Like a F'n idiot I've been paying (not much) for an AOL account. I see that they offer free email. I'd like to keep my AOL email address, actually my wife has one to, and would like to keep it for her use. I could really give 2 shats about it. Does anyone know if I call AOL and cancel my account so that I'm not charged monthly for it, if I can continue to use my/our AOL email addresses? I should've done this YEARS ago, but I never gave it much thought. I thought at one point someone (not an AOL rep) told my wife that if she stopped paying for AOL that she would still be able to maintain her email address just like any other free email (i.e. yahoo, gmail, etc).

^ ... you can have an AOL e-mail address and even use AOL instant messenger ... the only thing you'll lose are the chat rooms and search engines that AOL use - but it's not like those are worth anything anyway ...

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no crap...I figured all I was really paying for was their homepage, search engine, and other "services" they provided, which I use ZERO of them.

I think I need to make the call to cancel. I just didn't want any email interruptions upon cancellation. I wonder if I'll run into the problems I've heard where people call to cancel and AOL reps refuse to cancel them. Internet rage in 3...2...1...

I have the "bring your own access" plan which is free, and I can use all the features of aol but have to access it through my own broad band connection. That's what I would recommend you do.

AOL is still around? Who knew?

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ed zachary...

I've had aol now since Al Gore invented the internet tubes.

had it for 10 years and 6 months. LOL

....ugggggh....sahib is trying to sell me on AOL for the low price of $9.99...for security and peace of mind. LULZ

DONE...cancelled. Gotta make cutbacks in this economy. I should've done this 10 years and 5 months ago. 🙂

use the internet explorer and sign up for hotmail. it is free. you can probably use your original name XXXXXXXXXXX@hotmail,com.

AOL sucks and it always has.