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From: pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: CompuServe, Free Services, $1.50 charge
Keywords: CompuServe,CIS,free
Message-ID: <691@mccc.UUCP>
Date: 29 Apr 89 01:30:03 GMT
References: <96@aicchi.UUCP>
Reply-To: pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg)
Organization: The College On The Other Side of U. S. Route 1
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In article <96@aicchi.UUCP> joeloda@aicchi.UUCP (Joe Loda) writes:
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=    Anyone out there have any comments on the new $1.50 service charge
=imposed by CompuServe on their subscribers.  It seemed to me to be a
=fixed charge to cover all the "free" services they are now offering.

And also a way to encourage owners of dormant account to s--t or get off
the pot.

=Since this smacks of a monthly minimum to me (according to their feedback
=represenative), charged even if you don't log in during the billing period,
=I cancelled my account.
=
=Comments?
=

At an extra $18 a year, CIS is still far and away the best commercial
service available.  I have no intention of cancelling.

I'd rather see a flat $1.50/month fee for everyone than see a $.10/hour
increase in the rates.

Pete


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Pete Holsberg                   UUCP: {...!rutgers!}princeton!mccc!pjh
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