This information should be of value to others.
My guess is that you are really not using AOL when you access the web or www.
The people who seem to be having the most difficulty are folks who only have AOL
as their sole service provider.
Every thing I've read tells me that the web (therefore all pages I create) can
be accessed through AOL. But it seems to be one of those things that only works
in the DEMO model. (Ira, Does Bill Gates ;-) work for AOL?)
Seriously, I don't have AOL at all and therefore can't help people with this
problem.
Could you give a step by step (where do they need to put the URL) set of
directions for accessing some web page from AOL? But it has to be from IN the
AOL environment because they don't have anything else.
Thanks
Judy
Responding to the message of
<Pine.GSO.3.94.970427073935.15273A-100000@churchill.srvusd.k12.ca.us>
from Roseann Krane <rkrane@srvusd.k12.ca.us>:
>
>
> Hello. Just wanted to tell you we never have a problem with AOL. The
> reason is I set it up to work with TCP/IP which is one of the options. As
> I have several dialin service providers, it works well.
>
> I dial ibm.net and then I click on aol. It works quickly too. Also you pay
> aol half price. I believe it is unlimited of $9 if you are NEA.
>
> ==================================================================
> Roseann Krane, http://www.mvhs.srvusd.k12.ca.us/~rkrane
> Monte Vista High School, UNIX System Administrator (510) 552-2859
> 3131 Stone Valley Road, Danville, CA 94526,
> Teacher, Computer Science Department (510) 837-7507
>
> "All students are different, schools should make them more so!"
> ==================================================================
>
> On Sat, 26 Apr 1997, Judy Ann Brown wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > This message is for everyone with an AOL account, others should delete this
> >
> > message.
> >
> > It is my understanding that the overload on AOL since they went to
> > "unlimited"
> > time accounts is causing many problems.
> >
> > Among the problems is the inability to access many web sites.
> >
> > If you have tried to access my POW pages, or other web pages, and have
> > gotten
> > error messages saying that you typed in the wrong URL or that the page
> > doesn't
> > exist, the problem is more than likely with your AOL account. The lines
> > are
> > simply all busy.
> >
> > My suggestion is to try again latter. Try in off peek hours (if you can
> > determine when they are). You might also want to complaing to the powers
> > at
> > AOL. You should be able to access ALL web sites, not just what's at AOL.
> >
> > I would like to hear from other AOL users who might be having difficulty
> > accessig my pages. Maybe if enough people complain to AOL they will do
> > something.
> >
> > I found this sit for web tips for AOL users:
> > http://www.cnet.com/Content/Features/Howto/Aoltips/index.html
> >
> > I will caution you that in poking around the site, I found a suggestion,
> > meant
> > for AOL users, to get a "real" service provider. You might find some of
> > the
> > information here helpful.
> >
> > Judy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ____________________________________________________________________________
> > ____
> > ---------------------------------------------------------
> > visit the PCTM web site at: http://home.ptd.net/~pctm/main.html
> > visit the Puzzle of the Week (POW) page at:
> > http://dimacs.rutgers.edu:80/~judyann/POW/puzofwk.html
> > Judy Ann Brown
> > Pleasant Valley Middle School
> > Brodheadsville, Pa 18322
> > judyann@dimacs.rutgers.edu
> > http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/~judyann/
> >
> >
>
>
> .
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visit the PCTM web site at: http://home.ptd.net/~pctm/main.html
visit the Puzzle of the Week (POW) page at:
http://dimacs.rutgers.edu:80/~judyann/POW/puzofwk.html
Judy Ann Brown
Pleasant Valley Middle School
Brodheadsville, Pa 18322
judyann@dimacs.rutgers.edu
http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/~judyann/