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From: Armadillo@cup.portal.com (Russ Armadillo Coffman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: America Online
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Date: 18 Nov 89 21:25:33 GMT
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Yeah, but CompuServe has the same scheme - credit card first, THEN your
trial period/free time. But perhaps America Online should have used Prodigy's
style of signup offer.

I saw a Prodigy demo at a user group meeting this week. From that, I can see
why they HAVE to make such a generous offer! They were having problems
giving Prodigy to Mac users, much less charging for it! :) But for $10 per
month, I guess you can't complain, if you don't need the file libraries, live
chats, real Mac interface, and other services AOL offers. -R