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From: bmug@garnet.berkeley.edu (BMUG)
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Subject: Re: WANTED: America Online OPINIONS
Summary: It ain't bad!
Message-ID: <1991May22.065212.29985@agate.berkeley.edu>
Date: 22 May 91 06:52:12 GMT
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In article <1991May21.160855.21767@oakhill.sps.mot.com> rjacks@austlcm.sps.mot.com (rodney jacks) writes:
>
>Is the service worth the $5.95 a month?  How responsive is the system
>during the evenings and weekends?  Is the system so slow that you use
>up your monthly hour waiting for the system to respond?  

For an online service, the price is extremely competitive.  Since it
isn't a pure text interface, navigation from one area to another is
slightly slower than, say, CompuServe, but it's not bad.  I haven't
noticed any problems in terms of system load, etc.

>My primary interest is in downloading free or shareware programs.  
>Does America Online have a large archive?  How easy is the navigation
>software to use?  Any other comments?
>

The archives aren't as large as CompuServe's, but there's quite a bit
there and it's growing all the time.  In terms of the software, if you've
ever seen AppleLink, you'll feel right at home.  Since you have a free
month's worth of access time, you should jump right in and look around.

John Heckendorn
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