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From: langz@asylum.sf.ca.us (Lang Zerner)
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Subject: Re: 800 Service Directory Available on Compuserve
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Date: 22 Dec 89 19:39:13 GMT
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In article <2341@accuvax.nwu.edu> ddodell@stjhmc.fidonet.org (David Dodell) 
writes:

>By agreement with CompuServe, AT&T's directory of 800 service numbers is
>available now free of computer connect time charges via CompuServe Information
>Service.      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Does one still need to pay some minimum monthly fee for access to
Compuserve, or is there some way for this to be really free of charge?
In other words, have they essentially set up an anonymous
"800-directory" account for which AT&T is picking up the tab?
 
Be seeing you...

Lang Zerner
langz@asylum.sf.ca.us   UUCP:bionet!asylum!langz   ARPA:langz@athena.mit.edu
"...and every morning we had to go and LICK the road clean with our TONGUES!"


[Moderator's Note: When I called CIS Friday evening about another
matter, I inquired from the customer service rep about this new
offering. You can access the data base from within the regular CIS
menus, and there is no connect charge while in that area; but
supposedly there is also an 800 number which terminates directly on
their machine in that service. He said he did not have the number, and
to 'ask someone at AT&T'...that he knew almost nothing about it.  PT]