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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
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> 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.
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                           Erik James Freed
			   Aurora Systems
			   San Francisco, CA
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