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Originally posted by KevinP73
Not surprised to hear it. I don't like the controll they have over an individuals computer or thier net surfing habits.
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Several years ago ('01) I decided to take up AOL on their free 6 month offer - on a CD which came w/my new Dell.
I had been with MSN for a year. My g/f had AOL and she liked it.
I loaded it up and was impressed with the beautiful on-screen colors...had it on for several hours playing w/it.
Went to shut down and a box popped up with that loading percentage bar doing its thing moving from left to right (sorry, not computer savvy so I don't know the technical term).
I thought, "WTF is this?"
I tried to stop it, tried to exit, no dice. About the time I thought of just shutting down my computer, it was done with its downloading.
Next day I used my MSN account to Google on AOL complaints...Holy Crap!, tons of them.
I called AOL to terminate and got the same hostage treatment y'all have posted here.
I found a site where a tech guy gave details on how to find all the hidey holes into which AOL sticks their crap.
Took me a day or two - part time - to delete them all (again, not computer savvy).
For a month or so, I kept getting boiler room calls from AOL to rejoin, etc.
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My g/f had been w/AOL for years and years...she liked it.
Recently she couldn't access it...she called them to find out that they cancelled her because she was "...sending out SPAM emails via her AOL account."
What she was doing was sending unread emails to herself for future reading because apparently AOL only keeps them for so long. She spoke w/several reps and hit a wall - they all were rigid w/their policy and their interpretation of what she was doing...they gave her little audience.
She then signed up w/ATT and PeoplePC to try out.
She has had trouble w/her Toshiba laptop/Win98 ever since her AOL divorce.
She thinks she may have to reload her OS...(what do I know?)
Oppressive company, AOL.
