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From: ggreenbe@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Gerald Greenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: First CIS, then Delphi, now Genie
Message-ID: <1990Sep7.203159.10070@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Date: 7 Sep 90 20:31:59 GMT
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In article <1990Sep6.222652.22367@cbnewsd.att.com> njd@cbnewsd.att.com (nick.j.dimasi) writes:
>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
>Nick DiMasi				Uniq Digital Technologies, Inc.

Well, I tried this once before, but my math was pretty
bad...so I'll try again.  The 20/20 plan is quite some "way
around" the monthly charge...this is $240 over a full year.  I
imagine one could get a good piece of equipment for that, e.g.
a printer, modem, SpectreGCR...as a matter of fact, I may just
get myself the latter with the money I'll be saving!
--Gerry
PS...just think if you don't use all 20 hours in one month!
You think they'll let you carry any over?