If you selected AOL you thought you were making a safe bet. Size, reputation, etc. Today more people know what to expect. The Internet looks like it's here to stay. Some say that the Great Divide will consist of those who can use the Internet and those who can't.
Information is power.
Those who don't have it will come to those who do. But if you feel there's something missing or you still have a lot to learn, you probably do. Staying with AOL may not enable you to learn any more because they don't want you to. They know that the more sophisticated users move on, so they are not about to give their users new technology. And some of them don't use the Internet enough to care anyway.