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From: andyc@hplsla.HP.COM (Andy Cassino)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: First CIS, then Delphi, now Genie
Message-ID: <5440129@hplsla.HP.COM>
Date: 31 Aug 90 17:37:57 GMT
References: <1990Aug30.153714.4660@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Organization: HP Lake Stevens, WA
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|     All three of these online services will be charging
|     monthly access charges withing a month or two.  CIS has
|     been doing it for a while, Delphi announced they will
|     start, and GEnie also announced they will start.  
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This is very disappointing. I'll probably be quitting GEnie. I think all
these services have an inflated view of their value. If enough people "vote
with their feet", maybe they'll check-in with reality!

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