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From: barry@playfair.STANFORD.EDU (barry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: American Online vs. other Services
Message-ID: <63@playfair.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: 15 Feb 90 01:20:48 GMT
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Sender: Barrett P. Eynon <barry@playfair.stanford.edu>
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In article <1328@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM> ngg@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM (Norman Goodger) writes:
>In article <1195@pmafire.UUCP> geoff@pmafire.UUCP (Geoff Allen) writes:
>>
>> [Compuserve can be used] at 2400 bps for $12.80/hour [total].
>
>  [Due to recent improvements on] Genie at 2400 you are paying $10 an hour and
>thats it..

Sounds like the prices of the two services are converging. Glad to hear 
Genie is now accessible at 2400 baud. The Compuserve price is the same
at any time of the day, but Genie used to charge very high prices during the
daytime. Is is now accessable 24-hours at the price you quote? 

I'd also note that I find the Compuserve Navigator program (a batch session
agent) of great utility in getting my money's worth out of CIS. Is there a 
comparable program available for Genie? 

And of course I am interested in seeing both services offer 9600 baud access
now that there is a common hardware standard (V.32). Is this in the works? 


Barry Eynon
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