Cheap ISP with modem

I'm looking at the aol silver offer, free modem (anyone know which one?) free month at

Can someone confirm - My friend mentioned that I need to install the AOL software is this correct? Can't I just configure the router and that's it?

Cheers.
Marco

Probably best to ask in the AOL forum here.

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Can't I just configure the router

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yes, but you said "modem". You don't need the AOL cheeseware if you're prepared to download modem drivers or configure the router yourself.

AOL provided me a free Netgear DG834G wireless router with AOL silver, as far as I know this is still the one they are sending out, but ask in the AOL forum to check if this is still the case.

I have not got AOL software installed, you don't even need it to use live help now, or so I'm told.
See->>>
http://bbs.adslguide.org.uk/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=aol&Number=1604859&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=0&fpart=

And ->>>
http://pathogenrush.blogspot.com/2007/03/useful-links-manage-screen-names-live.html

Also checkout quidco.com for a cashback.

Note that AOL now has a FUP. Rumoured to be 20 gigabytes a month on AOL silver.

Edited by AbandonShip (Sat 12-May-07 15:58:06)

Super Guys!

Thanks very much for the info. I don't think we'll ever go over the 20G. I'd rather be on the safe side.

I'm also happy to see that you don't need to use their software! - well for us anyway.