Re: Genie...is it worth it?

[bird@nwsrs.nw.att.com (J. L. Walters)]

In article <bazyarD8n2Mt.Fn9@netcom.com>,
Jawaid Bazyar <bazyar@netcom.com> wrote:
>  Soenke obviously hasn't been watching the Sequential category on GEnie
>where GEnie staff members are busy flaming yours truly because the
>RamFAST has some problems.

Well, guess I'll have to read that one ;-)

> It also costs $3/hour, which is totally outrageous in my opinion.

Current charges are $7.50/month for four hours access which works out
to be $1.88/hour which I usually stay within. WHY the price goes up
with increased usage is beyound me and I'd love to see an explanation.

> Internet providers are much less expensive, averaging $20/mo for
> _unlimited_ usage.

Good point if you tend to spend lots of time looking for things,
downloading them etc., etc. One provider in my area allows up to 10Mb
of local storage, Unix, ftp, www, etc., etc., at 14.4K. GEnie asks
extra for higher speeds.

One point to keep in mind is that the on-line services are in a life
and death struggle right now and are tending to lower their prices and
upgrade their services in order to keep you. I'd hope that GEnie will
go to 9600 or 14.4 in the near future.

Kind Regards,

		Joe Walters att!nwsrs!bird NW 31K14 (708) 224-7189
		To know, and not to do, is not yet to know.
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		Joe Walters att!nwsrs!bird NW 31K14 (708) 224-7189
		To know, and not to do, is not yet to know.