I'm using Eric Peyton's excellent Fire.app to chat with my AIM buddies, who kept telling me that I was boucing on and off the network. I contacted Eric, who replied:

It seems that AOL doesn't really like Fire.app :) They are bouncing people. I am trying to figure it out.

Eric

So- if anyone else out there is Using Fire.app and are experiencing the same things, there's your answer. Hopefully Eric will be sucessful – good luck, Eric!