Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!ames!apple!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!usc!hacgate!gryphon!pnet02!lbotez From: lbotez@pnet02.gryphon.com (Lynda Botez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: AppleLink Message-ID: <20254@gryphon.COM> Date: 26 Sep 89 17:00:19 GMT Sender: root@gryphon.COM Organization: People-Net [pnet02], Redondo Beach, CA. Lines: 22 Actually, the monthly fee of $5.95 for is quite a bit more than the $35 per year they were charging; however, you get one hour of on-line time for free included in the monthly charge. America On-Line (the belated Applelink) had a demo at the 'Fest of the new software, which subscribers should be receiving shortly. One interesting feature is you'll be able to save everything you read online to a disk... there were a few others I can't remember; mostly, the icons looked different. But then anything's an improvement. $4.00 per hour is fairly reasonable for one of these services; though I would much prefer what Prodigy is doing. Prodigy, however, doesn't have much to offer other than shopping, and an encyclopedia... One thing I learned at the demo was that America On-Line now has an area called Customer Service which is totally free... so you can practice navigating the system without having to pay for it like you do on Genie. Lynda UUCP: {ames!elroy,}!gryphon!pnet02!lbotez INET: lbotez@pnet02.gryphon.com