Dear Steve Case ([log in to unmask]),
AOL is presenting a big problem to people with disabilities.  First, you
raise your monthly rates from $21.95 to $24.95.  That alone is hurting those
of us on fixed incomes.

Second, AOL DOES NOT supply enough bandwidth or connections for the millions
who use AOL.  As a result, users are bumped offline and are required to log
back on -- costing us another phone call of at least 10.6 cents.  You might
not think this is a lot of money with your billions, but for those of us on a
fixed income, it ads up tremendously.

To log on to AOL just 2x a day, I usually have to log back on a minimum of
ten times!  That's $1.06 in phone calls in one day!  That comes to $31.80 in
phone calls alone in one month to connect with AOL.   Add that to your $24.95
monthly fee and you get $56.75 a month -- OR THE REAL COST OF USING AOL.
THAT IS OUTRAGEOUS!

Something must be done to remedy this situation immediately.  Will you do
anything?  I'd like to know, as would many of us AOL subscribers with
disabilities would like to know.

I have send copies of this email to other persons with disabilities.  Some
3000 at least.  I have also emailed copies of this to a number of disability
advocates and newspapers.  My NYS legislators have also been sent copies.
They need to know how AOL is treating its subscribers -- especially its
subscribers with disabilities.  I hope they will ALL email you if they are
having similar connect problems with AOL or are outraged by AOL's behavior.

Yes, I have already called your tech support several times and done
EVERYTHING they told me to do.  Nothing has worked.  The problem is obviously
with AOL.  You simply have too many users and too little bandwidth to support
us all.  You are big on getting us to subscribe, but neglect us once we pay
to use AOL.

I, and many other AOL subscribers with disabilities, would like to know what
you, Steve Case, CEO of AOL, will do to remedy this unfortunate situation.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Bob Mauro - [log in to unmask]
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