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- From: dattier@ddsw1.mcs.com (DWT)
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
- Subject: Re: Genie?
- Message-ID: <C1H143.GH6@ddsw1.mcs.com>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 17:12:02 GMT
- References: <C1F3GH.DL8@ddsw1.mcs.com> <C1FHr5.MIH.2@cs.cmu.edu>
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- Organization: Contributor Account at ddsw1, Chicago, Illinois 60657
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- When I wrote this:
- | CompuServe does charge for [sending] mail within CompuServe.
-
- Karl_Kleinpaste@cs.cmu.edu followed up in <C1FHr5.MIH.2@cs.cmu.edu>:
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- | That didn't ring quite true to me, so I asked someone at CompuServe
- | about this.
-
- OK.
-
- | If you are a pay-as-you-go subscriber, there are no charges aside from
- | connect time.
-
- Right.
-
- | If you are a flat-rate subscriber, you are charged based on the size
- | of the message, but there is an initial allowance of approx 60
- | 1-2Kbyte messages before those additional charges start.
-
- Again right.
-
- | That would cover quite a lot of email, for most folk.
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- Yes, but whether you're using up your allowance (and getting charged if you
- go past the $9 monthly credit) or getting charged for connect time, it still
- costs something.
-
- I suppose one can include the electric bill in telecommunicating costs and
- say that email within a local BBS isn't free of charges either.
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