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- From: fischman@nynexst.com (Gary Fischman)
- Subject: Re:Online services
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.140203.11742@nynexst.com>
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- Organization: NYNEX Science & Technology, Inc
- References: <38066@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 14:02:03 GMT
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- In article 38066@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu, sproles@pine.circa.ufl.edu (SPROLES) writes:
- >
- >
- >I've noticed that hardly anyone mentions Delphi when they talk about online
- >services. I use Delphi and Compu$erve. I've tried AoL, GEnie, and ProdGee.
- >
- >Delphi wins, period.
- >It does have an old style interface (if you use internet and the vax, or
- >unix, ie, if you are logged onto a system and you're sitting there reading
- >THIS post, then you can use Delphi). And there are front end
- >programs (both DOS and Windows) you can download to autoread, and allow
- >offline message stuff etc..
- >
- >Main difference is what you get for your dollar. On Compu$serve the interest
- >groups are extra bucks and cost the extra for downloading files, etc. On Delphi
- >almost everything is for the flat rate, SIGs, conferencing, downloads, bunches
- >of stuff. You can get Delphi for varying rates but I use the 20/20 plan of
- >20 HOURS use for $20. Compare that to Compu$erve's $7.95/mo basic access BUT
- >$12.80 an hour for any of the stuff that Delphi gives you in basic such as
- >forums, conference, databases.
- >
- >Why do I post this. One months bill from Compu$serve, that why. I spent just
- >a bit of time downloading some gifs, and joining the science fiction SIG on CI$
- >and was charged nearly $65. CI$'s charge for 20 hours in science fiction SIG
- >is $7.95 + 20(12.80) = $263.95. Delphi's rate for 20 hours in the SF SIG is
- >$20.00, period. Go figure. :)
- >
- >P.S. I don't work for Delphi, I use it.
- >
- >Judy Sproles
- >
- >SPROLES@PINE.CIRCA.UFL.EDU
- >
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- Just a minute. Were you using an autopilot program like TAPCIS, OZ-CIS, etc?? If
- you use 20 hours of connect time with an autopilot, you must have downloaded every
- item in the library at 300 BPS!! I spend *significant* time on a couple of Compuserve
- forii, and to read about an hour a day worth of messages, it costs me about $45/month.
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- Gary J. Fischman
- NYNEX Science & Technology
- fischman@nynexst.com
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