Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ginosko!uunet!bloom-beacon!spdcc!kimbal!rick From: rick@kimbal.UUCP (Rick Kimball) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: PC Pursuit, is it worth it with a TB+? Message-ID: <1056@kimbal.UUCP> Date: 3 Oct 89 12:49:09 GMT References: <9713@chinet.chi.il.us> Organization: Personal Usenet Site, Lynn, MA (617) 599-8864 Lines: 23 From article <9713@chinet.chi.il.us>, by patrick@chinet.chi.il.us (Patrick A. Townson): > They have 2400 baud outdials in almost every city they serve. The rest > are 1200 baud. Most cities have incoming 2400 baud lines as well. > I used to subscribe to PC Pursuit when it was $30 per month of unlimited off peak time. The reason I stopped using it was the fact that even though they have 2400 baud modems, when using UUCP, 1300 baud was the best I could achieve. During the grace period when they switched over to 30 a month, I monitored my time and found I was on the phone 75 hours for just a limited USENET feed. I decided it would be cheaper to move my house. :-) Also, when I used Ma Bell to call a long distance number, if I got a busy signal I didn't get charged for the call. Unless things have changed since May, PC Pursuit cannot tell if you get a busy signal after you successfully connect with a remote PCP modem. All it knows is the clock starts running one minute after you connect with that remote modem. Sometimes it takes longer than a minute to go through a UUCP chat script only to find out that the number was busy. Rick Kimball