Re: Genie Gateway charges?

[astein@nysernet.org (Alan Stein)]

bird@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (j.l.walters) writes:

>From article <1992Nov18.013748.19779@nysernet.org>, by astein@nysernet.org (Alan Stein):
>> <KCR103@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>> 
>>>Does the Genie person get charged upon receipt or sending of mail or both?
>> 
>> Both.


>My GEnie LiveWire that arrived today says:

>A subscription costs $9.95/month. Incoming mail is included, while
>outgoing mail is charged to your GEnie account at ONLY
>$.40/message. So, have your internet friends mail you, however, don't
>get carried away mailing to them. Seriously, if you receive and send 10
>messages/month the total = $13.95 = approx $.70/message. Pretty high
>when you consider U.S. Mail or your favorite long distance carrier.
>-- 

>		Joe Walters att!ihlpm!bird, IH 2A-227 (708) 224-7189
>		To know, and not to do, is not yet to know
GEnie changed its policy between the time the article was written and
the time the issue was sent out.
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Alan H. Stein   -----  AJIN   -----  astein@israel.nysernet.org