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Re: @home Superios Services -- www.home.com

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From: Clifton T. Sharp Jr.
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 00:00
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liberator.net wrote:
> Pariah <pariah@columbus.rr.com> wrote:
> liberator.net <liber8r@mcs.net> wrote:
> > [@home, roadrunner] may be positive alternatives to CompuServe.  Thanks
> for the information/suggestion. <
> 
> > You ignored the part about finding many of these services for FREE on the
> Internet.  Why pay for something that is free elsewhere?  Would you purchase
> air from CompuServe if they bottled it? <
> 
> <<Compuserve has content that is not availalbe free elsewhere.>>
> 
> Prove it.

I wrote a message in one of the forums there in 1981. It has never appeared
anywhere else.

> <<I use Road Runner for my cable modem...>>
> 
> That sounds like a good idea.  As for your view that CompuServe offers
> meaningfull, unique content, that has yet to be seen.
> 
> > From the comments posted here and made by former/present CompuServe
> customers, their services do not appear to be up to standard.  The inability
> to gain connections, poorly trained customer service representatives, and
> technical glitches that have been reported do not reflect a company that an
> informed consumer would want to use. <
> 
> <<Odd out of all the posts here most of them are you complaining.  Almost
> never does anyone show up here to complain.>>
> 
> You need to read the posts to see the error in that statement.

My car caught fire. My back hurts. My wife understands me. Do you see me
bitching about it?

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From: "Clifton T. Sharp Jr." <clifto@corecomm.net>
Subject: Re: @home Superios Services -- www.home.com
Date: 1999/10/23
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