail issues, whatever...just make sure you get the internal modem. Especially if you have a Via chipset on your motherboard!!!!! Good luck!
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@aol.com | Re: Oh Good...it's not me! LOL! Speeds really don't matter for online gaming, for its more based on your pings. Usually gamer don't care about speeds, as longs as they get a good line with good fast pings, then they are set | |
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C0deZer0
Oc'D To Rhythm And Police
Premium
join:2001-10-03
Davenport, FL
·Verizon FIOS
| AOL is your problem AOL's proxy is what's screwing up your ping times/connect speeds. From experience, i can easily tell you that any form of proxy is really bad for a connection, and on AOHell's crap, it just gets worse. When I had AOL, I couldn't even get anything CLOSE to 400ms ping anywhere I went.
I say what that tech told you was absolute bull. Either you should've told him to cancel (and go with a proper Telco ADSL or cable-net), or demand a different modem type.
Don't give AOHell ANY slack. They don't deserve it. They are a bigger monopoly than Microsoft, and MS actually HAS working products!
My only suggestion to anyone fed up w/ AOL is "get a new ISP." It only gets worse from the first time you have to ask them for any help.
STAY AWAY from all of AOHell, including its AOHell Minus DSLow crap-vice. Steve Case has only helped prove how nasty he is with more of these reviews.
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thebombs12
Mr. Bombs
join:2001-10-23
San Francisco, CA | Re: Oh Good...it's not me! LOL! welcome to the club | |
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@aol.com
| Get out of the Styx I don't know what the problem is. They sent me a Speedstream external usb modem and I get 1300kbps on dsl reports speed tests all the time. No problems. Of course, living in the middle of Los Angeles, there is bound to be a switching station nearby. Move out of the styx gentlemen. | |
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thebombs12
Mr. Bombs
join:2001-10-23
San Francisco, CA | Re: Get out of the Styx the only reason why you're getting 1300 kbps is because you dont live in san francisco in my district which is 94134 | |
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Techie420
join:2001-08-27
Louisville, TN | WHAT WERE YOU THINKING | |
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LiquidFriend
The Mooninites
Premium
join:2001-12-08
Raymore, MO
clubs:
| Re: WHAT WERE YOU THINKING said by Techie420:
I mean come on AOL is for like 12 year olds.... People are so ignorant when it comes to the internet like you need a bunch of pop up ads every 2 seconds. Just get a connection and use IE. BOYCOTT AOL BOYCOTT AOL
Wow, thanks for that intellagent comment. This person must be bright if they have "420" in their name. But anyways, aol does suck. Ditch them for a real ISP. | |
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THAT WAS HILARIOUS!!
420 idiots | |
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JAJ1138
Rev. John
Premium
join:2001-04-18
RiverAcheron
| said by SuperVegetto:
Wow, thanks for that intellagent comment. This person must be bright if they have "420" in their name. But anyways, aol does suck. Ditch them for a real ISP.
By chance did you mean intelligent?
And as always AOL does suck!
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BrooklynZoo
For Everthing Else, There's Mastercard
join:2001-04-01
Atlanta, GA | Re: WHAT WERE YOU THINKING
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join:2002-01-13
Carmichael, CA
clubs: | Re: WHAT WERE YOU THINKING How many DSLR sns do you have? | |
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BrooklynZoo
For Everthing Else, There's Mastercard
join:2001-04-01
Atlanta, GA | Re: WHAT WERE YOU THINKING said by playa4life:
How many DSLR sns do you have?
What's SNS?
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join:2002-01-13
Carmichael, CA
clubs: | Re: WHAT WERE YOU THINKING Screen Names | |
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For Everthing Else, There's Mastercard
join:2001-04-01
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Playa4life
join:2002-01-13
Carmichael, CA
clubs: | Re: WHAT WERE YOU THINKING Just thought u had 2, cuz u seemed like this one other person on DSLR, just wondering. | |
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BrooklynZoo
For Everthing Else, There's Mastercard
join:2001-04-01
Atlanta, GA | Dude, I got rid of my account with AOL. They lost my $9.95 a month.
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LiquidFriend
The Mooninites
Premium
join:2001-12-08
Raymore, MO
clubs: | F*#K AOL! I ditched them like a loooonnnggg time ago. I'd rather be smacked across the head with a baseball bat 20 times before I used them as a connection again. | |
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albertgao123
join:2001-12-30
Palo Alto, CA
| AOL Sucks
Their service was even worse. I called them 6 times and they did nothing to help me fix my speed problem.
NEVER TRY AOL PLUS!!!!!!! | |
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LiLTizz
Charter works for me
Premium
join:2001-11-11
Ypsilanti, MI
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join:2001-12-30
Palo Alto, CA |  Re:Re: AOL Sucks
I think ur trying to say that u wanted AOL Plus but u didn't install it.
I don't get it. Make ur statement clear. | |
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LiLTizz
Charter works for me
Premium
join:2001-11-11
Ypsilanti, MI | It don't get much clearer than that sloe down | |
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YOUR_UGLY_VT
Windows Is Crap
join:2001-09-27
Hoover, AL | Shit | |
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| Clo
join:2001-12-29
Hollywood, FL
·AT&T U-Verse
| Re: Shitsaid by locust42:
AOL PLUS IS GOOD
Dude take it from me Aol plus sucksssssssssssss!!!.Their service sucks,their speeds are slow.i pay freeking $50 bucks a month and i only get 400 on the down and 200 up.Their tech support doesnt know a dam thing about what their trying diagnose.they just read off their screens and hope that they can help you.im switching to Directv.They promise atleast 1200kbp up and 256 down.and they give you ur own static ip for $49 a month | |
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thebombs12
Mr. Bombs
join:2001-10-23
San Francisco, CA
 ·Astound Broadband
 ·America Online
| Re: Shit if you read the contract, no they dont. the keyword to note is "UP TO". if they can't do it for you then you have have to hunt them down. otherwise, its just another complaint. its not aol for crying out loud. its your local telco doing all the speeds!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
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join:2002-02-10
Boca Raton, FL | AOL, SUCKS! | |
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join:2002-01-27
Silverdale, WA | Re: AOL, SUCKS! AOL = Internet for Dummies. | |
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jchavez
join:2001-11-21
Walnut Creek, CA
| Duh!
This applies to any SpeakEasy or Pacbell DSL customers or prospective customers for SpeakEasy or Pacbell DSL. I dedicate my life to slandering them for what they did!
By the way, I've got almost 1000 AOL cd's I've been collecting for a wallpaper in my garage! Just turn them around, and glue them to the wall and instant mirrored wallpaper! For free! | |
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thebombs12
Mr. Bombs
join:2001-10-23
San Francisco, CA
·Astound Broadband
·America Online
| hey they're getting better. so all you trolls and complainers saying that aol sucks. you're only saying it because you get lousy speeds and dont have the patience to call them up. or maybe you're just ignorant and cant accept the fact that broadband may not be at its best in your area. you cant blame aol for everything. guess what, i have 1.5/128 with aol. i wonder why people say that aol is the loser, maybe they're the loser themselves.
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| dabum8u
join:2002-09-05
San Francisco, CA | I have AOL DSL too, and it does suck. I get 1.5/100, but the ping is way too high to play games with. Its not only the phone company, their proxy sucks. | |
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italianmuscl
join:2002-11-06
West Hollywood, CA
| they can't get better I had aol dsl when it first came out..it was the cheapest.
Then typical of aol..they think their propeitary garbage is worth it...raised the price to become the most expensive
speeds are 2/3 of dsl...1/3 of cable...
and the software sucks
the aol junkies will tell you that the aol software is wonderful...
have a friend who has a real broadband connection test the speed of it when running the aol client...slows the connect WAY down...
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Quantex$
Premium
join:2002-11-01
U.S.A.
| AOL DSL sucks I called them 37 times. Out of those 37 times, only 34 times did I get through without them hanging up on their end. The latencies went up to 500ms, the speeds went down to 212k(on the 768k line), and ti was provided by verizon. I have verizon now, and well, just look at my review it speaks for itself.
AOL ruins the service.
Hell versions of AOL 7 from early June caused errors in the popular at the time file sharing app Gnucleus, don't even get me started with the software...
And verizon was so much cheaper for the same service! 5 months of $30 a month, one month free, and $35 after all that! AOL charged one month free and $55 a month after that, pathetic!
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Used to be known as Differenciam 
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thebombs12
Mr. Bombs
join:2001-10-23
San Francisco, CA | Re: AOL DSL sucks um... their tech support people IMHO is BS@@ | |
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join:2003-01-17
Saint Louis, MO
| I`ve had aol-dsl service for a while now, i was getting 900 kbs down and 67 kbs up, so I called to see if I could improve my up speed, well, now I`m getting 600kbs down and a blazing 74 up, how`s that for tech support, I should have never called, it`s worse now than before, at least i had 900kbs down before, no one and I mean no one wants to game with me now, I loved Ghost recon at ubi.com but now I get kicked out all the time, this year I will look into a new dsl service - con72@aol.com | |
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egoinjax
join:2003-02-04
52124
| AOL Broadband Rocks! I like using both the client and browsers separately, and I have never had any issues. I'm a tech junkie so maybe most complaints are related to setups which I'm fairly familiar with already, but I can tell you my ping times for online gaming has been outstanding. This depends on hops to servers, so anyone can have complaints about broadband connections depending upon location, but I couldn't be happier and I definitely love the AOL 8.0 features. Its about time they made a release that was everything I expected. | |
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join:2002-11-10
Belleview, FL
| Re: AOL Broadband Rocks! I love it also. The only issue I have with AOL, is I can't get them to bill me for the High Speed Account. And if they don't bill me, I can't get MSL. So I am using free High Speed Cable and loving it one screen name at a time. Actually I split one of my screen names off and set it up as a Bring Your Own Access and get all screen names on at the same time. I have had FREE High Speed for six months and told AOL that I will not call and bug them to bill me anymore. | |
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SanFrancisco
Premium
join:2002-05-04
San Francisco, CA | You're one lucky person GarretLee. | |
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Hayward
K A R - 1 2 0 C
Premium
join:2000-07-13
Key West, FL
| Pretty much says it all.....GBU OK AOhelL is great, wonderful, the greatest thing since air filled white bread.... so why is it then....
with all their greatness they scrape the bottom of the ISP barrel???
See »/gbu (BBR ISP rankings)
The only currently worse... are the slowest in the nation Verizon Online, the infamous mini Bell, Alltell and the horrendous M$N.
Pretty much says it all... AOL is worthless, except for those who find "Internet For Dummies" a bit to complex, and must have their hand held throughout life and told what to do, think, and vote for.
There is nothing on AOL that can't be found much better elsewhere.
Even $teve Ca$e is bailing out of it now that he has $crewed all the lemming $hareholer$, who saw him as god.
Instead of the self-important meglomaniac Bill Gates wanna be he has always been since AOL was QLINK in a Vienna, VA basement serving only C=64's
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Rob A
Same Old Jets
Premium
join:2005-01-17
Pompton Plains, NJ | AOL Sucks Bad God get Verizon DSL. Go to www.verizon.net/greatvalue, its 29.95/month and you can get up 3/768 speeds! | |
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