I hadn't until somebody pointed me to them (forget who, sorry.)
As an ocassional dial-up provider from my laptop via mobile, no less, they've been very good. Handy when trying to get a ballooning met forecast in the middle of the Compienge forest, or in the foothils of the Pyranees
(been successful on both of those
)
You subscribe and can top up your minutes online with a credit card. Your unused time doesn't seem to expire forever (I've had about 30-40 mins pre-paid with them for a least a couple of years
As for AOL, I tried it out once, back in the modem-only days, when they sent out free CDs. Bl**dy virus, if you ask me, insinuating itself into all sorts of places it shouldn't. Took a rebuild to get rid of.
Haven't touched AOL since...
HTH