FREE AOL (BYO broadband)

[jimbrady]

Yes, it's like free root canal, but wouldn't root canal be less painful if you weren't billed for it? I stole this deal from Fatwallet, and just did it myself. It worked. I'll never be billed again (previously $7/month so my wife could keep her 14 year old screen name goiing).

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Call 1-888-265-8003
Select Cancellation Department
Tell them that you access AOL via your Broadband provider and heard that AOL is offering free access provided that you utilize your broadband connection (non-AOL).
If they give it to you, they'll read off a bunch of terms and conditions.
New plan is effective immediately.
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They tried to sign me up for various pay services, and I said, look let's just pretend I'm going to cancel the account and go through those motions. Bingo.

Pay for dial-up, and a $5 surcharge if you use premium services (I don't even know what those are).

[MGS_forgot_password]

I think access to the cancellation department is considered a premium service.

[jimbrady]

>I think access to the cancellation department is considered a premium service.

Of course! So that was my last free premium activity.

[Seacrest]

Thx!

[incognegro]

a root canal is something that hurts that you NEED.

nobody NEEDs AOL. nobody.

[M A V I C]

[quote incognegro]nobody NEEDs AOL. nobody.
I need it. I think I'm gonna go for this offer too.

[JoeM]

Guys that are taking this, what are you going to be doing with AOL? I'm thinking if you're a web developer, you might want it to check how your sites parse in it.

Any other reason to have AOL?

[Seacrest]

[quote JoeM]Guys that are taking this, what are you going to be doing with AOL? I'm thinking if you're a web developer, you might want it to check how your sites parse in it.

Any other reason to have AOL?
I use it for email addresses that have services related to them.
I have tried to migrate all these accounts to my own email address, but that's not as easy as it sounds.

I think AOL now uses the MSIE rendering engine on Windows, so I do not believe it is worth testing pages in or developing pages to.

[jimbrady]

> nobody NEEDs AOL. nobody.

If your wife needs AOL, you need AOL. Of course she doesn't really need it, but it keeps showing up on the CC bill... until now.

[M A V I C]

[quote Seacrest]I think AOL now uses the MSIE rendering engine on Windows, so I do not believe it is worth testing pages in or developing pages to.
They have for a while, but they tweak it a bit so it's not exact. Some things just don't work the same. And that's just for Windows... for Macs it's a much different beast.

That's the main reason I have AOL. The other is a screename I've used for over a decade and don't feel like losing it for AIM.