 AOL dial-up vs 'bring your own access'
Everyone always talks about "dial-up" as in the old AOL. Can someone please explain about the "bring your own access? I have a broadband internet connection through my cable TV supplier with a modem and a wireless router that serves all the computers in the house. However, I have kept my old AOL account. But instead of the old $21.00 a month that I used to pay for the old dial-up service, I went with the "bring your own access" AOL plan for $9.99. This plan allows some dial-up time if you need it. Instead of dial-up the old way through the telephone where it connects to a modem, I log onto AOL from my internet broad band connection. As in TCP/IP.
I did some checking by logging straight into the internet and checking my IP address through my broadband and it shows my IP area around here. Then logging into AOL through the "bring your own access" and checking the IP. The "bring your own access" comes up somewhere in Kansas, same as the old dial-up AOL. So is it OK to use the faster broadband with AOL than the old slower dial-up phone modem to get that different IP?
I haven't seen this discussed - I did search before asking. I only see "slow dial-up" discussed, not the "bring your own access" method.
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