Closing your America Online account got easier after the Internet service provider reached a $3 million agreement with Washington, 47 other states and the District of Columbia over its difficult cancellation policies.

The Dulles, Va., company agreed to make it easier for subscribers to cancel (cancel.aol.com) and to get refunds if they complained about unauthorized charges. More than 35 consumers in the state have filed complaints with the state Attorney General's Office and will receive refunds.

Those who haven't received refunds can file a complaint at atg.wa.gov/FileAComplaint.aspx or by calling 800-551-4636 between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday to request a complaint form.
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RV CAMPGROUND BASICS. There are an excess of 14,000 campgrounds available to go camping and Author Mark Polk explains the differences of public, private, membership parks, National parks etc. He also addresses How to find a park; All about campground directories and where to buy them; What to expect in each category, Campground etiquette; Reservation policies and much more. For more info go to Mark's Website

A common misconception is that Wireless Internet networks are expensive or complicated to set up. This may have been true at one time, but it is no longer so. Many home networks that are already in place can simply add to the existing infrastructure with a wireless extension. This can bring connectivity to an entire home as well as outside to a limited degree.

To set up a wireless home network you will need:

• Wi-Fi devices (computers, laptops, PDA’s, etc…)

• A Wireless Access Point

• A Broadband Internet Connection (Cable, DSL, Satellite)
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David Berlind blogs about his recent experience with online passwords:

A few weeks ago, I was contacted by the CEO of a company whose Web service I’ve been playing around with under non disclosure. She noted that my test account had been inactive for a decent stretch of time and was wondering what was up. “I’ve been real busy” I said. “Besides, I’m not sure I remember my password.” Within seconds, she said “Is this it?” and went to bark my password across the phone line.

I realized I wasn’t fully satisfied by the explanation I’d heard. Not because I lacked faith in her promise to have those routines installed, but rather, because that explanation alone doesn’t account for at least one scenario where an insider with the right access to her startup’s local area network could gain access to my password. That scenario has to do with user-invoked password recovery. You know — that process whose wheels are set into motion when you click the button on some Web page that says something like “I forgot my password.”
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SAN ANTONIO, July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. today announced that millions of its customers with higher speed broadband plans can now receive free access to AT&T's nationwide Wi-Fi network -- nearly 10,000 hot spots at popular locations across the country including leading airports, McDonalds restaurants, Barnes & Noble bookstores, coffee shops and popular sporting venues.

With the proliferation of Wi-Fi-enabled devices including, most recently, the iPhone but also laptops, wireless music systems and PDAs, consumers are increasingly looking for on-the-go Internet connections. As the nation's premier provider of broadband service and with the nation's largest Wi-Fi network, AT&T offers consumers more high speed in more places.*

Effective now, qualifying new and existing residential and small business AT&T broadband customers instantly benefit from the free unlimited Wi-Fi connectivity at company hot spots. Qualifying AT&T broadband packages include: AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet Pro (up to 3.0 Mbps downstream), AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet Elite (up to 6.0 Mbps downstream), FastAccess Xtreme (up to 3.0 Mbps downstream) and FastAccess Xtreme 6.0 (up to 6.0 Mbps downstream).

"Consumers are increasingly demanding anytime, anywhere connectivity, and AT&T is uniquely able to deliver on their need for mobility, whether it's broadband or wireless services," said Rick Welday, chief marketing officer, AT&T Consumer. "Providing customers with more high speed access in more places also gives us a competitive edge because we're able to offer an on-the-go broadband experience that cable can't match."

In related news, AT&T also announced two new offers which allow residential customers to experience Wi-Fi benefits in the comfort of their own home -- still free of charge and free of wires when using an AT&T Wireless (Wi-Fi) Gateway.

The AT&T Wireless Gateway enables residential broadband customers to roam -- untethered -- throughout virtually any room in the home and receive fast access to the Web using multiple Wi-Fi-enabled devices. Hundreds of thousands of AT&T broadband customers already have home Wi-Fi gateways; AT&T ships an average of nearly 7,000 a day.

The new residential gateway offers include:

-- A free wireless gateway, after mail-in rebate or instant credit, for
AT&T wireless customers who order new AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet
Pro or Elite, or new FastAccess Xtreme or Xtreme 6.0 broadband service.
The offer is now available in select AT&T retail and dealer locations.

-- Beginning July 6, new orders placed online for AT&T Yahoo! High Speed
Internet Pro or Elite, or new FastAccess Xtreme or Xtreme 6.0 will
qualify for a free wireless gateway after mail-in rebate or instant
credit.

New broadband customers will immediately benefit from the free Wi-Fi offer upon signing up for the qualified broadband plans at an AT&T retail store, online at http://www.att.com or through a company call center. Wi-Fi connectivity will be activated once customers receive their new broadband service and complete both the setup and the registration process as a new customer. Existing AT&T broadband customers who already subscribe to qualifying speed packages can immediately log in to AT&T Wi-Fi hot spots, at no charge, by using the master account user name and password created for their broadband service.

AT&T is the premier provider of broadband service, with 12.9 million broadband lines in service as of the first quarter of 2007, with the nation's largest Wi-Fi network.

*Based on nonmunicipal, company-owned and operated hot spots

NOTE: This AT&T release and other news announcements are available as part of an RSS feed at http://www.att.com/rss.
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