Ok Ray calm down
I do not like AOL..frankly I detest it..the way it takes over your PC and spoon feeds you everything..it is like being assimilated...
actually got one of those AOL free trial cd's to use whilst ntl ****ed about getting my connection working..the cd spent 5 mins doing who knows what , installing who knows what on my pc ( and i have a 3 gig machine) ..and for what..it did not work..for crying out loud it would not even give you the numbers and the settings to do it yourself..you had to go through this excrutiating wizard process that failed every time ( and believe me i tried every possible way)
so i uninstalled the crap and went elsewhere
but I must look at all options .....AOl is the last option to be explored if I can not get a resolution from ntl..but one does not shut doors prematurely
actually BT and pipex are looking better all the time..also looking at onetel and tiscali
there is a world outside ntl..one that works