Re: Text Based ISP?

[cornelio@san.rr.com (Louis Cornelio)]

In article <7naait$7j5$1@holly.prod.itd.earthlink.net>, "Eric Heim"
<chippys@earthlink.net> wrote:

> In article <00032985719-522-1488@www.goblinsreach.org>, "Adalbert Goertz" 
> <goertza@fatalerr.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> > re
> > Twenty-eight bucks a month?!!  That makes even AOL look cheap.  You
> > better
> > check with them for Teacher discounts.  Our local ISP charges $8.75 a
> > month to
> > teachers, $12.75 for anybody else.
> >>>
> > Adalbert Goertz responds >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>
> > Compuserve promotes service for $9.95/months, 3 months for free.
> > I plan to check this out.
> 
> 
> Can you use it with an Apple II? The $9.95 offer that I received in the mail
> is on a CD-Rom for PC's and Mac's, and installs software for using
> Compuserve, as well as a modified version of MS-IE (the instructions say
> that installing their version of IE is optional, but I couldn't get my
> version to access the forums, it kept exploding and taking me back to the
> finder :o).  If you can access it with an Apple II that would be great, but
> the $9.95 a month is for 5 hours. If you use more the price goes up
> significantly due to additional time is billed by the hour.


For all of it, I think you will find prices from $18 - $28  for full shell
access are standard in Calif. *unless* you are  lucky enough to have a
functioning freenet. Not that easy to find cheap shell access, sad to say.
Several years back all teachers had free accounts at calstate, but that
was about 88- 94 or so. Now you are lucky to find a decent provider.

good luck!