[meyer]

LOL...I am hooked up through the AOL High Speed...doing fine :)

Ewwwww!! OK, seriously, if you don't mind AOL, then I guess its all right. I won't go back to them ever. I was a customer of AOL when they went through that capacity shortage a few years ago. I almost never got a connection. I vowed then to never deal with AOL again.

I don't know how they do it now, but AOL used to have that annoying proprietary software along with their highly filtered interface. Perhaps they have stepped up to the real internet now, I don't know. And if I ever see an instant message again, I'll scream. Those things had a habit of popping up at the most inopportune times and I absolutely hated it.

[spycatcher]

AOL, NetZero, and Juno all seem to overtake your system and give you lame speeds. AOL 5/6/7 can actually destroy your Windows install.

DSL or satellite access is the only way -- other than cable

[HairOfTheDog]

I would rather eat glass than use AOL... But it is the slow dial-up connection that will really make me snap...

The silver lining is that I will want to spend so little time at my computer that I will not be needing that carpul tunnel surgery after all....