AWP - I find AOL the best solution, despite its 'death grip' on your computer and its 'dorky' front end. For £14.99 a month I have fairly reliable free dial-up from anywhere in UK and pretty reasonable rate access around Europe (my patch).
I just use it as a dial-in and run my email and browser programme through it, so have very little to do with its email and browser systems.
Onetel STEADFASTLY resist a move into Europe for local dial-up, depsite their much vaunted European 'tie-ups' and are missing a huge trick! There are other services, GRIC for one. I'm sure an 'intelligent' search on Google or Jeeves would find them?