Labels:text | screenshot | font OCR: Which Internet Service Is Right For You? and When Is It Time To Switch? By Don Sausa One person came up to me and slammed in my face a flame about how stupid I was by using America Online. I can understand his reasons for flaming me, but here is a simple explanation on why I chose one of the money grabbing commercial services. There's many novice users out there that wants to know, what is the difference and the advantage or disadvantage of using America Online, instead of PRODIGY, or CompuServe, or an Internet service provider (ISP)? I can simply give you basic points here, one, America Online charges $9.95 on a monthly basis which gives you 5 hours free, anything above that is a $2.95 charge. CompuServe and PRODIGY have similar billing methods, while ISPs range from $10 a month to $50 unlimited use of the Internet. The great advantage of using an online commercial service is this -- more open phone lines, and can even save you some money. Let's take it for the example that I'm a user who uses the Internet for 2 hours a month, therefore the more logical choice would be choosing a commercial online service that would charge me only $9.95 instead of an ISP which would cost me around $10-$50 a month, but if I was a user that uses the Internet more than 5 hours, I would want to get an ISP instead of a commercial online service to save me money. So the whole story comes back to you since it really depends on the user. If you have a life outside cyberspace, high social class, etc. -- I'm pretty sure you will have little or no use of the Internet, apparently for me, life or not, I'm going to use the Internet. My $9.95 last month went to $35 for using the Internet too often, which tells me, it's time to switch. If you have any comments or suggestions or more criticism, please contact me at: don.sausa@371-44.mx1. fidonet.org.
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