Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!yale!eagle.wesleyan.edu!jtreworgy From: jtreworgy@eagle.wesleyan.edu (James Treworgy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: New GEnie Deal (was: PRODIGY HATES AMIGA -- Says wont do port!) Message-ID: <1990Oct1.104224.33764@eagle.wesleyan.edu> Date: 1 Oct 90 15:42:24 GMT References: <14988@shlump.nac.dec.com> <1024@bilver.UUCP> Distribution: na Lines: 27 In article <1024@bilver.UUCP>, alex@bilver.UUCP (Alex Matulich) writes: > In article <4d0aec1d.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM> moynihan_r@apollo.hp.com (Robert Moynihan) writes: >>On a semi-related note, I read an ad in Amiga World for GEnie, offering >>unlimited access to a number of their products for $4.95 per month. Any >>GEnie subscribers out there that can tell us what the catch is? (if any) > > Yes, it's true! GEnie is going to a $4.95/month flat rate (with no more > line charges) for most of their services. These services include > the mail system, 8 news services, all the bulletin boards for hobbies, > leisure, and human interest, closing stock quotes and other money stuff, > entertainment, travel, all the shopping groups, and administration & info. > > There is still an hourly charge for: PC round-table bulletin boards, > software libraries (i.e. downloads), chat lines and real time conferencing, > multiplayer games, value-added services, and a couple other things. The > good news here is that there is no longer an additional charge for using > 2400 baud instead of 1200 baud. Wait... do you have to do this, or is this a choice? I am a GEnie subscriber, and I use it only occasionally, and all I do is download. So if this is a customer-wide change, I will certainly cancel my membership since I'll essentially get charged 5 bucks a month on top of what I spend. Sounds great for people who play games & chat all the time though... -- James A. Treworgy -- No quote here for insurance reasons -- jtreworgy@eagle.wesleyan.edu jtreworgy%eagle@WESLEYAN.BITNET