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From: macduff@cbnewse.ATT.COM (Roger R. Espinosa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: America Online
Summary: Geez, if it's slow at 2400, imagine it at 1200...
Message-ID: <2368@cbnewse.ATT.COM>
Date: 17 Nov 89 12:12:28 GMT
References: <29969.2562DE85@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG>
Organization: The Rabbit Corps
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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
> 
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Geez, the summary says it all. :-(

I'm still using a 1200 baud Prometheus Promodem, which so far for the 
last two years has been great for everything from UNIXs to Compu$erve and
any miscellaneous bulliten board (from Apple //c to the Macintosh).  This
prelude is mentioned because America Online will *not* download to my
modem!

I haven't had time to really delve into the details, but it seems strange.
*NOTHING* downloads.  Online itself comes through, albiet slowly, and 
sometimes I wonder *what* it's doing, because the Transmit light on the
modem (or the Receive) aren't doing anything, but the Online program is
sitting there doing nothing, then drawing text that was already written
in the little documents. Argh.

I had really high hopes for this service, and hope that I can fix my
downloading problem.  For the price, (and my uses so far of online 
services) it seems fairly nice. I *like* the interface, but haven't had
time to explore it all that much.  I *hated* the registration setup, 
mainly because it was *so* slow, and once sat there for twenty minutes
before doing anything. :-(

Roger
rre@ihlpn.ATT.COM