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From: lhaider@pro-sol.cts.com (Lawrence Haider)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: 900 number bbs
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Date: 2 Oct 89 03:59:59 GMT
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Network Comment: to #11634 by mcgurrin@mitre.mitre.org

>There was a brief discussion awhile back on the commercial possibilities
>of a 900 number BBS.  FYI, there now is one!  On page 154 of October's
>PC Computing (yea, I know, a PC magazine, boo! hiss!) there is an ad for
>ALINE, $0.45 the 1st minute, $0.30 each additional minute, 1200 baud
>access.  For info (voice I think) the number is (212) 826-3894.  The
>actual service is (900) 468-8888....

That service adds up to $18.15 per _hour_ of use!  I would need to hear of
some
pretty great stuff from users that have tried it before even considering
logging on.  Wait...  No, even then I couldn't afford it  ;)

lhaider@pro-sol.cts.com