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From: milo@cartan.math.nd.edu (Greg Corson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: GEnie Cost?
Message-ID: <687@cartan.math.nd.edu>
Date: 12 Nov 90 18:08:49 GMT
References: <115@genco.bungi.com>
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From article <115@genco.bungi.com>, by rad@genco.bungi.com (Bob Daniel):
> In article <1204@biar.UUCP> trebor@biar.UUCP (Robert J Woodhead) writes:
>>STAR*SERVICES are $4.95 a month.  They include normal email, the usual
>>basic utilties, stock quotes, etc.  Other services, including Roundtables
>>(newsgroups) and uploading/downloading cost $6 an hour or so.
> 
> Uploading is FREE in GEnie in ALL RoundTables. There is a rumor that 9600
> access will begin next year.  At least for major cities.  No word on rates
> for 9600 though.
> 
> Star*Services include over 100 areas including mail, mall, Easy Sabre
> (American Airlines flight reservation), lots of news and more.  All of the
> computer related roundtables (Mac, FreeSoft, Mac Pro,,etc.) are $6/hr.  Star
> Services areas are $4.95/month for unlimited use on non-prime time.
I'm the author of one of GEnie's multiplayer games A-Maze-ing (a 3D maze
combat game) and am on GEnie constantly.  I thought I'd confirm this stuff
for you.  Yes, it is $4.96 for unlimited mail and lots of other services.  These
other services include a number of bulletin board areas on "leasure/hobby" 
topics.  And, as previously mentioned, GEnie is charging $6 per hour for
300/1200/2400 baud access.  They've pulled all the services that come under
the $4.95 a month heading over into a seperate block of menus so you can easily
wander through them without getting charged.

If you DO get on GEnie, be sure to take a look at what's on the other set
of menus.  There are a lot of things there that are worthwile including all
the CB/Chat areas and multiplayer games.

The new GEnie Star*Services are really a pretty good deal, I recommend it.

Disclaimer: I'm not a GEnie employee, but I do get paid royalties on the game
I developed for them.  Make of that what you will....(but if you do get on
GEnie, stop by in my game and say Hi!)

Greg Corson
19141 Summers Drive
South Bend, IN 46637
(219) 277-5306
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