AOL UK is going to give 20,000 of it's customers a £5 credit on their next bill.

It's not all good news as those receiving the credit are those who's connection was cut off by AOL last week. The company sent a pop-up to around 50,000 it's customers informing them of an ongoing network upgrade, but nearly half of those who clicked the pop-up and followed upgrade instructions had their connection cut.

AOL's helpdesk was flooded with worried customers, and to make matters worse for them in August this year the number the was change from a free 0800 an 0870 number costing 8p a minute.