AOL Contract about to finish. What do I do?

M_Thomson

macman wrote: »

You don't tell us what service you need or what you are paying at present, so hard to advise.
No you will not be able to use your AOL adress with a new ISP.

Not true. I left AOL in March last year, and I still access mine. AOL has been offering free email addresses on its homepage for ages. To carry on getting access to your master screenname emails, you must tell AOL to put you on the Bring Your Own Access free plan before you go.

jetskidia

I've just been on the phone to AOL and they have just offered me this deal,

The best offer they can do for me is,

Platinum 1:

- Broadband with a speed of up to 8mg with 10g usage allowance (40g Fair Usage Policy)
- Line Rental Included
- Free wireless router (Netgear)
- Evening and weekend calls to local and national numbers
- Free access to call our customer support and technical support helpline
- Cheaper rates to call international and mobile numbers
- Free voicemail, with-hold CLI & last caller CLI.
- No bill from BT or Tesco
- 18 month contract would apply after cooling off period
- Your phone number would stay the same, and we would arrange everthing for you.

And I will arrange to give you the first month completely free.

All for just £20.49 per month.


What do you reckon:?
Good or bad deal:?

macman

It's basically what you've already got plus a fiver for the phone bundle. Not exactly competitive.
How can they seriously promote 'keeping the same phone number' as a benefit?-you'll get that on any service.
Or does this include your line rental?-if so it's rather better.

Francesanne

jetskidia wrote: »

My line can only support 4 meg, which is what i've got.

I currently pay £14:99 per mth for unlimited download

I'm paying £17.99 for AOL 'Silver'. Wonder if they'd give me any incentive to stay with AOL? (have been thinking of moving to SKY for AGES). Not use to haggling.

willo65

I just rang AOL to change mine and the £20.49 includes line rental. I am already with AOL also and have had no probs with them. I am going for the platinum 3 service for £30.49 per month with unlimited downloads. and upto 24MBPS yay

jetskidia

macman wrote: »

Or does this include your line rental?

Yes it includes line rental;)

Nostromo

I was on the silver package @ £14.99 when i left they offered me the same deal for £6.99 a month.But 18 month contract.

Francesanne

Nostromo wrote: »

I was on the silver package @ £14.99 when i left they offered me the same deal for £6.99 a month.But 18 month contract.

Wouldn't mind 18 month contract if they reduced my package to such a reasonable price. Did you accept the new offer?

Nostromo

Nope i made an even worse choice and moved to 02 access
If you phone AOL and say you want your mac code and are leaving to goto 02 for £7.34 a month they might offer you the same.

Francesanne

Nostromo wrote: »

Nope i made an even worse choice and moved to 02 access
If you phone AOL and say you want your mac code and are leaving to goto 02 for £7.34 a month they might offer you the same.

It'll be just my luck for them to call my bluff but might pluck up courage and try. Hope things improve for you. I'd heard 02 were very good but it just shows how it varies from user to user.