Sorry I can't provide current info on AOL, but when they were setting up in Oz I was a beta tester. There were several problems at release of the service.
1/ They did not support any email client except the half broken thing they supplied. This meant I could not retrieve email from another ISP whilst connected through AOL
2/ They did not offer a shell account so I could not telnet.
3/ Their supplied browser was horrible and slow, but you could use any other browser if you wanted
4/ Most important for me is not a tech issue, but the deal for beta testers was a month of free connection after the service went live. This was canned after one week. I think the AOL ethics suck big time.
It's up to you of course but I'd say give 'em a miss!
Feeton
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Once I was VERY good, now I'm very good, once!
[This message has been edited by Feeton Terrafirma (edited 26 November 2000).]