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In article <4626@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us> aki@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us writes:
>In article <dmurdoch.261.721411529@mast.queensu.ca>, dmurdoch@mast.queensu.ca (Duncan Murdoch) writes:
>> Compuserve isn't that expensive; if you live in a big city so that it's a 
>> local call, and you use a session automator, you can get a lot of 
>> information for $5/month.  

>"isn't that expensive". Where do you come from? If you look at it,
>the $5 pays for log-on only. After that 99% of the services that
>really make a difference cost you clocked at $13/hour. I decided to
>skip Compu$pend after running bills in the $300-$400 region per
>month. 

Aki and I are talking about two completely different kinds of use.  The $13/
hour figure is right; my claim is that 20 minutes connection per month can 
get you a lot of information.  I log on about once or twice a week, download 
all subject headings relevant to the current Turbo Pascal version, and then
(offline) decide which 4 or 5 threads to read.  Those are downloaded on my 
next call. This way many of my calls are only 1 minute; most are under 3 
minutes.  (This is all automated using Tapcis.  Tapcis is rather 
expensive ($80ish) shareware, but there are free alternatives like 
Autosig that do more or less the same thing.)  

Aki's hour a day spent online is a very expensive way to use Compuserve.

Duncan Murdoch