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# oh dear lord
(I helped save b3ta! fassit is old, Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:39, archived)
# yes
i pay 19.99, my friend with the same aol bb package, pays 27.99
(alexnessie \o/., Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:41, archived)
# for £18.99 you could of got broadband from PlusNet (p2p is blocked)
or £21.99 for everything (no blocks). I'm on the 21.99 package, and it's fantastic.
(I helped save b3ta! dogsbollocks, Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:44, archived)
# you try
getting that up in Nairn, Scotland..i dare ya


/edit, i just read (no blocks) as (no bollocks)
(alexnessie \o/., Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:45, archived)
# If you can get AOL broadband
you can get PlusNet broadband. They all run on BT's infrastructure, so if your exchange is activated (which it obviously is, for AOL to work) then you can use any ADSL provider. You can see what I mean here. Enter your phone number and it will say your exchange is ADSL activated.
(I helped save b3ta! dogsbollocks, Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:48, archived)
# yesss, but
some services don't like being used in scotland. and i hate switching to another ISP as i have had the same aol email addy for the last X years
(alexnessie \o/., Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:50, archived)
# All of the services SHOULD work, in theory anyway.
I know what you mean about the email though, my dad was in the same predicament. We just downgraded to their cheapest dialup package, thus keeping the email address, but still not paying too much.
(I helped save b3ta! dogsbollocks, Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:53, archived)
# i would....but
they changed our contract, and now if i want to use the dial-up, it costs me about 20p a minute, because they are assholes....

/edit, if i moved to glasgow (fuck off) i could get any isp i want, but i live in the highlands, i leave the rest to be filled in by your imagination
(alexnessie \o/., Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:55, archived)
# Ah, but the loveliness is
we don't USE the dialup. We use our ADSL connection. Then we just check the email accounts through AOL.com (or using the AOL software in TCP/IP mode), so we only pay the £4.99 or whatever it is per month for the fee, and no actual phone costs (because we're not dialling up into their network).

Don't wanna sound like I'm having a go, just suggesting an alternative :)

(I helped save b3ta! dogsbollocks, Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:57, archived)