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- From: 1012breuckma@vms.csd.mu.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: re: compuserve flat fee plan
- Message-ID: <0095F538.7C6A4240@vms.csd.mu.edu>
- Date: 19 Aug 92 18:10:48 GMT
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- Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
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- >>concerning CI$'s fees, how does anyone afford it? $12/hour for
- >>(yawn) 1200/2400 access. A whopping $22/hour for normal (v32)
- >>access.
- >>
- >>Assuming you do little else but get email, that's probably
- >>4 hours a month.
- >>
- >>Most people must get their company to pay for it.
-
- > THE FOLLOWING IS NOT AN AD, JUST A STATEMENT OF FACT.
- >
- > Let's not be too hard on CI$, er, I mean, CIS. Those dollar amounts are
- > only almost correct if you call them during the daytime... but if you do
- > what I do and call after 6pm, then it's only $7.95 per month -- period.
- >
- >END OF ANOTHER STATEMENT OF FACT BY ANOTHER SATISFIED CUSTOMER.
-
- Well, that's not correct either...
- The $7.95 a month flat fee covers access to certain areas, at all
- times. Areas like the news, weather, sports, etc. are included.
- Mail has a charge associated with it, but you get a monthly allowance
- (I think its $9.00) towards mail, and usage beyond that is charged.
- Other areas are marked with a + on the menu and are at the usual
- hourly rates. Some areas (marked with a $) are also surcharged beyond
- the hourly rates, such as the executive news service that does
- clippings for you.
- You have an option (that you can change) to either be on the $7.95
- flat fee plan (standard plan) or the pay-as-you-go plan where
- everything is charged, and you pay a $1.50/month fee for account
- maintenance.
-