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From: KPURCELL@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Online services for the Mac (was Re: Online ...
Message-ID: <91086.115716KPURCELL@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK>
Date: 27 Mar 91 11:57:16 GMT
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In article <0B010004.s4oi2a@outpost.UUCP>, peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce)
says:
>
>In article <1991Mar24.231240.7433@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, kingson@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu
>(Kingson Gunawan) writes:
>>  I am planning to join either prodigy or compuserve.  I know about the fact
>> that prodigy censor their bulletin board but I don't really mind about that.
>> What I need is the kind of service that I get for the amount of money I pay
>(in
>> other word I need somort of description of service per dollar paid ratio).
>
>Before you decide, check out America Online.  It provides a very
>Macintosh-like
>user interface and has lots of Macintosh related information and files.

What about the new Mac Navigator software for use on CompuServe? Does it
make this service easier and cheaper to use?

How do folks releativly rate the following services for Mac sers
on the basis of:

1. quality of advice
2. number of developers/companies using the service
3. costs for:
    a. mail (internal and Internet)
    b. conferencing
    c. downloading files
4. ease of use

the following services:

1. Compuserve
2. GEnie
3. BiX
4. America Online
5. Usenet/Netnews via public access Unix
6. The Well
7. Local BBSes

Both 1 and 4 have a user friendly interface. 3 Is cheap. 6 is full of weird
folks with similar ideas.

There was also an overview in macWorld towards the end of last year.

Either email to me or post here.

Kevin