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From: drc@claris.UUCP (Dennis Cohen)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho,comp.sys.mac,rec.arts.comics
Subject: Re: Best Information Service?
Message-ID: <4569@claris.UUCP>
Date: 8 Aug 88 14:18:51 GMT
References: <5817@pucc.Princeton.EDU> <7926@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: drc@claris.UUCP (Dennis Cohen)
Organization: Claris Corporation, Mountain View CA
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In article <7926@cup.portal.com> Nightstalker@cup.portal.com writes:
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>Unfortunately, CI$ costs an arm an' a leg ($6.00 per hour at 300 baud, $12.00
>per hour at 1200 baud.  I'm not sure what 2400 baud is, but I think it's
>higher.  This price list is 24-hour.  They got rid of primetime/non_primetime).

2400 baud is the same price as 1200 baud (12.50 / hr, not $12).  There are
more access nodes for CI$ than for GEnie that are local calls and a lot more
2400 nodes.  I disagree that GEnie has more/better download area.  It is just
more consolidated, being in only two RTs while CI$ is spread across at least
six (plus special Forums such as THINK for LSP/LSC stuff and BORPRO for Turbo).

GEnie does have a number of files available that cannot be found on CI$, but
the reverse is also true (and to a greater extent).  Another advantage to the
CI$ user is the availability of CIS Navigator as a comm package which takes
advantage of the fast binary download capability (CIS-QuickB?) that just about
doubles XMODEM-CRC throughput.

Dennis Cohen
Claris Corp.
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Disclaimer:  Opinions expressed above are _MINE_!