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astralbee

Just my opinion, of course. The laptop is very low spec, even with the upgrades that they offer you. Looking at the basic one model on offer - Carphone Warehouse/AOL claim it is worth £450. Not true. You can get similar spec laptops for £329 from Comet, and I have seen other basic laptops for £250 in special offers.

An earlier poster compared the £19.99pm price for AOL to their existing Tiscali connection and worked out that the laptop was costing them an extra £168.00 over the contract period. So if you think that the laptop is worth that money, then go for it - but factor in AOL's dreadful service!!

AOL do not allow you to set up your own connection manually - they send you a CD and force you to install their software suite that causes all manner of problems on many PCs because it hijacks IE which shares components with Windows Explorer, a key part of the operating system.

A very basic laptop and a dreadful internet provider doesn't seem an attractive bundle to me at any price.

Darrell
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Poppycat

Do you really want to be stuck with the same ISP. My friend (yes I told them so) signed up with Tiscali for 8mb they got 6.5mbps with BT which is good, went with Tiscali and its 512k or less on a evening and they are stuck with them for 9 months and he knows what he is doing as they are a computer engineer who sets networks up

jammin_2

astralbee wrote: »

AOL do not allow you to set up your own connection manually - they send you a CD and force you to install their software suite that causes all manner of problems on many PCs because it hijacks IE which shares components with Windows Explorer, a key part of the operating system.

Wrong. You can set up a Windows DUN connection in seconds and never need to install any AOL software, ever. Please get your facts right.

Debaz10

I have been with aol for 8 years and think they are great ,always been sorted if i have needed to ring customer services for anything ,kids like aol ,i have friends and family with other providers and dont rate alot of em as being as good as aol.this is just my opinion but have had no probs with service at all.the deal works out good for me and my family.
Debs

TBeckett100

can anyone help - where is the modem? what i plug the router straight into the wall, i ma bit confused!

jammin_2

TBeckett100 wrote: »

can anyone help - where is the modem? what i plug the router straight into the wall, i ma bit confused!

Master telephone socket >> ADSL filter >> grey DSL cable >> router.

Also, make sure that any other (used) telephone sockets are also filtered (before any other devices are connected).

don_kedik

this is a long winded experience if u want the laptop join if you dont STAY-AWAY

1,JOINED AOL AT 14/12/07 AT 18.05PM, PHONED AOL AS I NEW TISCALI CUST/SERV WAS ALREADY CLOSED AS I NEEDED TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE TO SEE IF I WOULD STILL QUALIFY FOR THE GURANTEED LAPTOP FOR CHRISTMAS AS I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET THE MAC CODE TILL THE MONDAY THE 17TH. I WAS REASSURED BY BARBARA AT WATERSFORD CALL CENTRE, THAT THEY DONT NEED THE MAC CODE YET TO PROCESS THE ORDER AND ASLONG AS I SIGN UP BEFORE THE 17TH I WILL GET ONE. SO I WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GIVING MY DETAILS AND BANK DETAILS AS I HAVE TO PAY FOR THE DELIVERY CHARGE OF £14.99. THEN SPOKE TO ANOTHER BLOKE CALLED DILEP (I THINK, HE WOULDNT REPEAT IT NOT GOOD ENGLISH) WENT THROUGH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS MUST OF BEEN ON THE PHONE 20 MINUTES.
2,PHONED ON THE 18TH TO GIVE MY MAC CODE TO AOL TRANSFERRED 3 TIMES AND NO ONE HAD MY DETAILS SO COULDNT GIVE MY MAC CODE, I WAS TOLD AS IT WAS STILL IN CARPHONE WHAREHOUSE'S SYSTEM AND NEEDED TO WAIT A FEW DAYS FOR IT TO TRANSFER,
3.PHONED AGAIN ON THE 21ST TRANSFERRED 3 TIMES AGAIN BUT SPOKE TO A UNKNOWLEDGEABLE LADY WHO WOULDNT SPEAK TO ME REGARDING THIS ACCOUNT AS THERE WAS NO ACCOUNT IN ****************************. COULDNT GET ANY ANSWERS OUT OF HER REGARDING THE LAPTOP ALL SHE SAID WAS I HAD TO CALL INTO A CAR/WHHOUSE SHOP AND VERIFY MY DETAILS.
4. CALLED IN TO CAR/WHHOUSE 15 MINUTES LATER TO BE TOLD THE REASON IS THEY HAD PUT MRS ********* INSTEAD OF MR AND WENT ON TO TELL ME THAT THE HAD NEVER CLOSED MY ORIGINAL ORDER AND I WOULDNT GET MY LAPTOP TILL IT WAS CLOSED AND THEY CANT DO THAT.I RANG FROM THE STORE TO AOL WHO STRUGGLED TO FIND MY DETAILS AS I TRANSFERRED 3 TIMES AGAIN WHO TOLD ME I WOULDNT GET IT NOW AS ITS TO LATE.
5.STILL IN MY MIND THAT NOTHING WAS BEING DONE TO MY ORDER I WENT IN TO CAR/WHHOUSE ON THE 22ND TO SEE WHATS GOING ON SPOKE TO A NICE MAN WHO TRIED REALLY HARD TO HELP, NOTICED STRAIGHT AWAY THAT IT HADNT BEEN CLOSED AND IF I HADNT COME IN I WOULD BE WAITING FOREVER AND A DAY TO GET AOL.SO HE PHONED ALL HIS CONTACTS TRYING TO SORT IT OUT COULDNT OR THEY COULDNT, HE WAS TOLD THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN CLOSE IT WAS THE ORIGINAL PERSON WHO TOOK THE ORDER (BARBARA)WHOS NOT WORKING THAT DAY.
6.THE ONLY WAS AROUND THIS PROBLEM WAS TO BYPASS THE COMPUTER AND GENERATE A NEW ORDER WHICH WAS DONE.HE TRIED TO GET ME TO PAY THE £14.99 DEL CHARGE BUT I REFUSED AS I HAD ALREADY PAID IT.
7.BY THE 15TH OF JANUARY I RANG AOL AGAIN TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON AS I NEW MY MAC CODE WOULD EXPIRE ON THE 17TH I WAS TOLD THEY DIDNT KNOW WHEN MY ORDER WAS GOING THROUGH SO RING UP TISCALI AGAIN TO GET A NEW MAC CODE. I REFUSED AND SAID IVE DONE ENOUGH CHASING AOL UP AND I HAVE GIVEN YOU ONE YOU SHOULD OF DONE YOUR JOB RIGHT. I ASKED ABOUT MY LAPTOP AND WIRELESS ROUTER HE SAID A COUPLE OF DAYS. BUT THEN WENT ON AND TRANSFERED ME TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT WHO THEN SAID IT WILL BE THE 21ST I WILL GO LIVE AND MY LAPTOP AND WIRELESS ROUTER WILL BE DELIVERED THAT DAY ASWELL.
8.WENT INTO CAR/WHOUSE ON THE 21ST AT 18.00 TO BUY A 3 MOBILE BROADBAND MODEM AND WHILE I WAS THERE I ASKED ABOUT MY ACCOUNT AS I WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE DELIVERED TODAY WHEN HE CHECKED HIS SYSTEM HE COULD ONLY FIND THE ORDER WHICH WAS DONE ON THE 14TH THE ONE THAT WAS STILL OPEN. HE PHONED UP GOT THE DETAILS AND WAS TOLD IT WENT LIVE TODAY. BUT I HAVENT GOT MY MODEM TO ACCESS IT I TOLD HIM WHY SHOULD I PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT I CANT ACCESS. HE SHRUGGED HIS SHOULDERS.
I THEN WHEN ON TO TELL HIM I HAVENT EVEN RECEIVED MY USERNAME OR PASSWORD TO ACCESS THE ACCOUNT SO HE RANG UP AOL TO FIND OUT. SO IT APPEARS I HAVENT EVEN GOT MY WELCOME PACK ASWELL SO FROM THE 14TH DEC TO THE 21ST JANUARY IM STILL NO CLOSE AND THE ONLY WAY I CAME ACROSS THIS SURVEY IS BECAUSE I HAD BEEEN INTO THE CAR/WHHOUSE TO SORT THINGS OUT MYSELF AGAIN.
SEEEMS SOME PEOPLE ARE GETTING PAID TO DO NOTHING

jammin_2

don_kedik wrote: »

this is a long winded experience if u want the laptop join if you dont STAY-AWAY..

Your post would be a lot easier to read, had you only learnt that capital letters are usually necessary only for names, proper nouns, acronyms, and initialisms. :rolleyes:

(the way you post speaks volumes about your character).