AOL Broadband offers (merged threads)

EasilyAggravated

i'll post instructions on the techie board so its available for all to see.

Edinburghlass_2

You can find the instructions regarding AOL in this post HERE by ali137

Crabman

Through my link (above) it says £14.99 per month - doesn't mention anything about the price hike though it wouldn't surprise me if it's hidden away somewhere :rolleyes: Surely total cost incl £45 cashback is £134.88 over the 12 months including the wireless router, which I presume we can keep after ditching AOL after 12 months?

goldmercury

I can't believe I'm about to do this but I live in the sticks and the fastest my broadband goes is 512k, am with Zen and currently pay £24.99/month for "upto 8meg servce" and it is capped at 20gigs/month download.

Anyway AOL silver is 14.99/month 1meg service and unlimited downloads.

you also get a free wirelessrouter + 1 month free

quido are doing £45 cash back

sell the router on ebay for £45ish AOL say its worth £55

£100 saving, annaul AOL bill = 11 (1 month free) x £14.99 = £164.89

So thats broadband for a year for £65 and true unlimited downloads.

Only draw back for myself is there is no static IP address but there are websites like no-ip.com if you need to host a website.

Can anyone see any draw backs to this offer? Apart from the AOL software which is optional if you've got a ethernet modem.

-Scott

mrnomoneybags

AOL are shocking, customer service is useless.

You can't use your own wireless equipment... no static ip as above.

I was with them 2 months (Free) becuase they messed everything up big time i was lied too about speeds etc so i got my MAC code and left

Crabman

AOL Silver is an 8MB service isn't it??

Paul1_2

Hi,

I am one of those sad people who is with AOL, but I had noticed that they have cut the price to £14,99 and mine was due to increase to £17.99 for the final 6 months of the contract.

I have spoken to their online help to be told that this is only for new customers and after pressing cancellation despite the fact I would have to pay them I was told they can only change my plan after 10 months. After pressing the points further, including the knowlege that my friend has just been offered this for £9.99 the staff member consulted with a supervisor and my plan is reduced to £14.99.

Sop much for new customers only.

Paul1

humfer

Don;t suppose AOL is any worse than the others. I discovered a couple of months back that I was still paying £17.99 for broadband with Wanadoo that new customers were getting for £14.99. The customer service team tried in vain for several minutes to get me onto a another package (i.e. higher priced) before agreeing to lower my monthly charge. They also gave me 1 month free of charge as a good will gesture.

In summary if your in your 12 month contract you don't have too much power. However if outside, then they should be offering you bigger discounts to stay...

karin

I have been with AOL on ''silver'' broadband for some time so when I saw an ad on tv for ''wireless broadband for £14.99+free router'', I asked about online from AOL's ''helpline chat''.

They told me I had to pay £58 FOR THE ROUTER and then £17.99 per month,(which is what I am paying at the moment for a ''wired'' connection), as the offer was only for NEW members.

I called AOL on the freephone 0800 2006254 number I found on ''say no to 0870''; said that this seemed unfair to present customers; and was offered 1year at £14.99 and a free router as ''a special offer to loyal members like yourself''.

So I end up with a wireless connection and £36 saving over a year.
I do have to start a new contract for 1 year but I wasn't about to change anyway.

goldmercury

well i signed up to the AOL silver a couple of days back for 14.99/month I specified that I'd bring my own equipment with the migration and was told that there was no minimum contract length, if i do this, free router and £45 cash back via quidco!