Okay, I've listened and have been convinced. Have used AOL since 1995 and am still using it. Time to move on.......what do you think of Earthlink?
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Okay, I've listened and have been convinced. Have used AOL since 1995 and am still using it. Time to move on.......what do you think of Earthlink?
Are there any problems or concerns in following the procedures suggested in this quote?Quote:
Originally posted by brindle26
The question now is did you get it completely off your computer? If not sure read this .
Just an update, I did receive written confirmation today from AOL via snail mail that they cancelled my account. So if somehow a charge does end up on my c. card, at least I've got a little bit of ammo. ;) Suspect AOL is on their toes now with The Lawsuit.
GOth 52: I used Earthlink for 6 months. No problems, no complaints, consistently got 44-46 Kbps connection speed. I just cancelled that as well, but it was a price issue (I got AT&T for $11.95 as a special offer to land line customers vs. $19.95 for Earthlink.) A side note: when I cancelled Earthlink, the rep (very courteous) informed me that Earthlink just bought out peoplepc, and rates are much lower ($10.95/mo. unlimited, no credit card required). Know a couple peoplepc users, and they're happy so far. -Kat
U live in UK Or America??
Coz if u live in UK NTL is good
I have not had any problems in the past using this process. Fact use it anytime I delete a program. The warning is because you are editing the registry and anytime that is done and you make a mistake it's trouble.Quote:
Originally posted by G0th52
Are there any problems or concerns in following the procedures suggested in this quote?
If you really want a program gone and especially ones like ao**ll,norton, incredimail and others you must edit the registry.
I would add one operation to step #4.. after deleting ao**ll from the mentioned key press F3 to search for all other references to ao**ll and press F3 after each deletion until all have been found and deleted.
Think I might change from AOL to Earthlink, but it took 3 days to just be able to get the Earthlink connection to work and:
Been with AOL since 1995 and haven't experience a lot of the horror stories that I've read about. Anyhow, Earthlink sends me a CD with a promotion offer. Here are two things that bother me and am not sure if they are good or bad:
When I completed connection to Earthlink then Zonealarm asked me if I would allow "InstallShield update service agent" to access the internet. Never heard of it before and didn't allow access. Anyone know what this is about?
Secondly, I went to dial-up networking in control panel and there was a dial-up profile connection that had been created for the IP address or Host name of 192.168.0.1 which appears to be a connection to some sort of shopping something or other. Anyone know about this one? Note: I did not use it for connection but the connect for it kept popping up whenever I started my computer so I checked it out some, but would prefer more info on it.
Hi GOth52,
I never relied on Earthlink's software, so don't have answers to your questions. I just created a Network Connection for Earthlink (running XP). BTW, if you're interested at all in peoplepc mentioned in my post above, I was out this afternoon and their CDs are turning up in stores, Circuit City and Office Max to name a couple. -Kat
I just cancelled my AOL. The repesentative was courteous, but the phrase " may I ask the reason why you want to cancel" still came up, which I think It was legitimate considering AOL would like to keep its customers.
This is the part I find outrageous: three days later, one AOL representative called me at home, in the evening and at an hour where I was enjoying my dinner, talking bla bla bla, about bringing me back to AOL.
curious why you spent $28 a month for so long, not cuz I am anti AOL, but if you have high speed it is only $9 a month to TCP/IP into AOL. I keep for my daughter. its called "bring your own service" and AOL likes it because it keeps their server traffic down.
I am surprised how many people have another ISP and keep paying full price to keep AOL.
Daneph2,
It was because she liked AOL and also used the accout at work instead of the employer paid Verizon dial-up account Cable was "MY" choice!
GOth52--I put that dialup IP address into an IP lookup utility and it seems to be one of a number owned by
192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330
Marina del Rey, CA, 90292-6695
US
So the specific user is not identified. You might write/phone these guys to see if they will tell you.
This has been taken care of, but thanks for the reply. I purchased Windows XP and did a clean install and started everything back from scratch and this hasn't shown up since.Quote:
Originally posted by Welshjim
GOth52--I put that dialup IP address into an IP lookup utility and it seems to be one of a number owned by
192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330
Marina del Rey, CA, 90292-6695
US
So the specific user is not identified. You might write/phone these guys to see if they will tell you.
gotcha bugs, I just like to spread the word, you dont know how many people do not know they can TCP/IP into AOL for much cheaper and.... you can check your email from the internet for free.
Daneph2,
Just used my AOL E-Mail for junk mail. Anything I signed up for got my AOL address!
What does it mean TCP/IPing into AOL???