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From: JMS@carat.arizona.edu
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Subject: Re: Does AT&T Mail Exist???
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Date: 14 Oct 90 05:16:04 GMT
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Interestingly enough, there is an article in {Portable Computing}
which showed up on my doorstep today, discussing Email services.
(November, 1990 issue, pp. 42)

I will include brief excerpts from a well-done table; if you are
serious about these services, get it from your library or coerce me to
photocopy and mail.

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AT&T Mail	800-367-7225		

Sign-up $30, includes one year of service, after that $30/year.
No fee to read, fee to create. FAX, paper mail, other nifty
services. Gateway to Internet.


CompuServe Easyplex	800-848-8199

Sign up $40, $1.50/month maintenance, costs based on time connected.
FAX, paper mail.  Internet gateway.


Genie/GE Mail		800-638-9636

Sign up $30, no maintenance fee.  Costs based on connect time.  paper
mail.  (Internet gateway unknown)


MCI Mail 		800-444-6245

(these rates are known to be out-of-date)
$25/year fee.  Costs based on connect time plus per message fee.  FAX,
paper mail.  Internet gateway.


Prodigy			800-822-6922

$50 signup fee (this is wrong, as well. You can get the software
plus signed on for free via many PC/Mac publications this and last
month).  Usage $10/month flat.  no other services.


Sprint Mail  		800-835-3638

$20/year fee.  Costs based on connect time plus per message fee.  FAX,
paper mail, storage fees.  (Internet gateway unknown).


Western Union Easylink	800-247-1373

$2.50/month fee.  No connect fee (depends on network, may be non-zero). 
Message fees.  FAX, mailgram (paper mail).  (Internet gateway unknown, but
I think it exists, perhaps through DASnet?)


Joel M Snyder, The Mosaic Group, 627 E Speedway, 85705  Phone: 602.626.8680
(University of Arizona, Dep't of MIS, Eller Graduate School of Management)
BITNET: jms@arizmis  Internet: jms@mis.arizona.edu  SPAN: 47541::uamis::jms