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From: bob@accuvax.nwu.edu (Bob Hablutzel)
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Subject: Re: America Online
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Date: 17 Nov 89 15:42:46 GMT
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In article <29969.2562DE85@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG> Adam.Stein@f947.n107.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Stein) writes:
>What does everyone think of America OnLine?
>I think it has a great interface like MacNet but seems to have a lot more
>information than MacNet and has more general sections like an Encyclopedia 
>and conferencing and other stuff found on Compuserve. I have only used it
>twice but it seemed VERY SLOW. Has anyone else had speed problems. I am
>using a 2400 Hayes modem but the speed doesn't seem to be the modem
>transfer time but simply their system responding to the America Online
>software. Any comments?
>Adam Stein

  I've been using AOL for a few weeks now, and I'm quite happy with it. I've 
used CIS, Prodigy, FidoNet, AppleLink, and the InterNet, and think that AOL
has a good blend of the best of all of them. (I am somewhat biased, of course,
as I was invited to join by one of the forum leaders).
  I've had problems with the speed, but it's not the usual; I usually find it
to reasonable quick, though not snappy, and file transfers in particular can
be slow. (I'm using 1200 baud, though).
  There are points in the interface that need improvement, though. For example,
it would nice to use the arrow keys to move from message to message on the
bulletin boards. Hopefully we'll see that kind of improvement in the next 
version.
>
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Bob Hablutzel	BOB@NUACC.ACNS.NWU.EDU
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