aol has built in image compression to speed up your internet browsing.
before you upload any images, be sure to turn the compression off (otherwise it will mess up your images).
also, aol's cache can potentially cause problems. so i'd turn it off too.
Click Settings on the AOL Toolbar.
In the window that opens, choose the View Index tab and click on the Browser settings link.
At the top of the Internet Options applet window, select the AOL Browser tab.
In the Web Graphics section select the Never compress graphics radio button
In the 'TopSpeed - AOL Web Accelerator' section select the Do Not Store Web Pages radio button.
Click Apply, then OK to exit the Internet Options applet.
To clear the AOL browser cache:
Click on either the AOL icon or the Dialer icon on the right of the system tray.
Click System Information.
Click the Utilities tab.
Click Clear Browser Cache.
This procedure clears both the TopSpeed cache and the Internet Explorer cache. However, clearing the Internet Explorer cache using the normal Internet Explorer method will not clear the TopSpeed cache.
close and restart aol.