Is this deal worth 2 years of commitment @ £20/$40 a month??

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2007-11-26 11:47:15

Graphic-J: The Artist formerly known as GraphicArtist-J; +196|6606|So Cal

I wouldn't trust any service that their technical department talks with an Indian Accent... O wait that's everybody.

2007-11-26 11:49:22

Dauntless: Admin; +2,249|7222|London

max wrote:
1) A download limit of 40GB is ridiculous. I use that in 4 days easily. 40GB/month = 1.3 gigs a day which is nothing
2) 2 Years? hell that is long
3) the laptop is crap

Pretty much what he said.

2007-11-26 11:51:32

I'm Jamesey: Do a Research Noob; +506|6612|Scotland!

{HMS}_Sir_Del_Boy wrote:
I'm Jamesey wrote:
My brother's on AOL, and he's plagued by the 40gb a month limit, if you go over the limit for a few months and then stay under the limit, they tend to just cut your bandwidth anyways, and it's a 4 or 5 day battle to get your regular speeds back.

Only go with it if you don't plan to download a lot.
True, and the other BIG issue is that I'd be tied down for TWO bloody years - and A LOT can happen during that time! I think I need to find out wot my usage has been over the past few months before making any decision. Apparently one's ISP can provide such info.

BTW, is AOL's (UK) technical/customer service/support any good???

Only if you like talking to indian people who don't know very much.

2007-11-26 11:57:25

Switch: Knee Deep In Clunge; +489|6943|Tyne & Wear, England

jord wrote:
{HMS}_Sir_Del_Boy wrote:
KILLSWITCH wrote:

AOL in the UK is awesome.
Why is AOL (UK) awesome?? Jord just said they're shite
Customer support is.

Then I guess it comes down to personal experience. The one time I needed it, the customer support was excellent. But like I say the service is so reliable you should never need it.

I'm currently on an 8meg connection for £9.99 per month, unlimited downloads.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

2007-11-26 11:59:29

ELITE-UK: Scratching my back; +170|6954|SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND

Dude just get AOL and if you dont like it, switch providers, you'll still have to pay AOL for 2 years but oh well.

2007-11-26 12:02:53

Mitch: 16 more years; +877|7005|South Florida

{HMS}_Sir_Del_Boy wrote:
{M5}Sniper3 wrote:
Do NOT go with AOL. They will screw you over!
Would you kindly care to elaborate why and how they'll screw me over. And is AOL's service the same in the UK as it is over where you are?

http://www.killsometime.com/video/video.asp?ID=542

15 more years! 15 more years!

2007-11-26 12:06:46

{HMS}_Sir_Del_Boy: Member; +69|7188|th3 unkn0wn

KILLSWITCH wrote:
jord wrote:
{HMS}_Sir_Del_Boy wrote:
Why is AOL (UK) awesome?? Jord just said they're shite
Customer support is.
I'm currently on an 8meg connection for £9.99 per month, unlimited downloads.

How the fuck did you get an 8meg connection with unlimited downloads deal for less than 10 quid a month?!? The best BT is offering me for something similar is £19.99 - and I've been with them for years!

Last edited by {HMS}_Sir_Del_Boy (2007-11-26 12:07:13)

2007-11-26 12:08:08

{HMS}_Sir_Del_Boy: Member; +69|7188|th3 unkn0wn

I'm Jamesey wrote:
{HMS}_Sir_Del_Boy wrote:
I'm Jamesey wrote:
My brother's on AOL, and he's plagued by the 40gb a month limit, if you go over the limit for a few months and then stay under the limit, they tend to just cut your bandwidth anyways, and it's a 4 or 5 day battle to get your regular speeds back.

Only go with it if you don't plan to download a lot.
True, and the other BIG issue is that I'd be tied down for TWO bloody years - and A LOT can happen during that time! I think I need to find out wot my usage has been over the past few months before making any decision. Apparently one's ISP can provide such info.

BTW, is AOL's (UK) technical/customer service/support any good???
Only if you like talking to indian people who don't know very much.

BT's technical support centre is also based in India...so fuck that!

2007-11-26 12:12:07

Brasso: member; +1,549|7110

{M5}Sniper3 wrote:
Well, my experience with them (in the US) was terrible. Random drop-outs, some days the internet wouldn't work at all, and their customer support sucked. That just about sums it up.

Yeah, I agree. This was a while ago, with dial-up, but man, AOL was a bitch.

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2007-11-26 12:12:09

Titch2349: iz me!; +358|6832|uk

Gawwad wrote:
Titch2349 wrote:
Is it only that 1 laptop that will be on the internet?

I've used 30gig in the last 3 weeks, on 1 laptop- we have 5 PC's in the house, so i dread to think what our usage is each month.

my laptop is on pretty much 24/7- Radio 1 is streaming from 4pm to 10pm, IRC is on 24/7, browsing the web for 3 hours a day.
How do you know your internet usage btw?
Would be intresting to see my self.

Bandwith Monitor

Reports loads of different things

https://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e305/Titch249/bandwidth.jpg

2007-11-26 12:42:29

Gawwad: My way or Haddaway!; +212|7165|Espoo, Finland

Titch2349 wrote:
Gawwad wrote:
Titch2349 wrote:
Is it only that 1 laptop that will be on the internet?

I've used 30gig in the last 3 weeks, on 1 laptop- we have 5 PC's in the house, so i dread to think what our usage is each month.

my laptop is on pretty much 24/7- Radio 1 is streaming from 4pm to 10pm, IRC is on 24/7, browsing the web for 3 hours a day.
How do you know your internet usage btw?
Would be intresting to see my self.
Bandwith Monitor

Reports loads of different things
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e305/ … dwidth.jpg

Cool, thanks!

I was just going to start posting profanities for lack of response

Edit: there seem to be over ninethousand programs called "Bandwidth Monitor" when googling.
Could you give a link?

Last edited by Gawwad (2007-11-26 12:45:31)

2007-11-26 14:02:34

Switch: Knee Deep In Clunge; +489|6943|Tyne & Wear, England

{HMS}_Sir_Del_Boy wrote:
KILLSWITCH wrote:
jord wrote:

Customer support is.
I'm currently on an 8meg connection for £9.99 per month, unlimited downloads.
How the fuck did you get an 8meg connection with unlimited downloads deal for less than 10 quid a month?!? The best BT is offering me for something similar is £19.99 - and I've been with them for years!

We had previously been with them for several years and when I phoned up and told them that we were changing our ISP, they offered us the contract that I just described. Try it.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

2007-11-26 14:07:33

FFLink: There is.; +1,380|7171|Devon, England

Wait...

AOL is unlimited downloads...

For me, anyway...

2007-11-27 09:20:45

Titch2349: iz me!; +358|6832|uk

Gawwad wrote:
Titch2349 wrote:
Gawwad wrote:

How do you know your internet usage btw?
Would be intresting to see my self.
Bandwith Monitor

Reports loads of different things
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e305/ … dwidth.jpg
Cool, thanks!

I was just going to start posting profanities for lack of response

Edit: there seem to be over ninethousand programs called "Bandwidth Monitor" when googling.
Could you give a link?

http://www.bwmonitor.com/

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max wrote:

{HMS}_Sir_Del_Boy wrote:

I'm Jamesey wrote:

jord wrote:

{HMS}_Sir_Del_Boy wrote:

KILLSWITCH wrote:

{HMS}_Sir_Del_Boy wrote:

{M5}Sniper3 wrote:

KILLSWITCH wrote:

jord wrote:

{HMS}_Sir_Del_Boy wrote:

I'm Jamesey wrote:

{HMS}_Sir_Del_Boy wrote:

I'm Jamesey wrote:

{M5}Sniper3 wrote:

Gawwad wrote:

Titch2349 wrote:

Titch2349 wrote:

Gawwad wrote:

Titch2349 wrote:

{HMS}_Sir_Del_Boy wrote:

KILLSWITCH wrote:

jord wrote:

Gawwad wrote:

Titch2349 wrote:

Gawwad wrote:

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