AOL (America Online)

Pros: Easy to use for new users
Cons: It will drive you crazy if you try to leave

When I first went On-line I was with AT&T, they were my long distance, and they had internet service too. So I had Explorer as my browser. I was with AT&T for about a year. Whenever I called them for customer service, I told them my problem and then they...

Pros: Easy, fun, interesting.
Cons: $19.95

When I started using AOL, I was very impressed how easy it was!
I had used (I don't know if I can say this or should) Compuserve and Prodigy before AOL. I do not claim to be an Einstein, but when I had CServe and Prodigy, I couldn't navigate...

Pros: None
Cons: AOL - big rip-off.

I recently gave AOL a try on my laptop while traveling to Disney World in Orlando. After loading up the program for a 30-day trial run, I found that my computer was seriously bogged down with all of the extra AOL software that loads up every time you ...

Pros: cannot be deleted without masterscreename approval
Cons: can be bypassed

This is to inform all of you aol 9.0 security edition users, that there is a flaw with the parental controls. I don't know about you, but for me this is the main reason I stay with aol. The parental control features. They are particularly easy to ...

Pros: 24/7 800-number for customer service.
Cons: Rude service reps, Massive errors and glitches. Dishonest billing practices.

Ok, so I tried to sign up for a free demo of the AOL music and premiere broadband content service. After number glitches and errors with their signup website I finally gave up in frustration. I guess somewhere in their massively bugged subscription ...

Pros: I like Aol
Cons: Hate getting booted

American Online Tips:

Clean out your Personal Filing Cabinet.
Open your PFC and check all the mail that is stored there.
You will find old mail under " Mail waiting to be sent, Incoming Mail, and Mail you have sent.

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Pros: Ease of use
Cons: NON-EXISTENT customer support, Billing problems, Price

God forbid you should ever try to cancel...

My fiance signed up for AOL as a temporary ISP about a year ago, because it was so easy to do. These days, if you have Windows on your computer it's almost a guarantee that a free trial offer of AOL...

Pros: Easy to set up (but so is a cable modem).
Cons: Email unreliable. No Export of Address Book and Filing Cabinet (MSN has free tools).

A large amount of legitimate inbound Email is being obstructed or delayed by AOL's highly touted spam controls (from the "test" messages I send myself from my other Email addresses, this looks like between a fourth and half of all legitimate Email is ...

Pros: Easy to navigate, online tech support
Cons: I have learned with every ISP there are problems.

America Online is upgrading to 8.0

With the massive market for ISP's AOL has a new look. I have been testing the new version of AOL and very satisfied with it. Whereas people were complaining about problems with...

Pros: Can have multiple screen names
Cons: Cost, slow internet speed for dial-up, forced AOL updates, spam

I have had this service for over 10 years. Some things have improved but many have not. By the way, I am still on dial-up. 1. Disconnects still happen but are fewer than there used to be and I don't have to keep hitting a button asking me if I want to ...

Pros: Chat & Instant Messaging
Cons: Price

America online is indeed easy to use. The features I like the most is the ability to chat with other members. In fact the chat feature is the one I have the most fun with.

America Online has pretty much every thing you need under one roof....

Pros: Easy to use.
Cons: Overpriced, Unreliable, low quality, poor support service, Ad-laden, useless, lagging, pushy software, owned by greed.

What is AOL? A garbage landfill, would pretty much sum things up. Everyday I wonder why someone would pay so much for hardly anything at all. Overpriced I should say which is absolutely fact, the email is only like 100 megabytes which is a lie it's ...

Pros: there's chance it might work
Cons: HAVE TO RE-INSTALL WINDOWS

This is not a review of AOL. This is warning to anyone thinking of upgrading to their version 6.0. ABSOLUTELY UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE ATTEMPT TO UPGRADE TO ver. 6.0. I am a technical support engineer for a major ISP and I will tell you we have had hundreds...

Pros: Easy, Content rich, Great for children.
Cons: Horrible tech support. Email system needs improvement.

You have the AOL haters and the AOL lovers. I was once both. It was my first Internet Service, so we have a special bond so to speak. It helped me understand things better. Then I grew up and wanted to leave the comfortable world they gave me and venture ...

Pros: Quick, easy web surfing, security works well.
Cons: Expensive, slow download, ties up phone line, watching videos nearly impossible

AOL was my first isp provider. I then went to Verizon DSL, which you can read about in my review on that. But I'll say I'm having a horrible experience with them and because of this reason I've been glorifying AOL in my mind, until I sat down to write ...