ISDN and AOL

[old-un]

Has anyone had more than usual trouble with an ISDN(BT H/H) connected to AOL.
Earlier this year, on a 56k modem, I was getting connection speeds of 45000-48000bps, then it dropped to 36000 about 2 months ago.
I had a Home Highway installation carried out today and it now connects at 14400. I tried another ISP and connected at 64000 as expected
But the biggest beef of all is that my system disconnects ALL THE TIME!!! at anything from 2 mins to 15 mins. The disconnection code is always the same ""41" temporary failure"
Please help as I'm paying about £15.00 per month for unlimited access and want to know whether to carry on with it or change my ISP.

 

[Embattle]

Well it comes down to the fact AOl are shit

 

[throdgrain]

wot he said ^
dont even CONSIDER aol for gaming!

 

[Embattle]

Originally posted by throdgrain
wot he said ^
dont even CONSIDER aol for gaming!

Or any thing else unless you are likely to stab yourself when seeing bad web content.....then its nice friendly AOL

 

[old-un]

Can you nice helpful people suggest a good isp for gaming?

 

[throdgrain]

anything but aol
hehe thats almost true tbh.generally the pay per minute ones offer the best results,i.e barrysworld (when it comes back) or jolt or i use a eurobell account,mostly soc no many other ppl do.
for unlimited access ones bt anytime is as good/bad as any other imo.doubtless other ppl will have opinions on this,but its down to the amount of money you want spend.i find bt is ok on avarage 4/5 days a week,with a couple of days of packet loss.on them days i use eurobell,or barrys when it comes back!
hope this helps a bit !

 

[old-un]

Thanks Throdgrain, I'll have a look at your suggestions. I'm really looking forward to the BW Dialup coming back as I joined BW as the dialup fell over and I would like to compare it with the others.

 

[throdgrain]

it was certainly among the best.i often had sub-40 pings on q2 with isdn single channel.