During my entire programming career I've never had to worry about selecting an ISP because my company always provided that service. I will be retiring in a couple of months and so I will have to find my own ISP for the first time. A new PC that I bought came with 6 months of AOL and so I don't have to worry about it for a while but it's not too early for me to get some information. AOL would be OK, but its one drawback is that I have to use their mail client and while it is OK, I much prefer MS Outlook. Also since I have a DSL line I don't use AOL's broadband service. So I guess I have several questions.

o Are there ISPs which will work with the copy of Outlook that I own?
o What should I expect to pay?
o What services does a good ISP provide?