Yet another reason to Hate AOL

Anyway, back to AOL - Jay, the only meaningful way to deal with it is to
try to get AOL users on your list to call their customer support and
complain REALLY LOUD.

Well, Lee is the only rec.aviation/AOL user on the list -- so here goes:
Lee, complain to AOL about this, will ya?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

he only meaningful way to deal with it is to
try to get AOL users on your list to call their customer support and
complain REALLY LOUD.

Well, Lee is the only rec.aviation/AOL user on the list -- so here goes:
Lee, complain to AOL about this, will ya?



Not feasible. Here's a better solution, Jay . . . switch my address on your
list to

.



www.Rosspilot.com

Not feasible. Here's a better solution, Jay . . . switch my address on
your
list to

.

Done!

(And, BTW: It's ALWAYS feasible to complain about lousy service... ;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"
"Rosspilot" wrote in message
...
he only meaningful way to deal with it is to
try to get AOL users on your list to call their customer support and
complain REALLY LOUD.

Well, Lee is the only rec.aviation/AOL user on the list -- so here goes:
Lee, complain to AOL about this, will ya?






www.Rosspilot.com

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:XzVFc.23297$XM6.1268@attbi_s53...

(And, BTW: It's ALWAYS feasible to complain about lousy service... ;-)
--


Where AOL is concerned it is more efficient for one to go directly to
banging one's head against the wall.

(And, BTW: It's ALWAYS feasible to complain about lousy service... ;-)
--


Where AOL is concerned it is more efficient for one to go directly to
banging one's head against the wall.


Basically, that's what I meant . . . AOL is so huge that a complaint has little
or no effect--other than venting, perhaps.

I take the line of least resistance when possible.


www.Rosspilot.com

Basically, that's what I meant . . . AOL is so huge that a complaint has
little
or no effect--other than venting, perhaps.

I take the line of least resistance when possible.

Ah, good point. Some things are just not worth getting worked up about.

I've recently spent many, many unproductive hours working with Qwest,
getting DSL installed at the hotel. It has been a thoroughly frustrating
affair, involving several Qwest technicians (none of whom seem to agree with
each other), several departments within Qwest, and a series of unforeseen
problems with integrating DSL into our telephone console switchboard.

All this just so I could tell Mediacom (the cable modem people) to take a
hike! Life is too short...

So, now we've got BOTH DSL *and* cable modems running on wireless networks
throughout the hotel. MAYBE this set-up will provide the stability that our
guests deserve -- but I doubt it.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

(And, BTW: It's ALWAYS feasible to complain about lousy service... ;-)

Feasible, perhaps, but often pointless. The best way to deal with AOL
is to switch to a real ISP.

AOL users are loath to do this because they evidently can't access
their addressbooks in order to transfer them to a real email software.
A couple of my friends have sent out these pathetic emails from their
AOL addresses, asking me to respond to their new addresses, so they
can add me back. I could never see a reason why I should manually
create an address just so that the guy on the other end wouldn't have
to do so.

all the best -- Dan Ford
email: (put Cubdriver in subject line)

The Warbird's Forum www.warbirdforum.com
The Piper Cub Forum www.pipercubforum.com
Viva Bush! weblog www.vivabush.org

The best way to deal with AOL
is to switch to a real ISP.

Dan,
Your hatred of AOL is evident and on the record. But I dispute your
charactarization that somehow it isn't a REAL ISP, and your provincial attitude
about it is most annoying, because implicit in your commentary is a put-down of
AOL users as somehow less sophisticated or knowledgeable. I resent that.

AOL is not my only portal to the Internet. I have Optimum Online, and
Netscape, Opera, and of course Explorer.

I have built a business identity and invested 9 years in the continuous (and
trademarked) screenname usage. I do not wish to give it up, and doing so
is completely unnecessary, and presents a host of problems with thousands of
correspondents, clients, customers, family, etc.

I lose NOTHING by virtue of maintaining an AOL account (except $14.95/month).



www.Rosspilot.com

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:XzVFc.23297$XM6.1268@attbi_s53...
!

(And, BTW: It's ALWAYS feasible to complain about lousy service... ;-)
--
As a former AOL user, I think complaining to them is about as effective as
complaining to eBay, or your elected representative, or the IRS.

None of them give a cr@p about what you think, especially the last two. And
as far as eBay goes, they are so well insulated you can't even find a phone
number to talk to a "live" person.

To AOL's credit- when I had a complaint, I was able to talk to someone, and
they listened. Weren't interested in doing anything though. BTW this was
also a SPAM related matter. Encouraging EVERYONE to stop using AOL is the
only solution. Unfortunately, I know a LOT of AOL users who are so computer
illiterate that they won't change 'cause they believe the whole darn
Internet starts and stops w/ AOL.

Gary 'need an AOL install CD?' Kasten

VideoGuy wrote:

Unfortunately, I know a LOT of AOL users who are so computer
illiterate that they won't change 'cause they believe the whole darn
Internet starts and stops w/ AOL.

Yep. My mother is one of those. What makes it even worse is that she got into
computers professionally back in the paper tape days, so she thinks she knows
everything about them. If you need a FORTRAN program for an IBM 1401, she'd be the
one to talk to, but as a PC user, she's not so hot.

George Patterson
In Idaho, tossing a rattlesnake into a crowded room is felony assault.
In Tennessee, it's evangelism.