Moving Out

[hiddenmuse]

No, I'm not moving out of my apartment or anything. Moving away from AOL is more like it. I'm seriously considering a move to Earthlink - because AT&T is mediocre, MSN is as bad about spam as AOHell - if not worse, and I don't know enough about the other ISPs.

AOL was fun for the 3 years and 4 version upgrades I've had with it, but now, I want to move onto something a little more "user-unfriendly". ;) Okay, maybe not, but AOL seems to have a nasty little stigma attached to it - namely due to those reflective drink coasters they send out on a regular basis. And the spam I get thanks to them ... even with an account set up as "Mature Teen" (for family & business purposes), I still get obscene amounts of pornospam. Seriously.

Now, I get to deal with e-mailing people and companies to tell them of the change of address when it happens. Oh yeah, did I mention that it gives me the chance to completely shed myself of that AOL screen-name I've grown to love to hate? :-D

Comments

[analyzer.livejournal.com]

I have been on AOL so I hear ya in this post. I just read about an application that will auto-forward your e-mail - even AOL mail to a new address. I don't have the link here but I can send it to you from work if you want (or you can probably find it through a google search).

[saintrigger.livejournal.com]

AoL has had a stigma attached to it for about a decade now of bringing the unwashed masses online. Fortunately for most AoL users, Web TV came along and draw alot of the flack.

[sigmaration.livejournal.com]

aol sucks. I have used earthlink for a long time (I have dsl now but keep it as a backup and for when I'm travelling) and it's great. :o)