Whoa! I went away and came back, and a thread addressed to me personally has been hijacked. :-)
I was with CompuServe near the beginning of my Internet usage, and they often made it hard for people to quit the service. I bounced back and forth between it and AOL, and I had an easier time quitting AOL. No billing for time not spent online. OTOH, I paid CompuServe more than I really should have. I don't like AOL's mail reader, their usenet reader is now defunct, and I have to go through google groups, BUT... there is always a line free, I can always get online, and the offer direct debit from my bank account which the smaller services didn't (CompuServe offered that too). They have now trimmed back services a great deal, and if you have Broad Band you can get AOL free. And Broad Band can be provided by another ISP. So, yeah, AOL truly hoovers sometimes, OTOH, it also isn't as bad as some think. Just my .02. Marnie And I prefer when I, a user knocks it, than when a non-user knocks it. ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
