Virgene I get my broadband from our local telephone company and now have one line only (previously had one for phone and one for computer/emergencies). I pay AOL a small amount each month so that I can keep my AOL address (by subscribing to the cheapest dial-up service) and use Thunderbird and Firefox as email and browsing software. I could however continue using the AOL software if I wished. Anne VandA121@aol.com wrote: > We have just changed servers -- AOL to Comcast. However, we like AOL mail > and Favorites so decided to keep both, but *AOL for mail and saving Favorites > only*. > > Our purpose in changing from dial-up was to eliminate one phone line which > we kept for emergencies and small business. Not thinking what we were doing, > we soon realized we *can not* eliminate the second line and still have AOL > for our mail and Favorites, (or can we?). There are so many options, it > seems, and we are never sure which are best in our situation. We hear conflicting > replies from installers and one said we would still be able to eliminate the > second phone line and still use AOL's mail service, sending and receiving, > along with Favorites. Is this possibly with what I have just described. > Frankly, I am not sure my husband is too happy with the change. We were with AOL > for so long and became accustomed to their workings (and sometimes not), and > their little quirks which eventually were corrected, and sometimes I could > not access HeritageQuest Online, which was another problem associated with > AOL, I have been told. Also, I have never been able to use IE as a browser; the > installer of Comcast suggested that it was either my Dell computer, or AOL, > which could be the problem. > > Right now, my question is. Can we use AOL for mail and saving Favorites, and > use Comcast in order to eliminate the second phone line. > > Thanks for any and all replies > Virgene