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Originally Posted by towny
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AOL can use NTL's network for there BB. So if an NTL customer wants AOL, they will not need to get a BT line. Unfortunetly the same thing does not apply with Telewest customers.
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Originally Posted by towny
I'd be surprised if it didn't work the way you describe. But from what I've seen of AOL (and admittedly this was years ago, with dial up) the 'browser' you use to access their own network (you know, the one that works with keywords and all that rubbish) is very heavily modified for the purpose. If I wanted to go to ordinary websites, I used to use IE (goodness only knows which version, this was maybe 8 years ago!) but to view AOL's own content you had to use AOL's own software. It would seem a little pointless to sign up with AOL and then miss out on everything that makes AOL different to other ISPs, especially as AOL's broadband service includes a lot of the content that NTL make you pay extra to subscribe to.
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I know what you mean, i hate using AOL because of there own software.
Saying that, the new AOL 9.0 allows you to use the connection only, so you do not need to open up the AOL's software