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From: cmm1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Christopher M Mauritz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Delphi/GEnie - not such a bad deal
Message-ID: <1990Sep9.153715.5988@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 9 Sep 90 15:37:15 GMT
References: <1990Aug30.153714.4660@rodan.acs.syr.edu> <33592@cup.portal.com> <1990Sep7.090453.1@simvax.labmed.umn.edu> <33691@cup.portal.com>
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In article <33691@cup.portal.com> Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:
>The point is... if you, like most folks, are only using GEnie to access a
>machine specific Roundtable, like the Atari RTs, the new changes amount to
>an extra $4.95 per month that GEnie is going to get from you, in addition to
>whatever you pay for your hourly downloads...

Yeah, that is the position I find myself in.  $4.95 seems like a
trivial amount, but over the course of the year it means you're
basically paying GEnie $60 extra in addition to what you're 
normally paying for your connect time.  What a shame.  I've
been on GEnie since 1987...oh well...

> 
>If the only reason you ever call GEnie is to go into the Religion RT, or the
>Hobby RT, then maybe it's the best thing that ever happened to you.

Yeah, but I think this is a rather small percentageof the people
don't you think?  What a scam..

> 
>Hmm...  200,000 members times $5...  I think I can guess who's making out
>with these changes...

Yep...GEnie...

Gads, I'm going to go into withdrawal now when I lose my usenet
access soon...sigh....

> 
>BobR


Cheers,

Chris

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