America Online also known as AOL

[RenamonXP]

Just a simple rant anyway. I used to be an AOL customer... thank god i'm not anymore. Did you know that AOL is supposed to re-release your old screen names from their database after a whole Six months? Hmm we'll I think they are seriously misleading people regaurding that subject. It's been 1 year and 6 months for me since I dumped AOL and I still can not reobtain my any of my old names.. ya know so I can make them an AIM name.. well it seems through trial and error you can't recover them... I know it seems wierd like "Why would you wanna recover an old name thats not been in use?" Well it just so happens that I liked my AOL name and I figured after I waited for a while I could get it back and make it an AIM name.. Guess you can't do that. Maybe it's just me.. I wanna know how to get my names and things back from the database.. because these are supposed to get redistributed after 6 months I heard it from the tech's mouth! anyway.. who else hates AOL besides me?

[doctorgonzo]

Maybe your screen name has already been taken by somebody else.

AOL is worthless. Glad I dumped it eight years ago.

[Tin]

AOL free for 6 years now

[Hi Ho]

I have never touched anything related to AOL and I never will. I don't use AIM either. The only IM client I use is MSN Messenger and it's going to stay that way.

[TpGun2424]

For the past week and a half I've had to use and I hate every moment I spend on the internet. It simply sucks. Thankfully it ends Friday as I leave here but then I must return home, where cable has yet to be restored.

[jimmyrules712]

have you tried singing onto AIM with your old SN and pass? just an idea.

[Markman385]

i know what your talking about i hate that too. i like my old name and when i dumped their service i figured no big deal i'll wait the 6 months. in the mean time i threw a 1 on the end of my old name to use temporarily. then i waited the 6 months and can't get it back. i really think it's just their punishment for dumping them for a better isp.

[Hi Ho]

Are you really locked into one screen name on AIM? That's stupid. On MSN you can change your screen name to whatever you want whenever you want.

[Tin]

ill tell you guys the worst thing about AOL. back when i was a member of theirs, THEY signed me up for their netmarketing gig...WITHOUT my permission . the worst thing about it, apparently its $100 every 6 months.....and they withdrew the money from my checking account 3 TIMES....twice while i was a member, and ONCE 2 years after i cancelled their service ! i had it out with them on the phone severely and got my money back. them (insert word of choice here) made me bounce checks and the whole bit. i was EXTREMELY PO'd.

[mikezel]

Originally Posted by Hi Ho I have never touched anything related to AOL and I never will. I don't use AIM either. The only IM client I use is MSN Messenger and it's going to stay that way.

Ditto. never have, and never will.

[roomwithamoose]

AOL is the devil. AOL is more of a devil than Walmart and Microsoft. It scares me how one company controls so much of the internet and other media like movies and tv and music. I thought that we had laws against monolopies. I had AOL back when you paid $30 for 25 hours of internet. Thank God my dad got DSL when it first came out.

[kram 2.0]

Never used AOL, never will. Don't want my computer ruled by corporate monopoly. I do use AOL, but in my new desktop, I've only installed Trillian - AIM installs Viewpoint MP which is a spyware as much as I figured out...

kram

[Hi Ho]

Never used AOL, never will. Don't want my computer ruled by corporate monopoly. I do use AOL

Hehehe... Might want to rethink your wording there.

[colecifer]

had aol many years ago on a mac, never had it for PC. As much as i hate AOL i'm almost using it now. I have road runner and its AOL time warner as you all probably know. However road runner is a superior ISP.

[rjfvillarosa]

Originally Posted by Hi Ho I have never touched anything related to AOL and I never will. I don't use AIM either. The only IM client I use is MSN Messenger and it's going to stay that way.

Is this a general good dig at AOL? I am the epitomy of the quote above, but my customers (good grief ) wanna slow your machine down on purpose? just install AOL, want somebody to tell you where and when you can or cannot surf? just install AOL, want something to **** up your computer big time? just install AOL. ( and by the way as was said earlier "just insert a word of your won choosing where the 4 stars are").
If anyone is interested I have some great GIF's that take the P out of AOL big time, you want them? email me and I will gladly send them to you.

[RayH]

In the old days, I used to tell people who subscribed to AOL to MOVE their screen names to another e-mail address before they quit the service.

I recently tried my AOL Screename after several years of being dormant. It came up along with my Buddy List. I have never been an AOL customer.