With AOL you have to connect to the Internet using their software but it is easy to use, this software comes with the broadband package on the installation CD and offers lots of cool features such as parental controls, anti-virus scanning, spam filters, pop-up blockers and access to the excellent AOL portal. Parental controls are important as they allow you to limit what your children can view while online so if you have children AOL is great as parental controls are included, the other features such as anti-virus scanning and spam filters help protect your computer from un-wanted threats. The AOL portal that you get access to with AOL broadband using the AOL software is excellent and has entertainment for all of the family, you can only access this content using AOL broadband and they have lots of exclusive content that the family will love. This includes entertainment such as music, video and games as well as all of the latest news from around the world, in fact you could just stay with-in the AOL service and have just about everything you could need online as it is so comprehensive.

AOL has several broadband packages available which are known as Silver, Gold and Platinum, the speed of the broadband connections is the main difference although some of the higher packages have other cool features such as a wireless modem. The speeds of these packages vary over time buy Silver is usually the slowest with Platinum being the fastest broadband package, Gold is often as fast as Platinum but does not have any extras that are often included with the Platinum package. So if you want basic Internet access then the Silver AOL broadband package will be just fine as it is easily fast enough for web browsing and emails, if you want the fastest Internet access then Gold or Platinum should be chosen depending on the level of extras that you wish to have. For example a wireless modem can be very useful if you have a laptop as wireless broadband is much better than having wires trailing from your laptop, the wireless modems usually have quite a large range so you can use them all over your home.

AOL broadband is also very cheap with prices just as cheap as other cheap broadband providers, AOL broadband is also unlimited so you can download as much as you like and stay online as long as you like. They often have some very cheap deals for new customers too such as the first month for free or other great discounts, you will have to check the AOL broadband web site for the latest cheap deals as they change quite often. Having unlimited broadband is also a huge bonus as you can download as much as you like so if you are a download fan then unlimited is the way to go, with unlimited you will never experience the extremely annoying experience of hitting your monthly limit and not being able to use the Internet for the rest of the month.