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From: ashing@polari.UUCP (---)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: PRODIGY -----> Reviews wanted.....
Message-ID: <2540@polari.UUCP>
Date: 4 Oct 90 02:00:25 GMT
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In article <90275.182407JJL101@psuvm.psu.edu> JJL101@psuvm.psu.edu (J.J. Lehett) writes:
>In article <4466@apricot22.UUCP>, marocchi@motcid.UUCP (Jim Marocchi) says:
>
>    As for entertainment, I think it would be very good for children, even
>educationally.  I enjoy the occasional game or contest or two.  The
>bulletin board messaging has something to be desired, but, if you're not
>in a race, it can be tolerated.  It's not really comparable to usenet....
>For use netters, it doesn't even compare... but, for the people without
>net access, this may be a good low cost, entertaining alternative.
>

Prodigy is implementing charges for email beginning January 1, 1991.  For 
the $12.95 monthly fee, you will get 30 free messages a month, and then 
messages will cost $.25 apiece.  This is raising a major stink on the service, 
and many long-time users are moving to GEnie, and leaving Prodigy. 

Prodigy has severe censorship policies which have caused most users to 
resort to email to discuss garden variety Usenet type topics.  It is not
uncommon for users to send 30 messages a *day*.  If this were to continue 
under the new pricing structure, it would cost users $225 a month plus the
monthly fee.

If you have net access, forget Prodigy.  The people who run the service have
the worst attitude in the online service industry, and the level of discussion
on the BB's is limited to eight year old level.

Al Shing