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From: evgabb@sdrc.UUCP (rob gabbard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: What Is Compuserve
Summary: CServ better then GEnie
Message-ID: <937@sdrc.UUCP>
Date: 31 Oct 89 15:15:01 GMT
References: <10228@venera.isi.edu> <8910230337.AA14494@en.ecn.purdue.edu> <15983@pollux.UUCP>
Organization: SDRC, Cincinnati
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In article <15983@pollux.UUCP>, bjc@pollux.UUCP (Betty J. Clay) writes:
> If you compare CompuServe's prices with those of other information services,

I've been a long time user of Compuserve. I first signed up when I got a C64
in 1983 (remember the VICmodem ? :-) When I got my A2500 I decided to give GEnie
a try since all of the Amiga people I talked to said how cheaper GEnie was and
how much better its services were.  

I did get free sign up through the offer in my Supra 2400 and the access was
cheaper than CServ (I don't have the numbers here). But the responsiveness on
GEnie is so slow that I hardly see it as a bargain. I get sick of sitting at
that "Please wait...." prompt over and over again. You also can't type ahead
in GEnie wheras you can in CServ. CServ uses terminal smarts to do screen
clears while GEnie always scrolls. The greatest use of GEnie is their 
Round Table conferences and the PD terminal programs that allow visual 
conferencing.  So, money saving wise they are about the same but CServ's
software libraries are bigger and it's less frustrating to use.

I'm no GEnie expert so there may be a way to get around these limitations I
listed. If so please let me know. In that case, GEnie would turn out to be 
a better bargain than CServ money wise. The software libraries aren't as big 
but they are growing.

Flamers to /dev/null.


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