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- From: Allan H. Levy <a-levy@uiuc.edu>
- Subject: Re: compuserve
- References: <1992Dec23.013200.6839@walter.cray.com>
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- In article <1992Dec23.013200.6839@walter.cray.com> Jeff Carroll,
- jcarroll@ferris.cray.com 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.
-
- CompuServe is pretty good. I have found the service to be reliable. I use
- the weather, AP news and the movie reviews mostly. They are included in
- the basic monthly price. It jyst takes too long and it is too expensive
- to download many files from the forums. I am not sure if there are
- really any bargains in electronic shopping.
-