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From: johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us (John R. Levine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: PRODIGY?
Message-ID: <1989Nov8.170050.2419@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us>
Date: 8 Nov 89 17:00:50 GMT
References: <19530001@hpsemc.HP.COM>
Reply-To: johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us (John R. Levine)
Organization: Segue Software, Cambridge MA
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In article <19530001@hpsemc.HP.COM> gph@hpsemc.HP.COM (Paul Houtz) writes:
>I am considering buying PRODIGY, because Wells-Fargo allows electronic
>banking via PRODIGY. Does anyone have it?

I tried Prodigy for a few months.

>  Is it worth it?

No.  I found it to be painfully slow, even at 2400 baud, and the offerings
were mostly catalog shopping, some headline news and weather, and some
fairly amteurish bulletin boards.  I looked at some of the electronic
banking and it was incredibly expensive.  Perhaps if you bank at Wells Fargo
anyway it might be useful, but until they figure out how to install a cash
dispenser in my PC, I'll pass.  (The ads didn't bother me much, since you
don't have to pay attention to them.)
-- 
John R. Levine, Segue Software, POB 349, Cambridge MA 02238, +1 617 864 9650
johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us, {ima|lotus|spdcc}!esegue!johnl
Massachusetts has over 100,000 unlicensed drivers.  -The Globe