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offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2002-12-22 19:38 [#00488402]
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alright, i'm at home for a few weeks and obviously w/o my
college ethernet connection. to get online but avoid having
to pay, i signed up for AOL for the first time since i was
12 (which was many years ago, mind you). anyway, it's free,
but the software is so annoying. i don't know how some of
you can stand it. my internet browser's crashed a few times
already and i just installed aol tonight. anywya, my
question is: is there a way to dial into aol w/o using their
clunky software? can i just add a dial-up networking
connection w/ an aol access # for the phone # and my
login/pass, or do i have to use their software? thanks.


 

offline BlatantEcho from All over (United States) on 2002-12-22 19:40 [#00488405]
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AOL and "software"

do not belong in the same sentence :)

---------------
after I'm done being a jerk, I can say I don't know the
answer to your question.

I doubt you can, as their whole deal is the internet portal
thing. Would defeat the purpose of make them a high priced
regular ISP.


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2002-12-22 20:00 [#00488417]
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there is yes, but you'll receive hate mail from them. i
recommend closing down the software (minimising), then
opening up your normal browser and using that.


 

offline Iroel from Pisa (Italy) on 2002-12-22 20:09 [#00488426]
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but you'll receive hate mail from them.

Hatemail? LOL

 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2002-12-22 20:12 [#00488427]
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well that's what i'm doing, but while minimalized the
software is still taking up more ram than i wish. what's the
method of avoiding it?


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2002-12-22 20:16 [#00488429]
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how much ram? not that much really, surely

err... i wouldn't advise it, you gotta change all your
internet options somewhere. too much hassle for myself


 

offline Inverted Whale from United States Minor Outlying Islands on 2002-12-22 20:23 [#00488431]
Points: 3301 Status: Lurker



Most universities have a modem pool. You ought to ask your
local IT folks to see if you can get an account.


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2002-12-22 22:40 [#00488592]
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it seems to be working fine with me. the connections do get
closed alot though :/
"EH! I'M RETARD! AOL CLOSE YOU DOWN! WHOAOS'

you should totally get on aim

 

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