HOW TO CHANGE AOL ACCESS #s; TAKING AOL ON THE ROAD:

This tip is from GWRepJohn (Thanks!!)


For those of you who travel and still want to keep in touch online, you will have to change your local access numbers in order to avoid long distance charges. Here's how you do that.

Before you leave town, sign on to AO. Click on the Browse the Service button and click on the What's New & Online Support icon or click on Goto (on the menu bar) and select What's New & Online Support. Select and open Access Numbers and Information. Open the Local Access Numbers folder and locate the folder with the correct state. Select the closest city and choose the access number that best matches your modem speed. Write the information down. 

Sign off AO and click on Help (on the menu bar) in PCAO. Select Setup and in the dialog box that appears, edit the information for the primary and secondary access numbers. Don't enter the area code, since the access numbers will be local for you. Click on OK to save it.

** SAVE THE CURRENT ACCESS NUMBERS FOR USE WHEN YOU RETURN FROM YOUR TRIP. **

Sign on to AO when you arrive at your destination and enter your password when prompted, or if you are presented with a dialog box that asks for the certificate information, just enter your screen name and then your password and you should be set.

When you return from your trip simply edit your Setup info again and enter the local access numbers you saved earlier. 

Have a good trip! ;)

-- John