I'm sure that someone can tell you why AOL and Compuserve cannot be connected to from Linux in technical terms, but thay can't without software from there company. To connect to any other ISP you can use something like kppp, wvdial, gnome-ppp, or create your own dial-up scripts.
I didn't realise that AOL were actually considering porting their software to Linux, but this is a big boost for the OS if they do.
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