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From: ngg@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM (Norman Goodger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: American Online vs. other Services
Message-ID: <1328@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM>
Date: 14 Feb 90 18:14:25 GMT
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In article <1195@pmafire.UUCP> geoff@pmafire.UUCP (Geoff Allen) writes:
>
>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.

As a followup to others who have read this above mis-information, in
the past year GEIS has been upgrading its network to all tri-speed modems,
which means 2400-1200-300 baud service at any local Genie access. Also
at the same time this eliminated any surcharged lines, there are none
anymore. So when you call GEnie at 2400 you are paying $10 an hour and
thats it, provided of course you do have a local call access. So chances
are if you used to have a 1200 local GEnie number, its 2400 now and if its
not yet, chances are it won't be much longer. So as far as I can tell GEnie
is and always will be cheaper than Compuserve, and is adding more services
all the time....

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Norm Goodger				SysOp - MacInfo BBS @415-795-8862
3Com Corp.				Co-SysOp FreeSoft RT - GEnie.
Enterprise Systems Division             (I disclaim anything and everything)
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