Help Please !

I'm having the exact same issue here. AOL UK, can connect to POL via XBox live, but not via PC. ***is HELP I AM TRAPPED IN 2006 PLEASE SEND A TIME MACHINE. Did any of you manage to find a solution yet?

yes.. switch ISP!

but if you cant connect via PC.. as ive posted a few times.. you tried HotSpot?

also read the post i linked earlier theres a LOT of discussion on what was said and done.. basically you ened to find the correct rep to go through it.. you could explain i guess that TalkTalk had a similar issue and a few ports needed opening at their side that were closed by them

Just tried hotspot and it worked first time. So weird. Thanks for the recommendation!

no probs.. but yeh basically AOL have blocked a port their side.. it'll be same one talktalk did (seeing how effectively its the same company!)

Yet when I contact AOL.. "There is no solution" STFU!

I'll try hotspot tomorrow (i missed that rinky, sorry)

When I use HotSpot.. I can't connect to anything :/

AOL have been useless with me too. I'm switching to BT in a few weeks anyway so eh. Hotspot works for me but is very laggy to start with for some reason. Better than nothing at the moment though.

You just download and install Hotspot right? Nothing fancy I gotta do?

Using it just stops me from even browsing. Gonna give it another go. I'm also looking at switching ISP, Looking at Sky or Virgin atm, wont go with BT (after my uncle told me to forget it when he worked there lol) - Just need to contact AOL and see how I go about cancelling contract.. but can see that being an issue.. Dont want to still be paying for it when I no longer use it

sky bottlenecks there service during peak times very heavily, i would recommend either BT or Virgin if you can get.

AOL have been blocking FFXI due to the fact that it has send and receive and have been flaggin it as a P2P app.

Solution: Switch ISP

This.

But like I posted over on ZAM:

Thank you Rinkydink; Hotspot will serve as a temporary fix until I get switched over to O2.

How did you get Hotspot working :(

It's very luck based. (Ironic considering how luck based FFXI is >.>) Search for that TalkTalk thread, I posted a couple solutions in there if Hotspot wasn't working.

I just installed it and it worked straight away.

Thanks for the workaround guys, been suffering this crap for a month now.

Resorted to using Wireshark and all kinds of dicking about to demonstrate to them what ports and servers are being blocked, demanded an escalation, etc. And of course... nothing has happened.

What makes me so angry is the fact that they KNOW exactly what the problem is, yet seem intent on hiding what it is from inquirers.

My new mission is to get some compensation/free release from my contract with these scumbags, as their behaviour over this issue has been basically criminal.

It seems I can't use Hotspot reliably for FFXI. Random timeouts. Not surprising since the VPN server is located in Chicago. A free UK VPN server would probably work better, but it's obviously tough to get a good reliable free VPN.