AOL Broadband offers (merged threads)

Miroslav

Jake'sGran wrote:

I used the on line help and it worked. Just now. Hooray. What shall I do with the extra £8 per month - I'll think of something :money:

:T

Mine has been downgraded to silver today.........From £29.99 to £9.99

Slower downloads, but I d/l all I needed yesterday :T

The extra £20 goes on xmas

deanos

Crabman wrote:

Why's it in dollars?? $

And how do you view that billing screen??

It quotes in $ but means £

Billing: https://bill.aol.com/
Email: http://email.aol.co.uk/
Screen Names: https://names.aol.co.uk/names.adp
Live Help: http://livehelp.aol.com/launchnovl/launch_reg.asp

Jake'sGran

Miroslav wrote:

:T

Mine has been downgraded to silver today.........From £29.99 to £9.99

Slower downloads, but I d/l all I needed yesterday :T

The extra £20 goes on xmas

I don't need rapid fast downloads either. Today had a thought about what the extra £8 month x 12 can go towards. I'm having trouble getting travel insurance for Europe that will cover my heart problem so this money can pay some of the extra premium.

marquis_2

skintarooney wrote:

I saw this on the board too, so I contacted them via the live help option (as I can be more cheekier online!)

They were very willing to put me on the £9.99 price plan with everything else being the same ( I am on Silver Pkge). The only snag was the 12 mth contract, but hey ho wasn't planning on changing provider anyway!

I then requested the wireless router, even though I dont need one! I just wanted to be like everyone else! They said I could either pay £25 and stay on £9.99 priceplan or have it free for a £14.99 priceplan.

I decided to leave the router and now enjoy AOL Silver for £9.99 p/mth a MASSIVE £8 discount p/mth....YIPPEE!

Do you still get 1 month free?

amit_1

which type of rj45 cable do i buy for this router ? crossover or straight?

espresso

amit_1 wrote:

which type of rj45 cable do i buy for this router ? crossover or straight?

Routers come with an Ethernet cable and most will auto-sense for straight or crossover cables.

HTH

amit_1

How do i stop other people from useing my connection? Is it already configured or do i have to do something?

espresso

amit_1 wrote:

How do i stop other people from useing my connection? Is it already configured or do i have to do something?

This post here tells you what you need to do to to make it secure. It is quite easy to set up and once done it can then be forgotten. Don't be put off by all of the words, just a few simple steps and it's done. Any problems, post in the Techie Stuff forum for help. This simplified version outlines what you need to do but you should now use WPA-PSK encryption rather than WEP encryption described here.

HTH

deanos

amit_1 wrote:

How do i stop other people from useing my connection? Is it already configured or do i have to do something?

If you dont intend to use the wireless part of the router just go into the settings and turn the wi-fi off

penyekz

Just got off the phone with AOL and they refused to budge on any offer for the platinum or gold. They did say the silver at £9.99 is available to me and gold at £19.99 or platinum at £24.99. Can someone confirm that they have the gold at £14.99 and platinum at £19.99?