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by pjpatiky

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I am a non-AOL user. What is the opinion of the board concerning AOL Instant Messenger Service. I shy away from AOL as I find it so proprietary. But a friend is pressing me to join. I am cable, IE5.5/OE5.5, RoadRunner, Explorer. Reference: www.aol.com/aim

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by mkthomson1

I am not an expert of any kind, but I have utilized hotmail, bluelight, and used Microsoft Internet Explorer. Then I became a prisoner of Compuserve because of the "rebate" (which of course is delayed payment"). Proprietary, hah. It is worse thanmy free Bluelight access. Do not, I repeat, do not use aol unless you also have other options. Plus, did you see the article regarding AOL in Time magazine recently? It shows how AOL has tried to monopolize instant messenging access. Again, afterthe freedom of Microsoft Internet Explorer and then the constraints of Compuserve, remain free is my advice.

by pjpatiky

Thanx MK Thompson - You told me just what I needed to know. Appreciate your feed in.

by luke.i.morrison

I am not an AOL user, but I do use AOL Instant Messaging Service, and I have not had many problems with it. It is extremely easy to use, as my sister, who is fairly illiterate with computers, and I communicate using it often.

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