Can't have AOL broadband where I am but do have an AOL mail box on 'Dial-Up', well, saying that, I DID have one until last week. A friend called to say that he was having difficulty logging on to 'Dial-Up' and could I check his settings.
Went down to his house and rang AOL four times to check account details and passwords, etc. One guy said that he was on'Broadband' and insisted that he was ???, can assure you that he wasn't. Eventually got on to an Irish speaking person who quickly checked the account and said ' Aol have closed the account and are not doing ANY 'Dial-Up' service anymore. You will have an e.mail explaining it all to you'.
I asked how he could check his e.mail box as he couldn't log on through his 'Dial-Up' ::), mmm, was the reply, he can't unless he changes to 'Broadband' which you can't get from us in that area!
Strange how they had still been charging him £18 something for a service that they didn't supply >:(.
The moral of this story is 'Always check what you are paying for as they won't tell you if it's wrong'. He had been paying his money for 2 years and not being a computer whiz, didn't realise as he is over 70!
Paul.