Any one having problems with AOL?

My friends and I who are all on AOL seem to be having HUGE problems of late.

It's silly things really like not being able to connect to Photo Bucket etc. Nearly all the pictures on this site I can't even see and as for my little digging pirate he's gone awol!

I know AOL is swapping things about maybe that's what the problem is? Any idea's?
Thanks in advance.Hel.xxx.

 

Helen. AOL was taken over recently by Cowboy Warehouse, just as my ISP, Pipex was grabbed by Tiscali. Both of these companies are renowned for lousy services and my connection speeds have dropped by two thirds since November.

If the ISP is causing it (and on reputation it almost certainly is) then migration is the only answer. Trouble is that Talk-talk and Tiscali are grabbing ISPs like there is no tomorrow so who I am going to move to in May when my contract matures I do not know. I moved from Tiscali to Pipex last year and 3 months later Tiscali bought Pipex and it is now just as bad.

 

Have you thought about migrating to BT John?
I've just run a test via the site you mentioned in another post and I'm getting 6.2Mbps this morning which is pretty close to the maximum I can expect on my line.

Helen - AOL is and always has been, legendary for quirky connection and traffic problems.

 

Thanks guys I contacted AOL yesterday and today it seems all is working fine.

Dave I have been with AOL for a great many years I only swapped to Freeserve (where did they get too?)from AOL because it was cheaper only to have Freeserve knock us off without any warnings because we abused the system too much ...... having online gaming boys it was pretty easy to knock up the time spent on the internet!

Hopefully AOL will be settled now as I would have been unhappy to move elsewhere, better the devil you know than the devil you don't. Hel.xxx.

 

had a nightmare with it cant connect lasted two days. looks like they sorting the problem out slllowwwly

 

I thought it was Photo bucket with the problem? Not suprised its aol, totally rubbish but dont want to change as too many folk to send a new email adresss too.

 

finally managed to get through to aol but only after i pretended i wanted to ghange over to them as that was the only way of not being put on hold for two hours,the minute i spoke to someone i said thats it i want to cancel.then it all came out how the lines has been down and they are having major changes and upgrades but said it should be ok now .i rang freinds in the area over a 5 mile radius and they could not get on line either . nice of aol to let us know in advance

 

I have never had a problem with AOL untill the last few days.
I was having problems logging on.
It seems O.K now.

 

I've reached my breaking point - he snapped.

After yet another outage I emailed Pipex, told them they were in breach of contract, and demanded a MAC code. They ignored 2 emails so I contacted Ofcom. Who opened a dispute. Some hours later I got an email from Pipex telling me that the only way to get a MAC code was to phone an 0871 number at 50p a minute. So I spent a total of 90 minutes in queues only to not get through. They are not allowed to charge for MAC codes so this is the latest scam.

I am once again contacting Ofcom and issuing a County Court summons for the return of my �£45.

 

Good for you John, you go for it, bl***dy rip offs

 

John, thats shocking...

 

going to give aol till monday and if its not sorted by then im going to cancel my direct debit untill i get some sense

 

Oh dear just when I thought AOL had sorted their problems out we loose our internet connect once again!

It was out from early evening yesterday and to make matters worst even our friend near Barnsley had her connect lost too and kept texting us to see if our's was back on.

This is far from ok we pay for the service not for it to be out of action and after all I'm sure as hell (sorry for the pun) that AOL will not give us a reduction on the monthly fee just because of our little inconvenience!Hel.xxx.

 

Well I got my MAC code one hour before the deadline. We had a lovely game of 'chicken', and Pipex blinked first. All I need now is my �£45 - and I'll get it too. I've signed up with Fast.co.uk which gets very good reports so I'll keep you informed.