http://www.the-scream.co.uk/forums/t12323.html
Not quite the one I was looking for, but it would appear you can use AOL broadband without going near AOL software at all.
Why mess around like that?
Well, can you get as good a package/price, from any ISP that's half as competent?
It sure blows apart NTL's rather self-serving price comparisons, after they "dumped on" AOLs 256k - I think I'm drawing a line in the sand now... let's see if anything changes with NTLs proposed speedups, as I'd quit 1Mbit/5Mb for 512k/unlimited like a shot! - 5Mb would probably be ok, but I don't want the worry.