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I quit AOL years ago when I tried to get help uploading a website for our 
ride.  After being shuffled through a lot of departments and phone 
connections, the last connection I was sent to turned out to be a porn 
location.  I was frosted!!!
I signed on to a local ISP who were very good until I tried to get DSL 
(which they offered) but the phone company wouldn't help there.  Our line 
came in from a direction where the nearest remote terminal was 5 miles away. 
There is a remote terminal within the limited distance, but our line does 
not feed in from that direction.  Consequently, our neighbors, about 1/4 
mile away have DSL, but I can't get it.  Frustration.....  So I went to 
Wildblue, who is a satellite service.  We have a small dish on our roof, and 
while satellite service is not as fast as DSL, it's tons faster than 
dial-up.  I was able to see the streaming video of the WEC in Aachen.  And 
I'm on the slowest of the three program options Wildblue offers ($50/month). 
If I wanted 3 X faster, it would cost me $80/month.  I wouldn't touch AOL 
again with a 10-foot pole.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tiffany D'Virgilio" <tiffshorse@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "John Teeter" <johnt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <jillcohndc@xxxxxxx>; <Klc5355@xxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] Ridecamp and AOL ?/supracor ?


> I had AO-hell for years. We finally changed over to charter a few  years 
> ago and my email and internet life are immeasurably better. I  miss the 
> arabian message board, but the tradeoff of a real browser  and email are 
> more than worth it. When I go  to my mom's and have to  use AOL I want to 
> stick a fork in my eye. No more signing on, dealing  with them and their 
> inept help lines. I have not had 1 problem with  my service since 
> switching-when I think of all the time I used on the  phone trying to fix 
> their issues!!! Grr-could have been riding!



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