Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac:20873 comp.sys.atari.st:11623 Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!super!udel!gatech!bloom-beacon!apple!claris!drc From: drc@claris.UUCP (Dennis Cohen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Genie? Message-ID: <5631@claris.UUCP> Date: 27 Sep 88 15:15:14 GMT References: <4788@saturn.ucsc.edu> <861@viscous> <2279@silver.bacs.indiana.edu> <881@viscous> <2340@silver.bacs.indiana.edu> Sender: uucp@super.ORG Reply-To: drc@claris.UUCP (Dennis Cohen) Followup-To: comp.sys.mac Distribution: na Organization: Claris Corporation, Mountain View CA Lines: 23 If you're talking about the differential at 1200 baud, then I think that GEnie is a definite price-performance winner; however, if you're running at 2400, then CI$ becomes the big win. There are far more 2400 baud CI$ nodes, they are still 12.50/hr, and you can get there at that rate 24 hr/day. GEnie, on the other hand has a paucity of 2400 baud nodes, they cost more per hour, and every one I have been able to find has a $10 or $12/hr "surcharge" added. As a matter of fact, when I lived in Glendale (4 miles from downtown LA), the only 1200 baud number that wasn't a toll call had a surcharge on it. This is all in addition to the limitation on the hours when the system is available. Additionally, if your main activity is uploading and downloading, then CI$ is a lot less frustrating on throughput (so long as your comm program supports their QuickB protocol). I have never gotten less than 110 bytes/sec at 1200 on CI$ using QuickB and I've never gotten better than 75 bytes/sec on GEnie. Just my personal opinions, but I think that the old saw "you get what you pay for" has some credibility here. Dennis Cohen Claris Corp. ------------ Disclaimer: Any opinions expressed above are _MINE_!