Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site aum.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!harvard!seismo!lll-crg!well!ptsfa!aum!freed From: freed@aum.UUCP (Erik Freed) Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga Subject: Re: BIX Message-ID: <396@aum.UUCP> Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 07:57:59 EST Article-I.D.: aum.396 Posted: Wed Oct 30 07:57:59 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Nov-85 07:48:53 EST References: <4090@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> <862@lsuc.UUCP> <467@sdchema.sdchema.UUCP> <233@mit-eddie.UUCP> Organization: The Aurora Systems Bunch Lines: 17 > on BIX are receiving very heavy traffic now, but I wager that said > traffic will diminish substantially when BIX goes commercial on > Friday, to the tune of $14/connect hour. I know that I won't be > using it again. > I have tried Bix, and I must agree that there asking price makes it too dear for me, especially when you compare it to the better Usenet which is free (for me). They either need to lower their price or improve their software and content by quite a bit. It is a great idea however and I will be interested in how it evolves. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Erik James Freed Aurora Systems San Francisco, CA {dual,ptsfa}!aum!freed