AOL once enjoyed a reputation at the UK’s top dawg ISP way back in the good old pre-Freeserve days of dial-up internet – this public perception declined sharply, and was hasten following the emergence of broadband speeds in the UK market.
Following the Carphone Warehouse buyout of AOL’s UK services, the company looks set to win consumers back around again, by revamping their services for the new digital age.
AOL have scrapped their old Silver, Gold and Platinum packages, and have replaced them with two brand new wireless services, namely AOL Broadband Wireless, and AOL Broadband Wireless Plus, both of which provide the same connection speeds of up to 8Mbps, and come with free wireless routers, allowing up to 6 devices to share the same connection.
The standard Wireless package comes with a 10GB limit, enough for light browsing and the occasional download, whilst Wireless Plus comes with 40GB, more suitable for busy households.
The Talk Evening and Weekends packages, providing free calls to 01 and 02 UK landlines is included as standard, and the option to upgrade this to the Talk Anytime plan is also available.
We hope that AOL can, in the immortal words of Alan Partridge, successfully ‘bounce back’.
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Gaijin said on 07 Oct 2007 at 11:35 am #
I remember AOL back in the bad old days. If they can turn things around, that’ll be something.
Matt said on 10 Oct 2007 at 8:29 am #
I have been an AOL customer for over 10 years now and have had a fantastic time with their products and services. Great to see them with some new consumer offers, especially as my renewal date is up now… i shall be getting their wireless plus broadband service with the free £450 Dell laptop. What a great offer!!!!