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In article <1993Mar16.151518.17543@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> jmelnick@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jay Melnick) writes:
>                               TravelBank  USA
>                              Colorado TravelBank
>
>                              COLORADO SKI REPORT
>                  "Colorado, Where else would you want to ski?"
>                        "Well-,Come Home, to Colorado!
>
>  FROM TRAVELBANK  USA:
>
>  FOR COLORADO TRAVELBANK CALL (303) 671-7669, MODEM (8,N,1) (3-12-24 Baud).
>            FREE Travel & Recreation Information Via Modem.
>            ----

Jay does have free service on his system. Unfortunately, the line is often
busy. Besides the FREE service, he is offering a *commercial* service which
gives you access to a larger bank of modem lines.  If you dial the number
above, you'll see the following in the login messages:

CTB:                   UNregistered users receive 20 minutes per
CTB:                      day of FREE use of The TravelBank.
CTB:                                       -
CTB:                      $15.75  for 12 months registration.
CTB:                   ---------------------------------------
CTB:                             a SAVINGS of $4.20
CTB:                 See Registration Benefit Information, Main Menu.

Besides ski reports, what else is available on this semi-commercial system?
The discussion groups are virtually dead; most haven't gotten more than 1-2
messages per month. The "pricesaver" information is occasionally up-to-date;
it's often years out of date.

...but, best of all, the sysop *censors* discussion messages. I made repeated
postings asking about the timeliness of the pricesaver information; they were
deleted within 24 hours. One can only guess how often the sysop participates
in this practice...

The bottom line: the TravelBank provides little "added value." And Jay's
postings containing connection information to this so called free service
could be construed as commercial advertisements.

If you want today's ski information, it's available at (303) 831-7669. I
request that you not support the TravelBank BBS with or without your $$$.

--phil