brockenspectre,
This is my personal opinion:
AOL was designed for the complete computer illiterate. It gave them a chance to communicate and use a computer prior to the days of the internet. When the internet started to gain popularity, it again offered people that were completely computer illiterate a way to get on the internet.
Since you have been online for 6 years now, I am sure you have the skills you get around the internet and download email without the need of AOL to help. I would suggest that you shop around for the best broadband solution in your area. (You can always keep your AOL account and just access it from any broadband account should you want to.) Any ISP you sign up with offers email service. (Unless AOL is needed for your Ecoflow business.) The only other service I can think of that AOL offers is keeping in contact with friends via instant messages. (AOL IM can be used even without an AOL account. Free of Charge.)
Do not feel that you need to be tied to AOL just because you have used their Dialup Service for the last 6 years.
Best of luck,
Richard
P.S. I understand that people who travel like AOL because they can log on from just about anywhere in the world. (A good reason to have the service.)