Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!rex!uflorida!beach.cis.ufl.edu!jma From: jma@beach.cis.ufl.edu (John 'Vlad' Adams) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Prodigy Special Offer hits my mailbox... Message-ID: <26901@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> Date: 13 Feb 91 23:53:08 GMT References: <1991Feb6.141621.9765@javelin.es.com> <1991Feb11.061828.20234@looking.on.ca> Sender: news@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU Reply-To: jma@beach.cis.ufl.edu (John 'Vlad' Adams) Organization: UF CIS Department Lines: 24 In article <1991Feb11.061828.20234@looking.on.ca> brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) writes: > >Prodigy's 25 cents after the first 30 messages) to write and also costs >money to read, perhaps around 8 to 10 cents if you deal with it in under >30 seconds. 30 seconds? Give me a break. It takes at least two minutes to get past all the damn advertisements to get to mail. >Face it folks, 25 cents per e-mail message with 30 included in the >price is actually a good deal when compared to past e-mail pricing >trends. Some new trends, including GEnie's unlimited e-mail (but no >mailing lists) for $4.95/month, are better deals, and many here are used >to the unusual deal of usenet/internet mail, but I am a bit surprised at >the bad press Prodigy's gotten on this price change. You mean you like Prodigy? I feel truly sorry for you. I'd hate to pay all that money for advertisements...hence I don't. You are right. Genie is an *EXCELLENT* deal. -- John M. Adams --***-- Professional Student /// Internet: jma@beach.cis.ufl.edu Genie: vlad /// Only the Amiga Sysop of The Beachside, Amiga BBS, Paragon 2.085 \\V// Makes it Possible Fido Net 1:3612/557. 904-492-2305 (Florida) \X/