Well that explains why my e-mails to you didn't appear to get through! Persevere with PlusNet, Alan, I couldnt go back to something like AOL now, with its consumer-junk orientation, all neatly lined up into all those categories thay just KNOW you want The latest TV ads for it are winding me up nicely...

Apparently the actress who plays Connie was unfortunately mugged a while back - couldn't help wondering if this was a genuine mugging or someone who flipped while waiting for a connection...

AOL Time Warner probably couldn't give a flying wotsit, but perhaps, just perhaps they could still make themselves a few bob by offering an alternative, good, honest, no-frills but ultra reliable dial-up/broadband ISP? And pay UK VAT? Oooh look - a nice heard of pigs in V formation at 2,500 feet!

Adrian, --- AOL Broadband, --- high speed Connie and all --- £34-99 per month plus activation fee plus Modem !

Alan.

So that's at least £5 a month dearer subscription than BT Openworld or Freeserve home ADSL, a LOT more than Pipex, PlusNet, Nildram, Eclipse, etc. Plus of course there's STILL all that AOL consumer junk. I seem to remember passing some sarcastic comment on this value for money in ianjacks' broadband thread a while ago...

If of course Joe Public is happy to sign up for it notwithstanding, well, it's up to them - probably find all they want without leaving the er... safety of the AOL Portal if the people on their latest telly advert are anything to go by!

And I wait with interest to see how Conn(ie)ectivity holds up under ADSL!

I looked forward to the delightful Connie from the TV ads holding my hand when I first signed up for AOL. --- imagine my despair when I found that they had actually palmed me off with her ugly sister in the browser ! ! !

VERY quickly turned her off.

Alan, - (or as H Steptoe would say, - "You di - rty old man !")