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From: ritchie@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (David Ritchie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: First CIS, then Delphi, now Genie
Message-ID: <15480009@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com>
Date: 6 Sep 90 22:41:31 GMT
References: <1990Aug30.034701.26918@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Organization: Hewlett Packard - Boise, ID
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>  "The rate for U.S. access to those GEnie serve products/services not covered 
>under the flat rate -- such as all personal computing BB's , all software 
>libraries, financial services, chat lines and real time conferences,
>Computer Assisted Learning Center (CALC), and multiplayer games -- have been 
>set at $6/hr for all three access speeds (300/1200/2400)."
>

  Sigh.... The more that I look at this, the less I think of it. 

  I personally would recommend GEnie to my friends as an excellent value
if the $4.95 allowed accessing the message bases. I have *never* paid
to read BBS messages on GEnie (too high a signal/noise ratio at $6/hr).
I have used the download capabilities at $6/hr (not at $10) off and on.
I am willing to pay for downloads, but not for reading their BBS traffic.

  Before I realized that PC BBS traffic was not included, I was thought
that this was a good setup. Now, I think it isn't. What do other 
net readers think about this? (yes, I realize that I am spoiled by Usenet..)

			Dave Ritchie