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From: Armadillo@cup.portal.com (Russ Armadillo Coffman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: America Online
Message-ID: <24196@cup.portal.com>
Date: 18 Nov 89 21:14:27 GMT
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I've been beta testing America Online for over a year and have never had ANY
problem downloading (or uploading). I've used Hayes, Avatex, and another new
modem I'm testing I can't talk about, and also used a Mac Plus and a IIcx.
I've used Telenet and Tymnet.

The speed problems are a recent phemomenon caused by so many new Mac users
coming on all at once. Some fixes are already in place and more are to come.
Unlike CI$, AOL does RLL data compression on both ULs and DLs, further
speeding things up. By using a trick, you can even chat or read the boards
while DLing. Try THAT on CI$! And you can have several forums open at once in
their own windows. CI$ is for IBM lovers, AOL is for Mac lovers! -R