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From: geoff@pmafire.UUCP (Geoff Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: American Online vs. other Services
Message-ID: <1195@pmafire.UUCP>
Date: 12 Feb 90 19:45:22 GMT
References: <519@janus.Quotron.com> <38488@apple.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: geoff@pmafire.UUCP (Geoff Allen)
Organization: WINCO Computer Engineering, INEL, Idaho
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chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:
>So for my money, I'd go with GEnie if I had to live with one service. (it's
>also much cheaper than CompuServe -- so I'll forgive them the interface hacks).
      ^^^^^^^^^^^^

That's not true for all of us, unfortunately.  I can dial the CompuServe
network with a local call at 2400 bps for $12.80/hour ($12.50 for 
2400 bps + $0.30 surcharge).  To get GEnie, I have to go through one of
the carrier networks at $2.00/hour.  Add to that the fact that,
according to my info, GEnie is only available to me at 1200 bps, and I
get 1200 bps for $8.00/hour.  63% of the price for 50% of the speed
doesn't sound like too good a deal to me. 

I haven't tried GEnie for this reason.

-- 
Geoff Allen                  \  I don't want to yield to fashion and
{uunet|bigtex}!pmafire!geoff  \  make the Macintosh as ugly as OS/2
ucdavis!egg-id!pmafire!geoff   \   --Jean-Louis Gassee, Apple Computer