Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!ucla-cs!valeria.cs.ucla.edu!wales From: wales@valeria.cs.ucla.edu (Rich Wales) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Genie Star*Services flyer Message-ID: <1990Nov28.181946.20164@cs.ucla.edu> Date: 28 Nov 90 18:19:46 GMT References: <19363@rouge.usl.edu> Sender: news@cs.ucla.edu (Mr. News) Reply-To: wales@CS.UCLA.EDU (Rich Wales) Distribution: na Organization: UCLA CS Department, Los Angeles Lines: 26 Nntp-Posting-Host: valeria.cs.ucla.edu In article <19363@rouge.usl.edu> jvj0852@usl.edu (Joubert John V) writes: I am currently a subscriber, and I am thinking of dropping. If you are a heavy e-mail user, Genie is quite a deal. However, access to any of the computer group areas are $6 per hour. I hardly ever use email on GEnie, and the end result now is that I pay an extra $4.50 or so on my bill, on top of my ever present computer group access prices. I agree. Since I have access to USENET and the Internet, I have never felt any pressing need to use GEnie's electronic mail. I did, however, use GEnie (and CompuServe) on occasion to access the software libraries. When GEnie announced Star*Services, I sent them mail announcing my intention to abandon my GEnie account rather than accept the Star*Serv- ices rate plan. I have not used my GEnie account since September; nor do I plan to. I still have my CompuServe account, and I mentioned this to the GEnie folks in my "farewell" letter. -- Rich Wales // UCLA Computer Science Department 3531 Boelter Hall // Los Angeles, CA 90024-1596 // +1 (213) 825-5683 "This is yet another example of how our actions have random results."