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- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!lll-winken!telecom-request
- From: tdarcos@attmail.com
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Alternate to AT&T Mail Delivery
- Message-ID: <telecom13.14.12@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Date: 7 Jan 93 16:48:28 GMT
- Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
- Organization: TELECOM Digest
- Lines: 59
- Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
- X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
- X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu
- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 14, Message 12 of 14
-
- In TELECOM Digest 13-9, Tom Lahey - toml!batfish@attmail.com says:
-
- > I've recently started getting telecom off the Internet via AT&T
- > mail. (currently my only access to the Internet).
-
- To quote one of their own ads, "You're not dealing with AT&T." Your
- message is coming through some X.400 server (BATFISH) that is
- connected to AT&T Mail. You are probably being charged by the X.400
- provider whoever that is. If you were a direct AT&T Mail customer you
- would have an account like TOML@ATTMAIL.COM just as much as this one
- is TDARCOS@ATTMAIL.COM.
-
- Neither AT&T Mail nor MCI Mail charges anything to receive messages.
- You should take the service directly from them, as AT&T Mail will only
- charge you (1) if you send a message (2) if you compose the message on
- line, there is a surcharge. (MCI does not charge extra for messages
- composed while on-line.)
-
- > Does anyone know how I can get an Internet feed via dial-up? (with
- > something less than a $0.95 for the first 3000 characters and .05 per
- > 1000 after that?)
-
- I have accounts on both AT&T Mail and MCI Mail. It's no coincidence
- that I have the account name (TDARCOS) as the same on both systems. I
- would have tried an account on Sprintmail, but I came across the same
- thing as you are complaining about: they *CHARGE* to *RECEIVE* mail,
- at 5c/K, at the same rate as I pay to *send* messages!
-
- MCI Mail charges $35 a year to subscribe. AT&T Charges $3 a month and
- you can use their terminals at airports free. The only cost on either
- should be a one-time charge of 50c to send a message to
- "telecom-request@delta.eecs.nwu.edu" to start the subscription. If
- you want to send messages, they will cost you 50c for the first 500
- bytes, then 10c for each 1K up to 10K, then 5c/K above 10K. MCI
- offers a plan which gives you the first 40 message units (of 5K each)
- for $10 a month, or the first 250 message units for $25 a month.
- Message units also include 1/2 page domestic facsimile transmissions.
-
- MCI Mail and AT&T Mail are accessible through direct 800 numbers which
- do not charge you for connect time. AT&T Mail is also accessible via
- 950-1ATT (950-1288) in many areas. AT&T is only accessible at 2400
- baud via their regular 800 number; MCI has 1200, 2400 and 9600 baud
- 800 numbers. Neither makes any charge to receive mail (AT&T will
- charge you if you accept a message from another AT&T subscriber that
- was sent to you /COD). AT&T Mail allows messages to be downloaded
- using cheapo xmodem7. MCI Mail allows messages to be downloaded using
- ZMODEM or KERMIT. AT&T does a *much* better job of keeping Internet
- RFC841 headers on incoming messages, especially those from BITNET
- Listservers where the originator is often eradicated by MCI Mail and
- other services. MCI Mail provides a better interface for sending
- messages. Your account number on MCI Mail is also a free incoming
- telex number; AT&T charges $25 a month for an incoming telex number.
-
- AT&T Mail can be reached by voice at 1-800-MAIL-672 (624-5672)
- MCI Mail at 1-800-444-MAIL (444-6245)
-
-
- Paul Robinson TDARCOS@ATTMAIL.COM {and} TDARCOS@MCIMAIL.COM
-