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From: njd@cbnewsd.att.com (nick.j.dimasi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: First CIS, then Delphi, now Genie
Summary: There is an exception to monthly access charges on Delphi
Message-ID: <1990Sep6.222652.22367@cbnewsd.att.com>
Date: 6 Sep 90 22:26:52 GMT
References: <1990Aug30.153714.4660@rodan.acs.syr.edu> <5440129@hplsla.HP.COM>
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In article <5440129@hplsla.HP.COM>, andyc@hplsla.HP.COM (Andy Cassino) writes:
> | 
> |     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.  
> | ----------
> 
> 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!
> 
I don't know about GEnie or CIS, but for Delphi there is a way around the
monthly access charges.  They have a "20/20" plan (a take-off of their
"Advantage" plan) whereby you get up to 20 hours of connect time per month
for $20.  (The Advantage plan had a minimum charge of $24/month, and the
rate was $4.80/hr.)  When you join this plan, you get an access code that,
if used with Tymnet, gets you access for no charge (you only pay the $20 for
your connect time, assuming you aren't logged in for > 20hrs that month).
I used this setup last night, and it's actually easier (less typing) than the
old way - the access code includes your login-name.  When you enter it, you
connect to Delphi and start the login procedure at the same time (instead of
typing "delphi" and then your login name when Delphi connects).

Nick DiMasi				Uniq Digital Technologies, Inc.
nick@udt386.chi.il.us 
     [I'm not there much]
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