Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!paul.rutgers.edu!keane From: keane@paul.rutgers.edu (John Keane) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: PRODIGY? Message-ID: Date: 9 Nov 89 15:34:54 GMT References: <19530001@hpsemc.HP.COM> <89312.175024DSB100@PSUVM.BITNET> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 14 Just to add my impressions: I've been a Prodigy user for about 5-6 months. It _is_ slow (if you think it's bad at 2400 baud, try it at 1200), but has many redeeming virtues. Chief among these is the price, which at $10/month can't be beat. I can get my stock quotes, talk with a number of friends who don't have access to Internet, make and check airline and hotel reservations, and catch up on the headlines. Once in a while, I even read the ads. I like it, and think can only get better as more people use it. For anyone with access to a "real" net (i.e. Internet), it seems a little silly, but I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it for anyone who's not online already.