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From: lvirden@pro-tcc.UUCP (Larry Virden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: AppleLink
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Date: 30 Sep 89 06:02:02 GMT
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Network Comment: to #432 by brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!usc!hacgate!gryphon!pnet02!lbotez@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu

I have seen a lot of 'bellyaching' about the new Aline prices.  With the old
price, you paid approx $3 a month and $6 an hour for service.  This is
much better than the $1.50 a month and $12 an hour for CIS for instance.
The NEW rate, if you get in before 1/90, is $1.95 a month and $4 an hour -
with one hour free.  Now the Source used to be minimum of $10 a month.
And I dont know anything about GEnie.  Delphi, which few Apple 2 owners use,
has no minimum fee (nor minimum usage - I havent used it but about 2 times
in 4-5 yrs and as far as I know my account is still active).  Anyways,
the price is very competitive.  As for whether there is anything good there-
well, I have found all of the files that I have looked for there, or been
able to find someone who could upload them.  The rate of uploads is about
the same - in some groups better - than on CIS and DEFINITELY better than
Prolines that I have used or Usenet.  So I have nothing to complain there
about getting 3 times the downloads as I would be able to afford at CIS
(plus downloads to me seem faster and have less errors).  So the biggest
complaint is the way that one has to read msgs.  I have made numerous 
suggestions in the last 9 months.  When I have done so constructively
I have found either implementations followed, explanations why they were
not reasonable or possible at this time, or, occasionally, no respones.
Gee - same as I see on all the other services!  Imagine that!  I see about
the same clichishness on Aline as I see on CIS, Usenet and Prolines.  
In short, if it werent for my free proline and usenet accesses, I would
be spending 90% of my time on Aline.  As it is, I can get a lot of good
stuff here.