What the hell are you talking about? AOL is just a PPP dial up connection. Go to any ISP and say "Hey, I want a dial up internet connection because AOL is ****!", and the will say " No kidding! We got what you need right here!"
xpaciscool - it is possible you are confusing the aol adaptor for tcpip in your settings. the client install adds these to your computer but like VE said - it isn't really a protocol, though I can see how you may have thought it was.