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- From: abolins@visavis.cam.org (August Abolins)
- Newsgroups: alt.bbs,alt.dcom.telecom,biz.comp.services,comp.mail.misc
- Subject: Re: compuserve
- Keywords: good, bad, ugly
- Message-ID: <X9ecwB3w165w@visavis.cam.org>
- Date: 25 Dec 92 14:54:08 GMT
- References: <1992Dec23.013200.6839@walter.cray.com>
- Organization: Vis-a-Vis Communications [Ontario+Quebec]
- Lines: 45
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- jcarroll@ferris.cray.com (Jeff Carroll) writes:
-
- > My wife has lately begun to express interest in getting into
- > CompuServe. Since I've had continuous and copious Internet access for five
- > years+ now, I know next to nothing about CompuServe, and thus have no idea
- > whether it's likely to be cost-effective for our purposes.
- >
- > I would like to hear whatever comments CompuServe subscribers
- > have to make about the service. In particular I'm interested in
- >
- > * ease and reliability of email traffic to/from Internet
- -1-
- Compuserve (CIS) has its own own "e-mail" system that works quite well.
- There are "hooks" into Internet, MCI, etc... with special prefixes you can
- even send text FAXes and regular mail.
-
- > * "reasonable"ness of pricing, in particular relative to
- > public access Unix
- -2-
- Base rate is $12.00/hour (2400bps). There is a special monthly "package"
- (I think it's still around) at US$7.95/month.
-
- > * incidence of busy signals
- -3-
- Practically NIL
-
- > * learning curve for the computer novice
- -4-
- Hmmmm. The user interface is old and manual control requires some
- getting used to. For this purpose there are forums accessible by "GO
- HELPFORUM", "GO PRACTICE" and the connect charges are halted.
- There are communications programs specifically designed to take out the
- guess-work of on-line command drudgery: AUTOSIG is good, it's free; I
- have used it for two years.
-
- > Any and all opinions welcome. Please respond by email. Thanks.
-
- Hope that helps.
-
- > carroll@herndon.cray.com
- ^^^^
- Is your other computer REALLY a Cray?!
-
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