Iphone AOL Instant messanger issue

Hello all,
I'm having a problem logging into AIM on the iphone. Seems to have started with the 2.2 update. Every time I try to log on I get the following message: "your account is temporarily rate limited due to excessive number of sign ins. Please wait 5 minutes then try again." I have tried deleting the application and re-installing but that did not work.
Please help.

You may need to contact AOL technical support since the AIM app for the iPhone is provided by AOL.

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iChat (it would help to know which version) can accept Apple IDs as valid AIM Screen Names.
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