Good Fucking Grief... AOL does it again.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-04-24 01:50pm

They've also blocked email from St. Petersburg, FL (the government).

Kamakazie Sith · Post by **Kamakazie Sith** » 2003-04-24 02:11pm

Nathan F wrote:
Kamakazie Sith wrote:
Gandalf wrote:I used to be with AOL, between myself and my sister we spent about 5-8 hours online every day, anyway, one day, we get a letter from AOL saying were now limited to 40 minutes online every day, we made a nice angry call and 40 minutes later I had a new ISP.

Sounds like a fake letter.....but I could be wrong. I just can't imagine why AOL would do that.....

I mean in my 3 years of working at AOL we never sent any letters like that, in fact we were told to encourage people to come online.
Actually, I do know a guy who has had a 3 hour limit per day put on him...

He probably placed that limit on himself or the owner of his account placed that limit.

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-04-24 02:40pm

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:
Nathan F wrote:
Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:Canadians are lucky. They don't have to use AOL. Luckily, I don't have to either. The only good thing they do is give you those free firsbees in the mail.
They are fun to watch when a .30 caliber hollow point bullet is propelled at high speeds by my Winchester towards them...
Why hollowpoints? An FMJ will be just as effective on that type of target, and cost much less. And if you say that HPs are cheap over there, I'm gonna bonk you over the noggin with the butt of my rifle

As a matter of fact...

Heh, I bought a box of 6.5 Swedish JHP not long ago for 7 bucks at a gun show. Sellier and Bellot, not top of the line, but a decent brand. Ammo is somewhat cheap around here. Plus, I reload, which makes it much cheaper, and reloaded ammo can be customized to your uses and preferences.

BrYaN19kc · Post by **BrYaN19kc** » 2003-04-24 03:23pm

Nothing AOL does surprises me any more. They are begging for a Chapter 11!

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-04-24 03:33pm

phongn wrote:More specifically, they're blocking anyone on a DHCP lease, even static leases, so this affects certain cable users as well.

What the fuck? I'm cable!

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-04-24 03:40pm

MKSheppard wrote:What the fuck? I'm cable!

And Comcast is one of the affected ISPs, according to the reports. If you're using the SMTP server that Comcast (should) provide, you shouldn't have any trouble (although I think they're blocking Verizon's official SMTP servers).

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-04-24 03:40pm

BrYaN19kc wrote:Nothing AOL does surprises me any more. They are begging for a Chapter 11!

The fact that this wont throw them into bankruptcy is a good demonstration of the intelligence of AOL users

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-04-24 03:44pm

Crayz9000 wrote: And Comcast is one of the affected ISPs, according to the reports. If you're using the SMTP server that Comcast (should) provide, you shouldn't have any trouble (although I think they're blocking Verizon's official SMTP servers).

Fucking bastards!

Kintaro · Post by **Kintaro** » 2003-04-24 03:49pm

When is this shitty company going to die?

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-04-24 03:54pm

Kintaro wrote:When is this shitty company going to die?

When the general American populace wakes up to the fact that they suck, which according to estimates will be at approximately the same time as the heat death of the Universe.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-04-24 06:43pm

Why does AOL exist? If it was an animal it would've been out evolved by plankton by now and cast into the realms of extinction.

Fortunately, AOL-Time Warner are losing cash. A shitload of it.

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-04-24 06:48pm

Dalton wrote:
Kintaro wrote:When is this shitty company going to die?
When the general American populace wakes up to the fact that they suck, which according to estimates will be at approximately the same time as the heat death of the Universe.

But, but, it is so easy to keep any and all 'objectionable' material from your 5 year old kids!

Ain't it grand?

Anyone know how easy it is to get past those blocking systems? I have heard it is easy as cake.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-04-24 06:54pm

Nathan F wrote:Anyone know how easy it is to get past those blocking systems? I have heard it is easy as cake.

Yeah... don't use the AOL browser, use Mozilla.

That should do it, since I don't believe AOL's proxies do the filtering (which would be necessary for complete blocking).

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-04-24 07:27pm

This reminds me of the Onion article where Ted Turner travels back in time to prevent the merger. I couldn't be happier if that actually happened.

Kamakazie Sith · Post by **Kamakazie Sith** » 2003-04-24 08:43pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:Why does AOL exist? If it was an animal it would've been out evolved by plankton by now and cast into the realms of extinction.

Fortunately, AOL-Time Warner are losing cash. A shitload of it.

And I couldn't be happier! I hope I run into my old supervisor one day so I can just smile at him and say "I told you..."

Kamakazie Sith · Post by **Kamakazie Sith** » 2003-04-24 08:45pm

AOL's priority is to get new members, you would be shocked at how low the priority of support is for current members. When I worked in the password department the average wait time was an hour long, while potential new members calling in were automatically shifted to the front of the wait list.

Whoever came up with that idea should not be in business.

Also, they treat their employees like shit.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-04-24 08:58pm

Kamakazie Sith wrote:
Gandalf wrote:I used to be with AOL, between myself and my sister we spent about 5-8 hours online every day, anyway, one day, we get a letter from AOL saying were now limited to 40 minutes online every day, we made a nice angry call and 40 minutes later I had a new ISP.

Sounds like a fake letter.....but I could be wrong. I just can't imagine why AOL would do that.....

I mean in my 3 years of working at AOL we never sent any letters like that, in fact we were told to encourage people to come online.

It wasn't a letter in the sense that I wrote, it came as a popup notice when we logged in, we rang the company and they confirmed it.

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-04-24 09:27pm

Crayz9000 wrote:
Nathan F wrote:Anyone know how easy it is to get past those blocking systems? I have heard it is easy as cake.
Yeah... don't use the AOL browser, use Mozilla.

That should do it, since I don't believe AOL's proxies do the filtering (which would be necessary for complete blocking).

Alrighty, I have a friend whose parents insist on AOL, no matter how much he objects, and they have some stupid parental controls up.

Damn, I am glad that AOL isn't even offered back home...

Kamakazie Sith · Post by **Kamakazie Sith** » 2003-04-25 12:21am

Gandalf wrote:
Kamakazie Sith wrote:
Gandalf wrote:I used to be with AOL, between myself and my sister we spent about 5-8 hours online every day, anyway, one day, we get a letter from AOL saying were now limited to 40 minutes online every day, we made a nice angry call and 40 minutes later I had a new ISP.

Sounds like a fake letter.....but I could be wrong. I just can't imagine why AOL would do that.....

I mean in my 3 years of working at AOL we never sent any letters like that, in fact we were told to encourage people to come online.
It wasn't a letter in the sense that I wrote, it came as a popup notice when we logged in, we rang the company and they confirmed it.

That almost sounds like the idle timer......if your inactive for 40 minutes it will warn you with a pop up.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-04-25 12:26am

MKSheppard wrote:
phongn wrote:More specifically, they're blocking anyone on a DHCP lease, even static leases, so this affects certain cable users as well.
What the fuck? I'm cable!

So am I!!

FUCK AOL!

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-04-25 07:39am

Kamakazie Sith wrote:
Gandalf wrote:
Kamakazie Sith wrote:

Sounds like a fake letter.....but I could be wrong. I just can't imagine why AOL would do that.....

I mean in my 3 years of working at AOL we never sent any letters like that, in fact we were told to encourage people to come online.
It wasn't a letter in the sense that I wrote, it came as a popup notice when we logged in, we rang the company and they confirmed it.
That almost sounds like the idle timer......if your inactive for 40 minutes it will warn you with a pop up.

It wasn't inactivity, it said (roughly)
Due to you're extensive use of our service we are limiting you to 40 minutes a day.

Kamakazie Sith · Post by **Kamakazie Sith** » 2003-04-25 07:51am

Gandalf wrote:
Kamakazie Sith wrote:
Gandalf wrote: It wasn't a letter in the sense that I wrote, it came as a popup notice when we logged in, we rang the company and they confirmed it.
That almost sounds like the idle timer......if your inactive for 40 minutes it will warn you with a pop up.
It wasn't inactivity, it said (roughly)
Due to you're extensive use of our service we are limiting you to 40 minutes a day.

Amazing......

Were you paying for "unlimited" access at the time? LMAO, AOL is truly ran by monkeys.....I just can't believe they would do something like that. I thought that kind of stupidity was beyond even them........

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-04-25 08:33am

Kamakazie Sith wrote: Amazing......

Were you paying for "unlimited" access at the time? LMAO, AOL is truly ran by monkeys.....I just can't believe they would do something like that. I thought that kind of stupidity was beyond even them........

Oddly yes we were

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-04-25 10:27am

phongn wrote:More specifically, they're blocking anyone on a DHCP lease, even static leases, so this affects certain cable users as well.

I should have clarified this. If you have an email server on a DHCP lease, your emails get blocked. Not if you have an email address from an ISP and your computer is assigned a DHCP lease.

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2003-04-25 10:30am

I use AOL since I started on the Internet back in 94. I have no real complaints about them and don't understand some of the vitrol but then again I am not a uber internet guy, I hardly know what an ISP is so I'm not one to gauge I guess.