AOL 7.0 released by hacker kids before AOL does.

[blind to truth]

ha. 'viowatch' was able to obtain AOL ver. 7.0 from an Internal Contact inside America Online. It's funny how you can get aol7 at aol-files.com but not aol. he he he.

[spidey_joe80@hotmail.com]

wow cool

[GroundZero3]

oh wow someone has posted crappy software before it was offical! wohoo now you can be 1337 and be the first on your block to own AOL 7! **** if only i used aol still!!

Jason

[This message has been edited by GroundZero3 (edited 05-31-2001).]

[MiKe85]

LOL!!
That's pure comedy..
http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[sedu]

Sort of like stealing a garbage truck.

[voogru]

LOL

garbage truck! thats funny

i would think its like stealing a portapotty http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

-voogru

[BBA]

Eeeuuuuwwwww!!!!!!


What will they do next?

[LeaDxPainT]

[Sorry LeaDxPainT can't type right now AOL is upgrading, Be Back in 4 Hours]...they wish, Pure Cable All the way, before you start ranking on my, I was an ex-AOL-er. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif The AIM service is fine for me. "All My friends are on it"
LeaDxPainT

Typo

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[Bob The Great]

Here I was thinking AOL was a virus! You mean it actually surves a purpose?!? Wow!

No really. I had a friend that had to tottaly reformat his PC to get rid of AOL. Isn't that basicly a virus?

O well...

[surrealchereal]

Tisk tisk tisk my young manly men....
I too poo poo'd AOL (still do at times)
When everything took a doo doo and I was left with no online connect??
My son's AOL.
Drats I hate to eat crow, but at my age I like to pretend it's Cornish Game hen....
surrealchereal@aol.com
oh yeah but I will have the DSL up as soon as the moon turns to cheese and pigs fly....

[Barney]

I think it's more like stealing garbage from rich people. In fact, that's exactly what it is. <IMG SRC="http://server2044.virtualave.net/r0nald/ubb/biggrin.gif" border=0>

[golfcart]

What a waste of a domain name....I am surprised AOL hasn't stolen it from them yet. I actually do like the layout of the site though.

[JacobM5727]

i have aol, i would change but i dont know what provider to use
i tried qwest about a day and that sucked

[vintron]

AOL? u must be joking, right?

I am sure it's AOHell

;P

[Haggis2001]

AOL America on line, Australia on line same s##t different bucket at least thats what it sounds like to me.
Glad that i never used it
Haggis http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[CMonster]

What is AOL releasing a new version each month -"hang on don't leave AOL, our next version will solve all of your problems"

[Sweeper]

Have had AOL since the beginning. Really never had any problems with it. I am anxiously awaiting my Roadrunner.

Sweeper

[Gomer]

Same here sweeper, been on board with aol since the beginning and never have had any problems. Well I will admit to one... when they first offered the unlimited minutes for 19.99 I didn't always connect the first try. Sometimes time rarely three. But that was a while back.

[korgul]

AOL (America off line) I had them when they first came out. Always got disconnected or could not even connect. On the occasions that I could connect they were always " upgrading my stuff" Then they jack the price up. Time to go.

I now have a cable modem and AOL is history. Do I miss it? Not at all.

korgul

[RandomGoon]

You know, Sweeper and Gomer are the first 2 people I've heard that haven't had problems with Almost On Line. Consider yourselves lucky http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif I have friends in a tech support call center who dread the inevitable calls related to AOL. I've personally not used it nor could you pay me to use it; Cable just roxors http://www.sysopt.com/forum/biggrin.gif

'Goon

[Gomer]

You'd be suprised RandomGoon. But think about the maturity level of the people making comments (just read the comments most of them have [made] to get an idea). Most people here that use AOL aren't going to say a word for fear of being branded with the scarlet letters.

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[This message has been edited by Gomer (edited 06-01-2001).]

[GroundZero3]

Same here sweeper, been on board with aol since the beginning and never have had any problems

What about slow internet connnection?! also what were trying to say about the maturity level of the post in your previous post?

Jason

[Gomer]

Who said anything about a slow connection?

As for maturity levels, I wasn't really referring to this post directly, but it applies. Rather I was referring to most any post regarding AOL that comes up on this board. I am not looking to point any fingers or start some sort of war over maturity. But if you do a search on posts regarding AOL on this board you will see the level of maturity I am speaking of. And that probably relates to the fact that randomgoon has only heard of two people with no problems. Most people are going to say anything about using AOL when they see they will be the instant subject of ridicule.

Actually it may have nothing to do at all with randomgoon's experience. However, constructive criticism is one thing... bashing something for the sake of bashing it is another.

[flakgordon]

sedu:

No, it's more like stealing garbage.

[derek79602]

Uh, what's AOL?
<IMG SRC="http://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/cwm/3dlil/puke.gif" border=0>

[GroundZero3]

So Gomer your telling me that you were satisfied with the connection speeds you were getting with Aol? I think Aol is a great Internet program to start out with. It shows people how to get around with friendly options. I think it would also be a better internet service if they wouldn't give all these free **** hours and don't have enough equipment to handle all there customers. Plus get rid off all the punters, Instant Messenger spammers, porn emails and **** for their software or at least some form of email filters. I say if you like Aol power to you im not going to ridicule anyone for using it. But I think you would be alot happier if you went with a local Internet provider.

Jason

[Gomer]

Plus get rid off all the punters, Instant Messenger spammers, porn emails and **** for their software or at least some form of email filters.

Most of that comes from goofing around in chat rooms. I don't have to deal with any of that in the slightest. It would be no different with a local ISP. As for spam, it is a fact of life. I get maybe two pieces a day through AOL.

This is from a previous thread regarding AOL... my experiences.

1. I sign on at 44K

2. Sustained downloads of &gt;5kb/s on a regular basis (through napster before the fall)

3. I can remain connected for at least a day--I have never tried to push it further.

4. AOL 5.0 problems? I have none. Never had.

5. I can check, manage, and compose mail with any web browser, on any ISP, at any time, anywhere in the world. Can you with a local ISP?

6. AOL Instant Messenger--same as above. I can sign on my aol screen name from any web browser using aol's web page, just like with my mail. There is no software to download or install. It is Java based.

7. I have never had to deal with a virus I could catch without opening a piece of mail. How about you outlook users? Shoot, the only time I ever worry about a virus is when there is an attached file.

8. I have never had to use separate program to deal with my mail. Do you with a local ISP?

9. I receive no more then 2 pieces of spam a day. Many days are spam free.

10. I can use any browser I want with AOL minimized. I mainly use IE, but I have used Opera and Netscape.

11. What happens if you move? Your local ISP doesn't. I have been many places. I have never struggled to find an access number to dial. AOL goes where I go.

12. My mom (computer illiterate) uses AOL. It is great for her. She could never figure out what to do dealing with a local ISP. AOL is always there for her. Makes it easy on me because I don't have to deal with the hassle of a local ISP. She likes to chat too. She is pretty big on Irish heritage (she was in the movie Rudy BTW, in the pub scene, big close-up of her singing)
and has managed to meet and network with many people that with a local ISP, she would not have met. That was a valuable service to her.

13. 7 separate accounts

14. This I may be wrong on but I am pretty sure it is correct. 2MB of space for web hosting per account. Sign all of the accounts in to AOL's hometown deal with a little web page, and that number jumps to like 18MB per account. Like I said, I may be wrong on that.

15. I live in a city with a population of 15K or so. Actually I live in the township. There are 4 local numbers to dial into. When AOL had it's unlimited service blitz, busy signals were a pain. That is no longer a problem at all. 90% of the time first try is the only try. (well the city I dial into actually as a pop of over 110,000.)

16. How many of you have had your ISP for 5 years? I never have to worry about AOL packing up and leaving town. Never have to worry about telling everyone my email changed. Never have to worry about how long my next ISP will stay up and running, or if I will sign up and have problems. I really enjoy having that piece of mind.


as for trying a local service provider. I have tried and do use a local internet provider. Michnet I believe it is. MSU students get a free account. I use it at school because I live off campus and AOL is often tied up by other family members. There is also a local (barely) number I use when I am home. I don't notice anything special about it. Well I did notice I got disconnected a lot more. Especially if I tried to open more than 3 pages at once. Oh yeah, I signed on dog slow sometimes. But that is just one local ISP I know. There are probably a bunch to choose from. I would just have to try each one out for a little while to see if there were any problems. I will stick with aol.

[mudoggy]

From another former AOL'er...

Don't think that RoadRunner is the ultimate solution.
They are run by TimeWarner, which is owned by **GASP** AOL!
Resistance is futile.

Really, AOL ran fine for a while, and went downhill rapidly. It was amazing. It's odd when it works fine for a time,no changes are made to software and hardware, then degrades to ****. I didn't understand it, and all attempts to troubleshoot we for nothing.

RoadRunner has been good to this point. It has hit a couple of weird snags on the provider side, took three WEEKS to resolve (must have the same AOL technical and support training). Also, it can get bogged down during peak usage times if there are many people on your cable node.

All in all, though, I will never go back to AOL unless it is the ONLY ISP in an area I live in. It is easy to use, though, when it works, and it got me my start online.

[Ygor]

It does seem that most of the anti-aol comments come from those who haven't used aol in a long time.

I've been with aol over 4 years now and in the last 2 years I've only been punted by dos attacks from elsewhere on the web.
Spam in my mailbox is rare. The Mail Controls available ever since I can remember work well enough. Guess some never found them?

My only slow connections or other problems connecting have been due to phone line problems.

The only problem I've had really, was a script-kiddie that tries to cause a lot of problems. That "access" is easily fixed and he didn't get as far as he tried to imply anyway.

There's an ability to ignore IMs you don't want, but some don't seem to know about that either.

There are solutions to all the problems mentioned. Most of the problems are forgotten once you take advantage of the options within aol.

Some just find it easier to bash, figuring that most won't catch on to the fact they never bothered to use the solutions provided. Or maybe it's just become "fashionable" to bash aol?

Common sense dictates that if everyone had the problems attributed to aol, msn or another service would be way ahead in numbers.

So it must just be "fashionable" to bash aol. I accept that even if the bashers don't.

[CleanupMan]

Me and the oldlady shared a puter with AOL and MSN on it. When I got her a puter and removed AOL it was like moveing to paradise. You can have AOL 7. Thanks but no thanks.

[AdamAdsy]

AOL been fine for me for about 5 years. Only problem is it is useless for gaming and when i play online games then i use a separate dial out.